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St. Patrick’s Day plans

Posted on January 15th, 2007 by Josh.
Categories: beer, music.

Flogging Molly Green 17 Tour Flogging Molly returns to the valley again on St. Patricks Day 2007!

Can there be a more perfect event to go to on the day of green beer?

Come on out with me and let’s drink Guinness and rock out to some Celtic punk!

The show is at Mesa Amp. It’s general admission, so tickets don’t have to be bought together. I’ll be buying mine soon. Last year, they sold out weeks before the show! Don’t wait too long!

Click here for tickets.

Click here for Flogging Molly’s website.

Must it take a life for hateful eyes
To glisten once again
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
Singin’ drunken lullabies
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
Singin’ drunken lullabies
Singin’ drunken lullabies!

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Nike+ January goal

Posted on January 11th, 2007 by Josh.
Categories: beer, music, exercise.

I’m still waiting for the day that Nike+ provides XML feeds to allow users to post stats at will on the web. But until that day, I will have to be satisfied with things such as this:

That’s right. I will give up beer if I don’t keep running this month. In other words, expect to see me at the gym quite a bit this month. I almost feel like I should bump the goal up, but at the same time - I’m new to this running thing - and it’s only a part of my regular workout, which also includes other cardio on the elliptical machines and weights.

Does anyone else have the Nike+iPod kit? I know Mike does. If you do, what’s your power song? Or if you don’t, what would be your power song? That song that gives you a little bit of a push and will help you finish strong?

Mine: The Time Is Now by John Cena (yes, seriously).

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Working on Saturday

Posted on January 6th, 2007 by Josh.
Categories: work, music, sports.

Ahhhhhh!!!! I’m in the office. It’s Saturday. Around noon. B-Mann is watching football in HD at my apartment. I’d really like to be watching the International Bowl. (Why?)

I don’t really have much to complain about, I guess. I probably could have avoided being here right now, by working a little extra earlier in the week (or even last week). I just get really annoyed by things sometimes. Being in a big empty office building by yourself isn’t exactly enjoyable.

And I forgot my iPod at home. Thank God for The Edge 103.9’s streaming audio.

Edit: I left work after maybe an hour, because as it turned out, the specs we were given were wrong and nothing could be done until they were corrected. Also, I caught the end of the International Bowl, and the end result is that I lost Bowlorama 2007 to Danny. Oh well.

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Step 1 - Cut a Hole In a Box

Posted on December 20th, 2006 by Josh.
Categories: youtube, music, tv.

From the geniuses at SNL comes another great Andy Samberg performance, this time with Justin Timberlake.

Thanks to Russell for sharing this with me.

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Some changes

Posted on December 1st, 2006 by Josh.
Categories: site news, games, books, movies, music.

Once again, I’ve messed with the layout and design of my blog. I threw out that old one, because it was kind of annoying, and didn’t play well with the lesser browser (IE).

I’ve opted (for now) to just pick one of the default templates, and play around with the new Blogger Beta functionality before going any further.

It’s neat - you can create widgets to drag and drop into place on the page. Very intuitive.

I’ve also ditched my book/music/movie recommendations, opting instead to relay those from time to time by posting an entry. Speaking of which, here’s one now!

The latest cause of thumb blisters

Guitar Hero II (Playstation 2) - Along with a revamped and much more fun multiplayer mode, GHII comes with a whole new set of songs. Among my favorites at the moment are Jessica (The Allman Brothers Band), Psychobilly Freakout (The Reverend Horton Heat), YYZ (Rush), Beast and the Harlot (Avenged Sevenfold), and Hangar 18 (Megadeth). I’m still not ready for hard or expert difficulty, but I’m getting pretty good at medium.

WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 (Xbox 360) - If you know me, you know I’ve been hooked on pro wrestling since ninety-deuce. That’s not even a lie. I started watching back in the days of Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart and Razor Ramon. I stuck with ‘em even after I learned what the word choreographed means. And to this day, I get to play some fun games that try to emulate the madness seen a couple times a week on TV and in arenas around the world. The SvR game engine has been maturing over the years, and is finally becoming one that I truly enjoy. Gone are the days of ridiculous collision detection and endless button mashing. There is still a degree of button mashing, but it is a lot more manageable than it once was - with momentum shifts and well timed reversals taking a key spot in the gameplay. It’s not everyone’s cup o’ tea, but it is definitely mine.

My nose has been buried in..

Survivor (Chuck Palahuniuk) - A month or so ago, I decided to get back into reading. Reading in my library (err.. bathroom), during lunch breaks, in bed before falling asleep.. To get me back into the swing of things, I decided I’d give Palahniuk a try. Quite a few friends have been into his work for a while, and the only one I knew - Fight Clubs - I am a big fan of. So I started there. The movie did a very good job of translating the style of the book, in my opinion. Didn’t get a whole lot out of it, but it was good. I moved on to another of his books, Survivor, and found it to have a similarly strange setup. A man is on a plane by himself, and said plane will eventually run out of fuel and lead to his death. In the meantime, he’ll be quite happy to recount his life and why he is on the plane into the “black box”. I enjoyed many aspects of the book. It won’t go down as a favorite, but it was worth my time.
JPod (Douglas Coupland) - At Micah’s suggestion, I picked this book up at the store a couple weeks ago. Video game designers in an office setting. Eccentric personalities. Strange happenings in the life of the main character. Lots of programming (and other) references. So far.. so good. As Micah said, it’s right up my alley.

Recent viewings

Nothing as of late. I should go to the theaters more often.

Latest on the iPod

The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (Brand New) - Brand New is back with their junior album, and they are still rocking - inspired lyrics and clever melodies prevail. I found myself taking in their latest effort in much the same way I took in their second album, Deja Entendu. Upon my first listen, I wasn’t sure what to think. I was sort of indifferent, maybe didn’t like the sound. But a couple more and it quickly became a favorite. From the ever so catchy Sewing Season (Yeah) to Micah’s favorite, Jesus (or just track 3, as he calls it) - they do not fail to deliver with dreary and artful sounds, with a little bit of the screaming mixed in. I think it’s pretty well done, overall. Highly recommended.