tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130716942011-04-21T17:12:00.470-05:00ready to blow.king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.comBlogger641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-8702080581994241942007-03-17T23:52:00.000-05:002007-03-19T10:05:19.802-05:00

Last day of SXSW, but still a good one. Hungover as hell from the previous day, I couldn't get out of bed until about 9:30. This ended up being much more of a mellow day, and had my travel companion not sabotaged my chance to see The Apples in Stereo, it would have been much sweeter. Oh well, it's not my fault that he thinks that Rob Schneider has a whinier voice than Billy Corgan. He must have

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-85240703354173820882007-03-16T23:59:00.000-05:002007-03-17T17:09:08.732-05:00

Started drinking way too early today. Ugh, what was I thinking? Oh right, I was thinking "man, I like drinking."Shows listed in "increasing awesomeness" order, yet again.CallaI wish I hadn't been so drunk and jonesing for a cigarette by the time they came on, because I probably would have liked the show a lot (from what I did hear). At least I got to wander around and found the Architecture in

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-28957020910646852072007-03-15T23:58:00.000-05:002007-03-17T10:51:18.096-05:00

Ahh, what a day! My feet are absolutely killing me. I did learn one important thing about being British today, however. Apparently, the only words you are allowed to say are "sodding", "fucking", and "cunt", or their variations. I learned this from my British friends who stood next to me during the Bloc Party concert, in between them getting beers and asking me where to score coke in

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Today was a good "first day" of the whole music festival extravaganza. We were still feeling our way through the festival, not really sure how everything worked, and we didn't know how early we had to be at any of the venues. Thus, this lead to us being outside the day party at the Mohawk about an hour before they were even letting people in, and two hours before they even started playing music.

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After a 6 hour drive, we arrived in Austin right in the middle of a torrential downpour. Essentially, this kind of put a damper on arriving in the music capital of the world, but hey, I can deal with it.We parked and walked to go eat, getting soaked in the process. Hey, I'm thinking I can deal with it. It's not that bad.The plan was to drive an hour and a half to arrive in San Antonio to go see

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Nothing quite to report yet, as we've spent the whole day driving. I got to see the uninteresting landscape of Kansas and the blood red dirt of Oklahoma.We're spending the night just outside of Oklahoma City, then finishing the drive down to Austin tomorrow. We'll be in San Antonio tomorrow night for The Presets. Rockin'.

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Sorry it's been quite a while since I've posted, but I'm back.I'm here to announce that I will be attending the ultra-hip, ultra-cool, and ultra-nonsmoking event, South by Southwest music festival this week. I plan to blog from the road, updating you with all my wacky adventures, which will hopefully have sexy results.If you couldn't get a badge (because you can't fork over the dough), don't

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At dinner this evening, I decided to have a couple of beers. By beer, of course, I mean Guinness. As is wont to happen when I've had a few drinks, things get wacky. For whatever reason, we started inserting the word Guinness into movie titles where it didn't belong. For instance, you might take "TMNT 2: The Secret of the Ooze," and say "TMNT 2: The Secret of the Guinness." Basically, it's a laugh

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I am so fucking sick of Best Buy.I really love the fact that things are cheaper there than pretty much anywhere else, especially on release day. However, their love affair with "Security Devices" is start to grate on me like a cheese grater thats grating on a block of ungrated parmesean. What is the logic behind putting so many stickers and shit all over your products? Sure, I could understand

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1145805634044166672006-04-23T10:10:00.000-05:002006-04-23T10:55:44.606-05:00

Do you miss me? I miss you.So I could totally write an entry about how really hot electroclash scene chicks totally love dancing with me and slithering all around my body, but that might just be boring. I mean, no one wants to hear about how two different girls couldn't keep their hands off of my midsection, right? Anyway.Oh, plus I saw Ladytron last night, so that's probably where I found out

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1143520705985656842006-03-27T22:29:00.000-06:002006-03-28T00:57:57.580-06:00

Today was the big day; my first photo shoot as a model. Unfortunately, I was sent to Des Moines this past weekend to pick up some wicked awesome clothes, and when I got there, no one knew what the hell I was talking about. I got a little freaked, afraid that all the stylists would be angry at me for not doing what they wanted me to do, so I decided to show up about 2 hours early, in hopes that

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1141142092735594102006-02-28T09:40:00.000-06:002006-02-28T09:56:15.713-06:00

Last night, Lennon Murphy (official website) was playing here in Ames. I had my ticket, naturally, and I was contemplating not going because I had a lot of work to do. However, I convinced myself that I should go because I promised this girl here in Ames that I would, and if she showed up and I didn't, I would imagine that she'd feel a bit put off.When I got there, she wasn't there, which was

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I'm going to have to start eating only radishes and celery for dinner. Confused? Read on.It's been a while since I had gotten my hair cut and styled by the amazing Amanda, so I decided to take the morning off and head over to her salon to get that done. They had posted all these flyers around the city asking for people to come and audition to be hair models, but the auditions were a few days ago.

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There is something I have been really annoyed with lately, and if you read this wrong, you'll get the wrong impression, and you'll think I hate someone for something they had no control over (which is true, I do, but this isn't the thing, so don't get it wrong).Names.Some people have very strange names. I'm not talking about Muhammad al-Jihadjazeera, the guy who sits across from you in your

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It is well-known that I visit a coffee shop here in this lowly village every single weekday. I really enjoy going there in the morning because it's usually pretty relaxed, and I can get my drink in under a couple of minutes. Since I'm there every day and get basically the same thing (since I'm so boring), the girl who makes the drinks is always prepared to whip up a double tall [insert flavor of

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1136008413934542342005-12-30T23:39:00.000-06:002006-01-22T11:54:33.030-06:00

If you visit this terrible website with any sort of regularity, you'll know that I don't care about much in life, except for probably drugs, sex, and music. Well, probably just one of those three.I was subjected to something called "Scratch and Sniff" today. No, it's not the lovable stickers of the days of old, it's a name for the mash-up segment on a radio station here in this terrible city. The

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1135438252114381772005-12-24T09:30:00.000-06:002005-12-27T11:39:02.750-06:00

It's that time of the year again, the time when everyone becomes an expert on everything and lets everyone else know how important their opinions are. However, most people will try to convince their peers as to what the best songs of 2005 are. Personally, I think that's a little tired, and a little too easy. You know what you like, it's easy to come up with a list of things that you think are

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1134924783895034072005-12-18T10:31:00.000-06:002005-12-18T10:53:03.913-06:00

So it's been a while...again. It's not that things haven't been happening, it's that I'm way too lazy to do anything [read: blog] about them. However, the past couple of days have been amazing, and now that I'm really bored, I guess I'll tell you about them.On Thursday, about 8 of the graduate students (including yours truly) decided it would be an amazing idea to play tackle football in the snow

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1133556237021326562005-12-02T14:31:00.000-06:002005-12-02T14:43:57.043-06:00

Last night, after proctoring the exam for my class (which totally took like 30 minutes longer than it should have because I'm such a nice teacher), I decided to head over to a friend's place to partake in some more Betrayal. At the House on the Hill, that is.It was totally rockin'. My character ended up going insane and thinking he was Julius Caesar, and that all of the other explorers were

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1133418423818987692005-11-30T23:22:00.000-06:002005-12-01T00:27:03.833-06:00

Today was an odd day, let me tell you. However, to understand today, you must know about last night.Yesterday was Tuesday, known to some here as "Taco Night," something I've mentioned before. After a couple of veggie tacos, a couple of Coronas, and infinite chips (with salsa), I walked home through the terrifying windiness (although not as windy as last time, since we've made advances in the War

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Mother Nature and I just haven't been getting along all that well, and it's time to put a stop to it. I have met with the House of Commons, and we have decided to declare war on the "Life-Giver." Shock and Awe, baby.You're probably wondering why this is the case. Well, I'll fill you in. We'll have to start at the beginning.Of the four elements (earth, fire, water, and wind), wind is definitely my

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1131723470308965942005-11-11T09:27:00.000-06:002005-11-11T09:38:30.466-06:00

As you may or may not know (actually, I have no idea how any of you would know), I have joined an intramural dodgeball team. The team is made up of entirely mathematics graduate students, and the name of the team is "Your Math Teacher." It's still funny to me every time I hear the announcer say, "On court 6, we have Team Buchanan playing against Your Math Teacher." Yes, I'm easily amused.However,

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1131560730326440292005-11-09T12:18:00.000-06:002005-11-09T13:22:27.520-06:00

Alright, I've been getting comments telling me to post, so I'll go ahead and do that.It's been a while, but that's because I spend 953 hours per day in the office working, so it's hard to find time to spew vitriol on the blog. I'll try to update more regularly in the future to keep all of my faithful readers [read: my brothers] entertained.Last week Friday, I decided to drink a thousand beers. It

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engageAlright, here's the deal. Normally when I post something, there's a specific topic/story that I'm going to talk about, but this time it's different. I don't have anything definite to cover. However, I will tell you why "Elizabethtown" is the movie of the week.Since my life revolves around music and movies (which is basically the predominant art form of today), I try to spend as much time

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1129666006647859142005-10-18T14:27:00.000-05:002005-12-06T23:31:46.746-06:00

swiss cheese for the robotsI've been to a couple concerts over the last week, and I must say that they are amazing. Since the original intent of this "blog" (which sounds like a dirty sex act, or my mind is just constantly "in the gutter," which is another phrase that sounds like a sex act) was to let everyone else know that their tastes in music suck, I thought I'd let you all know how awesome

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1129315616771966752005-10-14T13:17:00.000-05:002005-10-14T13:46:56.780-05:00

howard would be proudI know it's been a while, but that's because I'm lame and can't figure out how to write on a regular basis. However I've accumulated a couple of stories to tell, and I'll bless all my disciples with one of them right now.Last Sunday night, I decided to head to my office so that I could work on some projects [read: classes] that I have going on right now. It was about 7pm,

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1128391850098898582005-10-03T20:42:00.000-05:002005-10-04T01:25:18.286-05:00

he's in favor of sin taxesOnce again, I have underestimated my ability to push people's buttons.My editorial ended up getting published in the ISU paper. I got a couple of comments from professors here, who were able to see the contradiction between the two "reasons" given in the paper.Two creatures at this university were having a hard time with logic.One of these creatures, "Drew Miller," had

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1128304732279683912005-10-02T20:32:00.000-05:002005-10-03T22:09:47.813-05:00

nissan _shiftIt's no secret that the King Bee smokes. (Well, I guess it might be a secret to those of you [like 1 per eon perhaps] who have read this blog without actually seeing me in real life. But even in that case, I've written about smoking before, so if you still didn't know, you're completely daft.) Naturally, you can probably understand how I felt when I saw that there may be yet another

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respect; walkAll work and no play makes King a dull Bee. Hence, I decided to return for a jaunt into the netherworld known as the intarweb, and make fun of this terrible chump who claims to be a music snob.In the terrible ISU paper a couple days ago, there was an article called "Confessions of a Music Elitist." Naturally, as you can expect, I had an instant affinity with the individual who had

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1127574480561580692005-09-24T09:26:00.000-05:002005-09-24T10:33:20.166-05:00

radio city new yorkSorry I haven't updated in a while, folks. I'm sure you were all assuming that my blood pressure got so high and that my carotid artery exploded, but no, not yet. I've just been busy as a bee (I'm that damn clever), and haven't had time to update. Plus, I would have loved to have updated about something involving the class I teach here at the university, but if any of my

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the red sun of kryptonSo, it's Friday night. Why would someone as social as the King Bee be at his trusty laptop, updating his blog? I'll tell you.I killed Bambi.Well, maimed, at any rate.Let me set the scene for you. I was sitting around my apartment listening to Ladytron at an ungodly volume when I realized it was past the 8 o'clock hour, and decided to ring the Someday Bum to see if he would

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1126727060964434602005-09-14T14:26:00.000-05:002005-09-14T15:15:59.050-05:00

faster pussycat, kill, kill!Last night was my annual Tupac Resurrection party, which basically means I load up a playlist of Tupac tracks, turn the volume up, and see how much Hennessy I can drink until I faint. Last night, I even had a couple of people stop by, but I passed out when more were on the way and failed to let them in my apartment. Many people always ask me why I think that Tupac is

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1126363803925015892005-09-10T08:39:00.000-05:002005-09-12T08:04:59.003-05:00

Well, gentle readers, it's happened again. The King Bee has been blessed by the gods of the Lost and Found, and he has come into the possession of an essay; to be more precise, it is the notorious "Paper 1#." Finally, we have another item to add to the King Bee's Repository of Shit People Have Discarded Which I Have Found and Decided to Make Fun of to Make Myself Feel Like a Big Man (website

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1125939825682701562005-09-05T11:31:00.000-05:002005-09-05T21:29:57.396-05:00

multiplatinumSometimes, things that don't belong to me fall into my hands. I can't control this; it is a gift from the gods above. This has happened before. However, in order to repay the powers that be for blessing me with these finds, I must offer up the sacrifice of a King Bee entry. Plus, I'm even more blessed in that this story totally continues the whole cell phone theme that I started in

king beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394552090338474167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13071694.post-1125874714465860002005-09-04T17:24:00.000-05:002005-09-04T18:03:04.623-05:00

in the year 2525People normally travel on labor day, and since I am an element of said set, I thought I'd partake in this most ancient of American traditions.Labor Day Weekend usually coincides with one of my sisters' birthdays, so I decided to proverbially kill the two proverbial birds with a single proverbial stone. I could visit her, as well as see other members of my family. However, what

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the bombs bursting in airFor those of you who are lucky enough to be friends with the true King Bee, the man behind the keyboard, you'd know that for a while (try 3 years), he had not cut his hair. As such, he was on par for true barbarian status, only his hair was dyed black. However, his hair was as long as the corn in Iowa is tall (basically as high as an elephant's eye). Those days have

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reach out and touch faithAh yes, I love these lazy Friday afternoons.I'm whiling away the hours at the ol' coffeehouse, wondering what the Someday Bum might be up to. It's quite possible that maybe "someday" has come, and he doesn't have any more money to spend on fine teas and the like. Oh well.So, last night, whilst whipping everyone and his brother in billiards, I went up to the bar to get

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down to your last cigaretteSorry it's been so long since I've graced you all with my wild stories and correct opinions on music, but I've been in the business of reinstalling Linux five times in the past week or so. Due to that, and with the start of the new semester, I haven't had a lot of time on my hands. Actually, that's a lie. I've just spent most of that time at the coffee shop or

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organic jasmine pearl dragon #1I just got back from a romantic dinner alone, mainly because I am not aware of any female in a 50 mile radius who actively wants to be with me. I did, however, choose a place where I know a cute waitress works, and I went mainly so I could make eyes with her, which I did wholeheartedly. She even engaged me in some small talk for like 45 seconds, so we can safely

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crack is whackLast night was such a treat, let me tell you. After getting back from a day at the state fair, I called up the Someday Bum to see if he wanted to play pool at around 6:30. He said he did. We went to our normal pool haunt as always, and strapped ourselves in for some insane competition. He's about 2 rungs higher on the pool ladder than I am, so my ass was pretty much kicked.

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worse than twoThe end of an era occurred yesterday/this morning, as my Nazi (read: German) friend and I had one last hurrah before he had to take one of those autogyros (not the 4:30 one) back to his Vaterland. We wrapped up our championships, and it appears that no one is lord of the summer. It's just as well, I suppose; I wouldn't want him to leave while still owing his allegiance to an

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number one with a bulletYesterday was the great "The Lord of the Rings" day (or "Der Herr der Ringe," if you're so inclined). Basically, that just means you have to watch all three of the extended versions of the LOTR movies back to back to back. The entire ordeal lasts roughly 682 minutes, and if you're hip to dividing things by 60, you'd see that amounts to 11 hours, 22 minutes. Let me just

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Walking Into ClarksdaleI should have put something in the title about American history as well, but I'm lazy. Yesterday, I made the trip of my life. The trip that would complete the task of the complete rearrangement and redesign of my apartment. (I was rearranging and redesigning because I was a fool and signed on for another year in this shitty apartment, where I'm surrounded by rubes,

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fanny by the gaslightOnce again, I'll treat you all to a hip-happenin', rip-roarin' update from the ol' coffee house in the lovely city of Nowheresville, Indiana Iowa.Yesterday, after getting about five hours of sleep and being extremely hungover, I helped my German friend (Sieg Heil) move out of his apartment. We only had a truck for four hours -- we got done in 1. I was very pleased. He will

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fancy a tower, love?I'm updating now because the morning is boring, and the majority of you don't get up until 2pm. This can be a treat from you when you wake up to see me calling all of you a bunch of lazy bums.I just watched a space shuttle launch -- holy crap. Those things go so fast that I could die. It's fascinating and amazing and blah blah blah and so forth.However, they are wasting

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stop (in the name of love)After a much needed "vacation," I'm back in town, and I'm ready to roll. First, we have a few observations:1. Thin Lizzy sucks.2. Pizza Hut is rather expensive.3. I smoke too much.4. The road to "Dyersville" is stained red, likely with the blood of many a curious traveler.Everyone needs to see "The Devil's Rejects." Rob Zombie's filmmaking abilities have improved by

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turn me onI just made the sweetest phone call in the history of phone calls.I came back from a junkyard, where I was looking for a part for my car, and the part was too expensive, so I left, a little disappointed. I checked my mail (of the snail variety) upon my return, and found a "travel voucher" from the Ramada Inns and Suites for $1600. Since I don't usually see this every day, I was a bit

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useful when your house is on fireSo I was just working on a crossword puzzle and I suck, so I decided to update my blog. I'm sitting in (or outside, rather) Stomping Grounds, the hipster coffee shop slash restaurant that I've talked about before. I felt as though I should fully embrace the Wi-Fi world and update from here, so I am.Last night, after losing 4-1 in pool and drinking two pitchers

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Ausländer Raus!Recently, I've been spending all kinds of time with this girl in Des Moines. So much time in fact, that I feel as though I've been in a time warp, and I no longer know what day it is. Needless to say, I'm going back there tonight.However, that's not the topic of discussion for today. The topic of discussion is my inability to find frames of a proper size or decent coffee

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sales to minors prohibitedI'm a free man.Well, for a month and a half, anyway.Last night, my class came to an end, and I celebrated by drinking 4,000 pitchers of beer and smoking 572 cigarettes. Needless to say, my lungs and my liver (who I call "The L-Boyz") are a bit perturbed. Now I need to get back in "get in shape" mode. Rock it.I really like [read: hate] it when newspapers decide to get

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Advanced Steadycam DiscussionSo the picture to your right was taken as I was passing between parallel planes of existence. By that, I mean it was taken as I was walking up the steps to some Chinese restaurant, so that's why it's blurry. Sorry. I won't ever eat spicy squid things from that place again.Soon, my summer class will be over. Then, between the days of July 7th and August somethingth,

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A tall order to fillSo I finally got my cd today, and the first song on it makes me want to kill myself, not in a bad way, in a good "I exaggerate all the fucking time" way.Many of you are probably wondering what that means, so here's a "Brief History of Time [which I've Spent Crushing on the Most Interesting Girl in Iowa]," or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Iced Cafe Lattes."There

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48-Down: One of 37-AcrossI spent most of my night last night at the Stomping Grounds (a coffee shop slash restaurant with a delightful pun of a name). I was reading Saying Yes, a book written by one of the editors for Reason Online. Now, if you know anything about that website, you probably know what you're getting yourself into. It's basically a book about legalization of any kind of drug.

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After winning a rousing "race to 9" tonight in pool by a score of 9-4, I was still not sated. Imagine that.So, I decided to go to "Boheme," the only true cool place in this wacky city, looking for a beer and a sympathetic ear. I found one of the two, guess which. However, they were playing the entire "Demon Days" album by Gorillaz (which, with each listen, I become more convinced that the guy

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My 1337 setup is complete, and I know have my laptop running in the same room as my main machine, and I am using it to create shitty remixes of Nine Inch Nails songs. You see, they are now releasing all their singles in a different way than every other band is. It's kind of cool, but I suck at remixing things, so if I create something listenable, I'll post it here.So, my golden (meaning 23rd)

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Oh, what a night. That's how that terrible Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons song goes, right?After spending the entire day at work feeling rather dejected about not being able to solve high school mathematics exams, I went home to sit around in my apartment with the lights low and listen to trip-hop music at inordinately high volumes. Just when I was expecting nothing to happen, something did.

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It's days like today that make me wish I weren't a smoker. I don't say that as one of those "I've tried to quit a million times, I just don't have a mind of my own because I fail" types of people. However, when I'm so dehydrated but don't realize it and go to smoke a cigarette, and I can feel the bile rising in my stomach until it's in my mouth and my teeth begin to rot at the drop of a hat,

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Alright, general populace, we need to have a discussion about highway driving. I know they don't teach it in Driver's Ed (because I had that class too), so I guess I'm your final hope for any sort of information on the topic.Firstly, whatever speed you want to drive is fine -- so long as you stay in the right lane. The instant you get in the left lane, you are forced to either drive the speed of

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Target would be just fine So, last night I was walking back from a friend's apartment after enjoying some delicious beer and I found something on the ground. Something astounding, something amazing, something just out of my mind.I found the summer budget of someone who I can only assume is a sorority girl. Something like this is a rare find. Let's take a moment to examine exactly what is

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I have to post, because I've just seen the worst commercial in the history of mankind. I'll try to properly set the scene for you.We have two bikini clad women on a beach, in the middle of a volleyball game. Only they aren't women. They're computer generated cel-shaded characters. The ball comes in the direction of one of the two women, and one of them lacklusterly hits it with an underhanded

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So I won again at cards last night, which was in the amount of 30 dollars. This puts me at roughly plus 150 dollars on the year, so I'm sitting pretty. Now I just need a way to save my money instead of spending on food, cigarettes, and CDs.Something strange happened to me yesterday. I was driving around normally, minding my own business on a beautiful sunny day on one of those thin roads where

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I'd hate to make this another cliched (albeit time tested) rant about jocks, but I'm afraid that's what it might degrade into.I've taken a liking to working out recently. I look healthier, feel better, and my mind is sharper. Exercise can do wonderful things for both the body and the mind, if you do it right. However, most of the denizens of the ISU Rec Center have completely neglected the

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There should be a [university level] class on movie theater etiquette. The following things are rather obvious, but they need to be taught to some people who don't have a sense of basic existence.Rules to follow if you are in a movie theater that is crowded; that is, you are sitting next to people you do not know, and it is not possible to put a seat buffer between you and said unkown individual:

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The first one. Time to turn on the charm, I suppose.Last night in a jazz club, my mind was blown. Live musicians will always amaze me with their talent, and the idiocy of the people with no taste will always amaze me with their ability to fail at life.If having dreadlocks and smoking herbal cigarettes is what it takes these days to be "hip," then I'll just never be in.At the very least, I have a

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