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Clean and Pack, is that all I'm good for around here!?
2002-05-08 01:12:16
Well, this *might* be my last post for a while. I'm moving back home, since school is over. I'm going to have to unpack, and then I'll be chilling with my friends, and recording more songs. And for those who have heard my band's music, fear not: I shall obtain more songs and post then on my page.
Also, I'll be doing an overhaul on my page. *Hopefully* I can aquire a real web page, instead of using Angelfire. Put until then, you'll have to settle with lower quality and all those downsides. I'm going to be adding more pictures as well. I'll even be updating the main page as well! Well, until then, peace!
Eating: Pizza (Well, I was)
Listening to: Spring Heeled Jack - Mass Appeal Madness
Wearing: Orange pants!
Going to: Go home, once it's 3 PM tomorrow -
I go home in a day! Yea!
2002-05-07 13:27:33
Whoo! I'm going to go take my last exam, and then my brother's coming down tomorrow afternoon to help me move back home. I can't wait! Endless band practice, Slurpie runs, cable TV. The only thing I'll miss is my T1 line. Well, off to master Music Business!
Eating: Lunch soon
Listening to: Nothing (my roommate's asleep)
Wearing: Orange pants!
Going to: My final exam! -
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2002-05-06 05:33:29
I'm just about to go to bed, and I wanted to get a journal entry in before I hit the sack. Since I can't think of anything, I'm just going to type the Dave Barry article from today's paper:
"Read All About It: Papers Out Of Sync
"The newspaper industry is in trouble. The decline can be tracked back to 1960, when The Reporter Dispatch in Westchester County, N.Y.,made the suicidal mistake of letting me deliver it. I was terrible at this job. I was always late, and I could not get the hang of folding the papers, so when I flung them onto people's doorsteps, they looked like origami projects that had been regurgitated by wolves.
"Newspaper circulation has been declining ever since. Things are so bad that we're thinking it might be cheaper, instead of running the presses, to simply call our subscribers individually and read them the parts of the paper they're interested in, which is mainly the comics. Many of our subscribers are elderly, so we'd have to read in loud voices. ("OK MRS. HOOBLICK, IN THE FIRST PANEL, GARFIELD HAS HIS HEAD STUCK IN A SHOE. WHAT? NO, I SAID STUCK IN A SHOE. WELL SAME TO YOU, MRS. HOOBLICK.")
"We're having trouble attacting younger readers. They're not interested in the stories we put on the front page, about the ongoing breakdown of the Middle East peace process, which has been breaking down for several thousand years now. In the newspaper business, we find this absolutely riveting, but young people do not, and we have no clue what they ARE interested in.
"Oh, we try. I myself subscribe to America Online, so I can go into Internet chat rooms and find out what young people want to know. As far as I can tell, they mainly want to know: (1) Am I female? (2) If so, will I send them naked pictures?
"Another major topic is Britney Spears. As far as the America Online news department is concerned, Britney is more important than nuclear proliferation. Recently, on the same day that there was a major development in the Middle East peace-process breaksown, the big story on America Online was that - and if you didn't know this, I hate to be the one to tell you - Britney broke up with Justin. Yes. Justin is of course Justin Timberlake, a member of the popular 37-year-old-boy band "In Syncronization" (or, as its fans call it for short, "Puff Daddy").
"In addition to the big breakup story, America Online had a poll where you could vote on what Britney should do next: (1) "Start seeing other people," (2) "Get back together with Justin," or (3) "Concentrate on her career." ("Learn to actually sing" was not an option.) Apparently America Online subscribers care DEEPLY about this, because in just a few hours, the poll had tallied more than half a million votes, including 141,000 for "start seeing other people," all from Sen. Strom Thurmond.
"Which brings us to the issues of bias. Another reason why newspapers are in trouble is that the public perceives journalists as being more liberal than the average American. This view is based on a survey showing that in the 2000 presidential election between Al Gore and George W. Bush, 86 percent of newspaper journalists - a much higher percentage than the general population - voted for Stalin.
"So times are tough for the newspaper business. But there is hope, which stems from a heartwarming incident in Geneseo, Ill., reported in a March 22 story in The Moline Dispatch, written by Matt Gergeni. The story concerns a 73-year-old woman who was buying a copy of the Dispatch from a vending machine outside a Wal-Mart, when the machine's door slammed shut, trapping the woman by the neck strings of her jacket. Unable to remove the jacket, and lacking the 50 cents she needed to reopen the door, the woman asked a Wal-Mart employee for help. The employee told her it was not store policy to make refunds for the machine.
"The woman spent 20 minutes hunched over in the cold before she was able to convince the employee that she didn't want a refund, she just wanted OUT. Finally, the employee put two quarters into the machine and freed the woman, who repaid the employee. Wal-Mart later apologized and gave the woman a $25 gift certificate, so the incident is closed, unless of course a $700 million lawsuit is filed, which is totally possible, this being the United States of America.
"But here's my point: If a relatively stupid, spring-operated newspaper vending machine can catch and hold a customer, imagine the results we'd get is we equipped these machines with computers, motors, wheels, stun guns, etc. We have the technology to make a vending machine that can chase prospective readers for miles, knock down their doors and refuse to take no for an answer.
"What do you think, newspaper people? I think this could be the biggest circulation-booster since we started using this special ink that rubs off on our readers's hands and gets into their bloodstreams and causes them to become addicted. Of course that's still a secret, so don't print this last paragraph."
Ugh. I've been typing on and off for about an hour and a half. My roommate's watching "Resident Evil." We already watched "Slackers" tonight. One more round through the forums, then I'm out like 80s fashion. Peace!
Eating: Nothing
Listening to: Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Coming
Wearing: An Atari T-Shirt and blue jeans
Going to: BED!!! -
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!
2002-05-05 15:59:52
Well, Jen's gone back home...*bawls like a little bitch*...but I can survive! (Yeah right) Ive been going through the forums more, and I'm convinced about one thing: Mroni is a fucking asshole.
Well, I'll be a lot more available here at the web site and chat room, now that she's gone. One thing that's awesome is that shadow13 is reviewing all my vids! I don't know why, but he is. Soooooo, if anyone else feels so inclined, feel free to do so! I still can't believe the rating that dbz_doomrider gave "You Give Me Something." He's just a little bitch, and is mad that I don't like his new video idea. I mean, he said his video would rival "This Is DBZ Life," and the only video he's done so far is sponsered by Cartoon Network, if you know what I mean.
I think I'm going to go to GameWorks, or to the movies. I'll be here later. Peace!
Eating: Nachos, hopefully
Listening to: Jamiroquai and Jools Holland - I'm In The Mood For Love
Wearing: An Atari T-Shirt (system, not the band) and blue jeans
Going to: The maul, er, mall -
Another review!!! WHOO!!!!
2002-05-04 03:47:27
Yes, friends! I have aquired another review! My man, shadow13, had already reviewed "We're Down," and he just reviewed "Wicked Mix." He said he's going to review "You Give Me Something" once he gets the chance. He'd be the first person to review all (Well, almost all) of my videos! Yeah, I don't expect him to touch my Linkinball Z video. Hey, it was my first!
Anyhow, I'm only here at UM for another 4 days, then I get to go home!!! ENDLESS BAND PRACTICE!!! WHOO!!!! Well, enough of that. I'm going to bed, I'm fucking tired, and I'm visiting some of Jen's family later today. Peace!
PS: See "Spider Man."
Eating: Vitamin C Halls
Listening to: My roommate's dancehall reggae
Wearing: A Decepticons 3/4 sleeve T-Shirt (blue) and my paint stained jeans
Going to: Bed!
JOURNAL: Rozard (Brian Nickerson)
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