Devil Inside
I don't want my MTV. Or in this case, VH1. They actually play music at 3 am, but none of it is very good. Including the new INXS single, "Pretty Vegas," with the guy the auditioned on (bad) television and won the role.
I used to ADORE INXS. I had three of their tapes. (Tapes!) He'll never replace Michael Hutchence. EVER. No one can. So what's the point of trying to reclaim that former '80s glory? The new song is horrible and they all look ridiculous. Especially this new guy. (BTW, his name is J.D. Fortune.)
YES:
NO:
HUMAN? You're a 32-year-old with "HUMAN" tattooed on your arm? I don't want to even know what's on the left arm.
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ALSO, in other bad video news, KORN has a new single out, "Twisted Transistor." I used to love Korn. I have their first four albums. I saw them live (in my Jncos). I was proud of it.
They've gone significantly downhill with the last few albums, but this video concept is pretty damn coool. The replaced the band members with famous black artists:
Snoop Dogg is Munkey. (geetar)
Lil Jon is Jonathan Davis. (vocals/screaming)
Xzibit is Fieldy. (bass)
David Banner is David Silveria. (drums)
(only 4 members now, bc Head left the band to go play music for jesus.)They mimick the mannerisms perfectly and it's pretty fun to watch if you ever went through a Korn phase. (don't front, it's ok to admit it)
"Twisted Transistor" streaming video_
We must protect this HOUSE!
One of my favorite pictures of the Dean Dome (and that's marvin, if ya couldn't tell) -- one of the many Brandon took before the Duke/Carolina game last year.
I love the Dean Dome. It's my favorite place on campus. I don't mind early morning tix distribs. I love waving the team off/welcoming them back for big games (Even my freshman year when they didn't stand a chance against Duke at Cameron.) I used to run the stairs when i actually ran. It's one of my favorite places to show off during the "driving campus tour" when friends come to visit. I also want to be proposed to in the Dean Dome (take note.)
also, if you didn't already hear,
Jesse Holley is reportedly considering a future in the NFL. He was my favorite Bball walkon last year, and i got a hug from him after (last year's) stellar Miami (football) game. We also had a little song we made up at some point during the 04-05 season, to the tune of Weezer's "Buddy Holly."
Ooh weee ooh oh we love that jesse holley,
oh oh and our Carolina boys
We don't care what they say about them anyway,
We don't care bout that!
Yes, we are nerds, but we've got that school spirit.
Anyway, game vs. Illinois, 9 p.m. on ESPN if you're like me and are ticketless. Go Heels!
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Holla at cha DTH
Your friend and mine, John Coggin (a.k.a. 75 Cent) rocks today's paper with a delightful column mocking all the gossip that we hold sacred.
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/11/29/438bdabe7e9fb_
Shark news!
Kind of.
Katie just sent me this awesome video (courtesy of Google video, which i am quickly falling in love with.)
Octopus vs. Shark. WHO YA GOT? ;)_
"I am the best goddamn dancer in the American Ballet Academy. Who the hell are you?"
'O.C.' actor a Memphis soul singer at heartOh, Sandy.
Procrasti-NATION.
"Deep Blue Sea" is on and the CGI shark just ate Michael Rappaport. Awesome.
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Toothpaste for Dinner
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In the ultimate role reversal, tonight I (the child) got to rearrange my plans to take/sit with/worry about my dad in the ER tonight because he was having severe difficulty breathing.
I love to spend my Friday nights putting on a stone/calm face and quietly obsessing for 3 hours over wtf is going on and what's wrong while i stare at the battered cover of an April 2005 issue of Esquire. Turns out it's a severe case of bronchitis that onset ridiculously fast, but he'll be ok. The scarier part is that his doctor told him they've seen a huge increase in these types of cases in the past 2 weeks.
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iCarl
[i didn't make this, i found it on the internet, but i can't remember where, so...no source.]---BEST OF: CARL ATHF QUOTES-----
"Yeah, well, I noticed this long cord comin' from my house, then I noticed YOUR house, glowin' like the freakin' SUN. So I put two and two together and decided - you're pissin' me off." "Come here, bitch! Stand and deliver!"
"Look, I don't work my ass off for twenty hours a week to throw my money away. That's wasteful. These bills are strictly for me to kiss... and put in some stripper's underwear."
"I'm gonna give this rainbow thing another five minutes... and if it don't show up, I'm going down to the store and I'm buyin' a Hot Rod magazine."
[Frylock is saying the Thanksgiving blessing]
Frylock: Lord, we ask you to bless our neighbor Carl...
Carl: Oh, no! Do not drag me into this! The Lord does *not* need to know I am here! Aqua Teen rocks my socks off. :D
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At last
rhymeandreason72: November 23, New York — A month after Us Weekly first reported on the breakup of Newlyweds Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, the couple has jointly announced an official separation. 'After three years of marriage, and careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways,' the couple tells Us in an exclusive joint statement.
UNCJustinK: LOL
UNCJustinK: its a rare clause in the marriage contract
UNCJustinK: its known as the "I fucked Bam and Johnny Knocksville during the same movie shoot" Clause
UNCJustinK: first time used in history
"Tyler, we call him 'Psycho T' because he's crazy in his mind." -Byron Sanders
[image from the awesome website www.ashersarlin.com]
Every bad day calls for some funny stuff to cheer you up.
1. Ali G's
TNT commercials. "Ain't no one gonna watch that."
2. Crazy ass
Christmas lights rocking out in tune with some Trogdoriffic guitar solos.
3. PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME.
WHERE YOU AT?4. Thanksgiving is time for football. Even this
lil guy thinks so.
5. One for the
boys, courtesy of Napster UK. They won't air commercials like this here.
ALSO: As a followup to the discussions of (baby) belugas this week, CNN ran an article yesterday detailing the massive aquariuam that just opened in ATL. They even have WHALE SHARKS. Which is ridiculous. Of course that means I'm going to have to go.
A symphony of fish at world's largest indoor aquariumNiko and Gasper, two male Beluga whales, left poor living conditions -- an exhibit under a rollercoaster at a Mexico City amusement park -- for Atlanta.
"The conditions there were not as good as we would want them to be but the people from Mexico were doing the best they could," said Dr. Tonya Clauss, the aquarium's assistant manager of veterinary services.
The two are being treated for some minor skin problems that probably resulted from the less-than-ideal water conditions in Mexico, but their overall health is very good, Clauss said.
"They started eating the first day and have been doing great," she said.
Their new tank will provide them with more room and additional tankmates -- three female belugas from New York, affectionately called by the vet staff "the New York ladies."
Clauss says all five are getting along well.
And if the Mexican boys and the New York ladies get a little too friendly?
"We wouldn't be upset at all if that happened," Clauss said with a smile.
"We have an ultrasound machine, similar to what you would find in human medicine. It would help us out in detecting a little baby beluga.":D
Also, last bit of pic goodness: Tyler Hansbrough. They don't call him Psycho T for nothing. Go Heels!~
[pic courtesy of DTH photo monkey extraordinaire, Brandon]
Holla!
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Who let the dogs out?
Since people are asking and I'm tired of multiple answering, here's a fun tidbit for you today: The origins -- and meaning of -- TEAM VINCENT.
Those of you who keep up on your gossip -- and with sites like The Superficial and Pink is the New Blog, how could you resist? -- know that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston split up this year, and he started (unofficially) dating Angelina Jolie.
So, companies started making these stupid shirts...
That were then worn by these stupid people...
And people started referring to things as Team X and Team Y, including Team Kristin and Team LC from MTV's (inexplicably) popular show "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County."
So when Katie (Schwing) and I were discussing the possible formation of a team for a beer pong tourney, we decided our name would be TEAM VINCENT.
Vincent is the lovable and adorable yellow lab on "LOST," my new favorite show. Katie has seen the first few episodes -- featuring Vincent, of course -- and we giggled and high-fived in his honor on that night. We now honor him further by carrying on the TEAM VINCENT torch, along with the absurdly silly gratification we get from this. :D
Holla!
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Can't stop the rock.
rhymeandreason72: life, 1,156, becca, 0
ilikefood130: ):
ilikefood130: fight back becca.. maybe you'll sink a 3 with 2 seconds remaining
rhymeandreason72: hehe
rhymeandreason72: david noel style!
ilikefood130: yes!
ilikefood130: team vincent!
rhymeandreason72: and i cannot believe YOU just used a sports metaphor ;-)
ilikefood130: teehee
rhymeandreason72: what is the world coming to!?
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REVENGE OF BABY BELUGA!!!!
bananafish38: for some reason that makes me start singing "bayyyyby beluuuuuga" in my head.
bananafish38: for some reason everything makes me start singing bayyyyby beluuuuga in my head.
bananafish38: IVE NEVER EVEN HEARD THAT SONG!!
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rhymeandreason72: i love whales!
rhymeandreason72: they really are so cute
rhymeandreason72: http://www.spawar.navy.mil/sandiego/technology/mammals/Images_animals/beluga.jpg
rhymeandreason72: i mean, they kinda look like nature's version of down's syndrome, but they're still adorable
bananafish38: hahahah!!!
bananafish38: they do! they do!
bananafish38: jesus. was that whale's mother on accutane during pregnancy?
rhymeandreason72: WHOA! http://gruppen.greenpeace.de/aachen/meere-fotos-beluga-maul.jpg
rhymeandreason72: this one will fuck you UP
bananafish38: i just yelled "OH MY GOD@!!!" out loud
R.I.P.
So we're saying bye to TWO fishes this week. Sebastian bit it the other day and now Chili just died, stuck to the filter tube, bringing back horrible memories from my 7-year-old self when Sparks died in such a manner*.
(*That would lead one to believe that I am a curse to fish, but that's not the case.)
Rest in peace little buddies, in that big toilet bowl in the sky, as we are left here to scratch our heads and wonder what the fuck caused you to just give up the will to live.
My money's on bird flu.
2:26 a.m., ETA: The little pleco, my lil dustbuster-lookin' fish is ALSO dead. WTF. He didn't even have a NAME yet, even though he died right after the two-week-money-back-Petsmart-promise.
The last thing i went to deal with right now is dead pets. Fish are supposed to be easy! Mordecai and Enrique were never this much of a hassle. Argh. STOP DYING, FISHIES.
Please.
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Rant: MySpace
Now while i love Bobby, this simply isn't true:
" P.S. Myspace is so far superior to Facebook it's not even funny. "MySpace has 38 million (and counting) registered users.
It's the 5th most visited site on the Internet.
It is ridiculously more pointless than Facebook.
It seems to just be full of 30 million 16-19 year olds whining about their exes and putting stupid backgrounds on their profiles so you can't even read them while my chemical romance blasts in the background while you, the visitor, clambor to turn it off. They all have the same haircut and user pic, the blank-expression-caught-on-a-web-cam,the i'm-too-cool-to-just-look-at-the-camera-and-smile-like-a-normal-person picture.
The other 8 million fall into a number of other categories: Buff shirtless guys that sound like morons, weird 32 year olds that obviously have nothing better to do, and bands that are hyping their music. This seems to be the one productive thing about the site -- the creators of MySpace even recently launched their own record label.
At the end of the summer, media mogul Rupert Murdoch bought MySpace's parent company, Intermix Media, for a reported
$580 million.I worked on a story about social networking sites at the beginning of the year, and the figures on MySpace intrigued me. I signed up and started looking around the other week, and it's been a complete waste of time. I know I'm biased, and the total amount of time i've spent on MySpace adds up to about 4 hours, but through idle browsing, NONE of the people seemed interesting. Yet, it's INCREDIBLY popular. I'm gonna assume that I'm just missing the point and 38 million people cannot be that boring and unoriginal.
Facebook is out of control, but it's entertaining and at least serves a purpose: You bookmark your friends and they bookmark you, hooray! Most people seem to be on it just to be connected; rarely do people list EVERY detail about their lives on Facebook. Not the case with MySpace. My cousin is even on there, acting like the queen of the emo-ites. Her page title is /////this girl is death/////. Number 1, no, she's not, and number 2, WTF? I mean, i was in high school too. I went through my aggro-metal phase, with the Korn and the Limp Bizkit, et al (shut up), but at the time, it was a great experience with a group of friends in real life.
Bottom line: I think it's just weird to try and connect with/meet people over the internet. AIM/Facebook is one thing, bc you are friends with the people you're talking to. And you actually hang out in real life. Cyberspace communities seem so intangible that i don't see how you can derive any real satisfaction from that.
End of rant.
Radio, this is Unit 51.
Flashback:
Clipping from Maximum Rock 'n' Roll --
"The following came to me from Alan Kornhauser. It is a transcript of a radio exchange released Octover 10, 1996 by the Chief of Naval Operations.
Messenger 1: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.
Messenger 2: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to south to avoid a collision.
Messenger 1: This is the captain of a U.S. Navy ship. I say again, divert your course.
Messenger 2: No, I say again, divert YOUR course.
Messenger 1: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ENTERPRISE. WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW.
Messenger 2: This is a lighthouse. Your call."
Probably never happened, but it always made me giggle. That record shop where I bought that mag isn't even open anymore. What's truly amazing is that I was able to hold onto a single clipping for 9 years. Heh.
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I hate Sunday nights.
Yale's finest:
Phunklemon [AUTO-REPLY] : so last night, i think, "yeah sure, i'll go to bed at 1. that way i'll get enough sleep to manage the raman lab tomorrow." and when does my body finally decide it wants to sleep? that's right: 6:30 a.m. apparently my body would rather sleep during molrad than at night, when most non-schizophrenics are asleep. so if you walk by sterling today and see a blue light emanating from the west side of the building, that's me shooting passersby on the sidewalk with the argon ion laser BECAUSE I'VE OFFICIALLY GONE INSANE.woo-hoo!
also, funny cartoon:
Anyway, weekend wrapup:
Visited sister & co in raleigh, went to a cookout, got to play with fire -- THAT was faaaaantastic -- went to a party, met up with out of towners, great fun was had at yeats, went to talulah's, great fun was had there with the INDIAN DANCE PARTY -- 50 Cent's "In the Club" sounds bad ass in Hindi -- got food, slept like a baby, watched game, work, Linda's, more fun with out of towners and a ridiculously drunk photo monkey, slept in AGAIN, did work, tried to get Schwind's credit card back from the bar, bar guy didn't believe me and also didn't care that he lives in Maryland, so fuck that guy. Also, family guy and football were excellent all around today, and one of my fish, Sebastian, died. RIP lil buddy.
Also, Bobcats got spanked by the Mavericks on Friday, but check out this picture. Totally illustrates why they used to call him "Emeka the Rejectah" when he was at Uconn.
The boy is hot, and he can play. Go team.
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24 hour party people
Ok, guys that live below me --
We can totally go at it in a 4 a.m. battle of the stereos another day. I totally would right now, but i don't want to piss off the people upstairs, who i know are still awake because i can hear them walking around. Ugh. I hate this apt complex and its paperthin walls (and floors?)
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Shut. Up.
Robertson warns Pennsylvania voters of God's wrathI think that if God was every bit as "tit-for-tat vengeful" as Robertson paints him to be, don't you think the 700 Club man himself would've been been bitch slapped with cosmic force a lonnnnnnnnng time ago?
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Yes yes y'all and we don't stop
I forgot to post this yesterday -- Bethany's dad won a seat on the Char-Meck Board of Education! :) Congrats to Mr. Tate.
http://www.tomtate.org/*
X gonna give it to ya
Okay. I'll love the team, but I cannot get behind an NBA mascot that looks like roadkill. Bright orange roadkill. I mean, really, bob johnson. You own BET. You're worth BILLIONS. Yet you couldn't commission someone to make a freaking costume that looked better than some chump in a middle school production of Cats?
Oh well. They have a game Wed. at 7:30. I'm hoping it'll be on here, but it's gonna have to defer to Lost either way. (watch it. they're killing off a main charac!!)
Other fun things:
1. Lewis Black is going to start doing segments on.....
THE WEATHER CHANNEL. Yeah, ya didn't see that one coming. I have like 7 of his stand up performances and he makes fun of TWC in ALL OF THEM.
2. You can't fake the funk on a nasty dunk.
Vince Carter, 11/7, almost knocking Alonzo Mourning to the FLOOR.
3. Emeka hearts Felton. From a chat
transcript from the Bobcats' official site:
Tracy: How do you see Raymond Felton fitting into the offense?
Emeka Okafor: Raymond is a great young player, an excellent addition. He is fast and quick and most importantly to me, he is a great passer (Laughing) Ha-ha. I look forward to playing with him. 4. They're talking about making a
YOU GOT SERVED 2! Seriously. They should call it
"2 Fast 2 Servius." Shit, I'd still go see it.
5. The new "Boondocks" cartoon seemed to
resonate well with the masses/critics. Cartoon Network also announced Tuesday that "the series premiere of The Boondocks Sunday night set Adult Swim delivery records."
Which is great, because it was really, really funny. Head over to
[adult swim] to figure out showtimes. Also, watch Robot Chicken. It's incredibly ADD and i love it.
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*tee hee*
Oh, Sports Guy. You've had me giggling on my laptop while my roomates look at me in confusion since freshman year.
If you don't read him, you should -- he's ridiculously funny. Even if you're not that into sports, check it out because you'll catch on.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/051102
from his NBA Preview: Part II:
"ONE QUESTION THAT CAN BE EASILY ANSWERED
1. Why did the NBA institute a dress code?
Because David Stern is a genius, that's why. During the busiest sports month of the year (October), the NBA managed to steal mainstream media attention away from the baseball playoffs, the NFL season, college football, the NHL, "Survivor," "Amazing Race," the debut of the "Adam Carolla Project" on TLC, Franz Ferdinand's new album, Kate and Tom's immaculate conception, the first photos of the Federline-Spears baby, Jimmy Snuka's triumphant return to the WWE ... you name it, the NBA dress code overshadowed it. You couldn't ask for better publicity heading into a season.
Which brings me to my point: They could have announced this decision in July, August or September. Instead, they waited until October ... as if they didn't know it would turn into a racial issue (what isn't a racial issue at this point?), or that some players would react poorly, or that millionaire dopes like Marcus Camby would demand a stipend for new clothes, or that Cuban would dress like a homeless man in retaliation. Come on. It was brilliant, it worked, it got people talking and it's just another reason why David Stern should be running the country some day.
(Imagine Stern as president after the New Orleans debacle? You know he would have come up with some convoluted way to knock FEMA off the front pages, something like "President Stern announced today that members of Congress would have to wear white wigs when they were in session like everyone did back in the late-1700s, explaining, 'It's time this country went back to its roots. ... what, you have a problem with America celebrating its roots?'")
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LOVE. IT. *bec
Trabampoline!
The coolest picture you will see this week!
from this article:) http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051104/NEWS01/511040431/-1/all
Apparently the boy has severe ADHD and the goats are the only pets that calm him down. That's omething you don't hear everyday.
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Kick ass weekend, i love homecoming/miss a lot of grads. Dhiren, Schwind and Steph visitng next weekend though. :)
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My friends are insane
but perhaps that's why i love them.
[DS]: I fuckin hate K
[DS]: I loathe him
[DS]: no other human being on this planet is capable of bringing down my day like he does
[DS]: I will have to ensure that I get married in the summer if and when I do get married
[DS]: because if there's even the remote likelihood that K's name gets mentioned on the day that I get married, I will lose my shit
[DS]: then I'll have to kick his ass for ruining my wedding day
[DS]: and that's not fuckin cool
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I said "bay-," she said "SHUT UP."
woo hoo! in honor of the release of more parts of the ridiculous "Trapped in the Closet" saga, here's a parody cliff's notes of the first 5 chapters.
http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3100
Parts 6-8 have been released to the radio. He also released a DVD set on Tuesday with parts 1-12, so the others will be out to the mainstream soon.
*side note: i was baffled when industry people acted like nothing happened when the whole underage sex tapes/pissing etc issue went down, bc no one seemed to even care! he was still showing up at award shows and artists were still lauding his work, but, fuck it.
i mean, look at him. (*note the belt buckle.) it's just too funny to resist.
