Studying

Busy studying for my Psych/Law midterm tomorrow.  This is what I feel like when trying to remember things such as the results of the Gault Case.

Your Favorite John Mayer – New Album on the 17th

Battle Studies.  Apparently it’s leaked, do some searching.

Skellington Fans

If you’ve ever been to Disneyland I’m sure you’ve noticed the amount of “Jack Skellington/Nightmare Before Christmas” fans there are around that place.  Good lord.  I’m not exactly sure what it is.  I don’t know much about style, or fashion, but I can’t get over the “tackyness” of it all.

Anyways, I saw at least 7 somewhat overweight people with black hair, goth attire, covered head to toe in Nightmare Before Christmas gear.  Is Disneyland just the only place you can wear it without total, complete social isolation?  Or is Jack also isolated from society just as you are, therefore you can relate and should “rep” him?

Perhaps this guy feels that he can relate to Jack?

Bet that shirt was expensive.  A very “nightmare” couple.

A good example of some of the Jack accessories available, sported by these fans.

He even appeals to the emo scene.

I kinda’ feel sad for this baby.  Hopefully he doesn’t head down the wrong road.

 

Banquet

Pulled out of these bad boys of the freezer today.  Damn does that look good.  ”Pepperoni Pizza Meal,” right out of my fridge.  God what an age we live in.  Look at that pudding!  Look at the cheese!  And when I opened the box I found this.

Sometimes things aren’t always what you expect it to be once you open up the box.  Such is life.  I can think of many situations in my life that at the time, I thought they looked pretty close to what the Banquet box looked like but when you open it up, nothing but a cold black tray with a depressing pop-tart with cheese and a shallow layer of pudding.  When was the last time you were Banquet-ed?

Budget Gourmet wouldn’t do this to me.

Mr. Lorenzen

On this past Sunday, the world lost a great band director – something this world already has too few of.  At age 52, Richard Lorenzen passed away due to heart complications at his desk at Murrieta Valley High School this past Sunday evening.  Despite having a family history of heart problems, the loss of this teacher and mentor has still come at a far too young of age.

It’s a vast understatement to say that he will be missed by his family, friends, and thousands of students who he has been a teacher, role model, and friend to over the 27 years he has been involved with music education.  Just the sheer amount of messages left on his Facebook page, the numerous news articles written about the loss and the comments on how he would be missed and the impact he had is astounding.  The amount of students he has been in contact with is enormous considering a few hundred each year for 27 years.

It just goes to show how fragile life is and how the people you think will always be there, can suddenly be taken away without a hint of warning.

It’s comforting to know that he passed away in the setting that he enjoyed most, still being able to do what he loved to do until the very end.

“We have been changed, for good.”

R.I.P. Mr. Lorenzen Facebook Group

Elevator

Microsoft Store

I’m sure you’ve been to an Apple store.  You know, it’s that place where you go in, touch greasy iPhones, never buy anything, take photos on Photobooth and email them to yourself?

Like this guy?

Anyways… Microsoft just came out with their own store.

Damn that looks like an Apple store, and actually Microsoft hired one of the designers that helped Apple design their stores to do a job on Microsoft.  So basically, it’s an Apple store with a different operating system.

Apparently Microsoft is more racial friendly?  Big Microsoft boy in da’ back doesn’t like pictures.

Same badge, same t-shirt, same jerks who think you’re wasting their time because you have a problem with your computer that is “below their knowledge base” even though that’s what they get paid $9.00 an hour for.

This should be Microsoft’s new logo.

Pictures via Gizmodo.com

VDC/Norte Blackout

I love paying $650 per month to sit in the dark when I need to be studying for my midterms, I love showering in cold water in the dark, I love my spoiled milk and melted ice cream, I love waking up late because my alarm clock doesn’t work, I love everything!  You should live here!

All these pictures are of Arroyo Drive.

Must Read.

Hi, my name is Derek.  Kyle is at rowing practice so I wanted to take this time to let you know about a secret, a dark secret.  I am the real, true brains behind this blog, and he does nothing but take credit for my work and bitch at me for not posting things more often. There, I said it.  I write the articles, I come up with the stories, I do everything!

The only reason this blog hasn’t been updated is because he made me camp out in the VDC parking lot under his car to make sure that no one gave him a ticket for parking over an hour in the visitor spots!  He told me that it would only be an hour but it’s been 3 days.  Classy guy, huh.

All he does is walk around, ride his gay bike, go to rowing practice and complain about how busy and important he is. “Oh I’m Kyle, I wake up at 5 am, I work so much harder than everyone else, I’m so clever, I’m this I’m that…”  Just because I’m small and 15 doesn’t mean I don’t deserve any respect.

Not to mention he hits on my sister, the one on the right…

So don’t ever again think that this blog is a product of Kyle’s, “wit…” because you know better.  He doesn’t even read it!

I’m sorry Kyle, it had to be done.

How To Write a Paper In College

via:http://asil.logicalinsanity.ca/300college%20paper.html

1. Sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a well lit place in front of your computer.

2. Log onto MSN and ICQ (be sure to go on away!). Check your email.

3. Read over the assignment carefully, to make certain you understand it.

4. Walk down to the vending machines and buy some chocolate to help you concentrate.

5. Check your email.

6. Call up a friend and ask if he/she wants to go to grab a coffee. Just to get settled down and ready to work.

7. When you get back to your room, sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a clean, well lit place.

8. Read over the assignment again to make absolutely certain you understand it.

9. Check your email.

10. You know, you haven’t written to that kid you met at camp since fourth grade. You’d better write that letter now and get it out of the way so you can concentrate.

11. Look at your teeth in the bathroom mirror.

12. Grab some mp3z off of kazaa.

13. Check your email. ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR YET?!

14. MSN chat with one of your friends about the future. (ie summer plans).

15. Check your email.

16. Listen to your new mp3z and download some more.

17. Phone your friend on the other floor and ask if she’s started writing yet. Exchange derogatory emarks about your prof, the
course, the college, the world at large.

18. Walk to the store and buy a pack of gum. You’ve probably run out.

19. While you’ve got the gum you may as well buy a magazine and read it.

20. Check your email.

21. Check the newspaper listings to make sure you aren’t missing something truly worthwhile on TV.

22. Play some solitare (or age of legends!).

23. Check out bored.com.

24. Wash your hands.

25. Call up a friend to see how much they have done, probably haven’t started either.

26. Look through your housemate’s book of pictures from home. Ask who everyone is.

27. Sit down and do some serious thinking about your plans for the future.

28. Check to see if bored.com has been updated yet.

29. Check your email and listen to your new mp3z.

30. You should be rebooting by now, assuming that windows is crashing on schedule.

31. Read over the assignment one more time, just for heck of it.

32. Scoot your chair across the room to the window and watch the sunrise.

33. Lie face down on the floor and moan.

34. Punch the wall and break something.

35. Check your email.

36. Mumble obscenities.

37. 5am – start hacking on the paper without stopping. 6am -paper is finished.

38. Complain to everyone that you didn’t get any sleep because you had to write that stupid paper.

39. Go to class, hand in paper, and leave right away so you can take a nap.