Video Killed the iTunes Star.

This actually happened a while ago, but I never wrote about it so here it is.

Shai Hulud came back from the dead to release the predictably-titled Misanthropy Pure in 2008. The lead single was a song called... "Misanthropy Pure." Great metalcore song. Shai Hulud at its finest. Then I saw the video.



And I was sad.

Why must we take hardcore (or metalcore, I guess) so seriously? Now I can't listen to this song without thinking of the video, and that's a bona fide bummer.

... obviously not much to write about today.

Lent.

I decided to give up three huge time suckers for Lent: Twitter, Facebook and Audioscrobbler.

No coincidence that my blogging has increased. Two posts in a week!

PS, the veg thing is going well. I had a nasty "vegetarian wrap" at MOSI for lunch today, but I am not deterred!

Oh, and I picked up a band I've long been a fan of, House of Fools, this week. Pretty stoked on their new jams. Also working on one big surprise... HOPING it comes through. Another band people thought was dead. Seems to be my specialty.

Vegetarianism

It's been a few years since I maintained a vegetarian diet, but I've decided to go back to it now for a myriad of reasons (that I'll delve into in another post). For now, I thought it'd be interesting to track my journey from carnivore to herbivore through the eyes of a very fickle eater. So here goes.

Day 1: Breakfast was two Gardenburger sausage patties on biscuits I pulled out of the freezer. The biscuits were DELICIOUS (too delicious) but the sausage was very bland. Not enough spice to make my brain think that it could have been real sausage.

Lunch was a veggie delite sandwich from Subway. Something interesting about this sandwich is that 95% of the time it tasted like just about any other sandwich I would get from Subway. I usually read while I eat lunch, which kind of distracts from what I'm eating, and it hasn't even entered my mind that this sandwich is meatless. And it's like two bucks cheaper than a chicken bacon ranch. I've found heaven.

Dinner: Baked ziti. I never use meat sauce in my pasta dishes, so this was nothing new. Tasty as usual.

I survived day one and as I write this am enjoying another tasty veggie delite sandwich for day two's lunch. I've got some other Gardenburger and Boca products sitting in my fridge that I'm anxious to check out this week.

Apologies, Pt. II

Apologies once again for the lack of posts lately. It's been sort of a tumultuous couple of weeks.

I moved into a lovely second-floor apartment about a week and a half ago, and everything associated with that has been a time sucker. Plus work. And a couple of extra-curricular activities.

We (me, El Gato, and Rufus) seem to be pretty well settled in here. I can't believe I signed a twelve-month lease. It was something I had to force myself to do. It's time to give up the hope that I'll need to pack up and leave in the middle of the night to scurry up to Baltimore. It isn't happening and I think I'm coming to grips with that.

Anyway, the apartment itself is nice. Plenty of room for Rufus to run around and be reckless. El Gato has his own closet in the extra bedroom/office. The living room/dining room/kitchen area is pretty open so I can hear my music/podcasts/audiobooks well in most of the house. It's a win.

Arts! I'm going to a couple of College of Arts events this week:

Wednesday: The School of Theatre & Dance is performing "100 Saints You Should Know", which looks incredibly awesome. http://theatreanddance.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?a=876&z=72

Thursday: Lowry Burgess, a prof from Carnegie Mellon, is giving a lecture on space art. I will be listening to Cave In that day.

It's been a long time since I've indulged in what USF has to offer arts-wise, so I'm really looking forward to those.

I also picked up a couple of really interesting books last night:



and



No, I have not read Jurassic Park lately.

Hello, November.

Sorry for the lack of posts, I've been movin' (movin' on up!) and workin' and whatnot. I'll post more soonish, but I wanted to say something quickly to ensure both of the people that read this junk that I am still alive.

I AM STILL ALIVE.

Verizon guy comes on Weds.! Counting the days.

love. love.
bradley.

Thoughts on "Dawn of the Dead"

Thoughts on the 2004 remake of George Romero's "Dawn of the Dead":

1. If you watch the end credits, you'll see that they make it to the island but they all die. This makes me sad.

2. Watching the end credits also forced a Disturbed song into my head that now refuses to vacate. This also makes me sad.

3. The story was better in the remake than the original. This makes me happy.

So, to sum things up:

:) = 1
:( = 2
Overall: :(

I wish there was a baseball game tonight.

Reading Group?

I am going to start reading John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany this week and it would be kinda cool to read it with a couple of folks. It's a really good discussion book and we can all smile together when we recognize lines from Jimmy Eat World's "Goodbye Sky Harbor" in the book. Any takers?