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Oct. 28th, 2008 @ 12:12 pm Download the new Michael Moore film for free, legally.
Current Location: Work
The State of My Head:: happy
The State of My Headphones:: Barack Obama - speech in Ohio
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Michael Moore is offering his latest film, Slacker Uprising, as a free download. Check it: http://tinyurl.com/4mngsc

w00t.

-A
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Oct. 20th, 2008 @ 03:27 pm Comin' From Where I'm From
Current Location: Work
The State of My Head:: contemplative
The State of My Headphones:: Anthony Hamilton - Comin' From Where I'm From
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If you haven't heard the song "Comin' From Where I'm From" by Anthony Hamilton, from the album of the same name, I very strongly recommend that you cruise over to iTunes and listen to the preview.

It's a very chill song. Kind of a modern day, evolutionary descendant of the blues, with modern R&B instrumentation and smooth vocal harmonies. Great song for a rainy day, or to cheer you up and help you relax when you're pissed off, or down.


$0.99 is a small price to pay for this kind of aural bliss. =0


Clicky clicky: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=2415870
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Oct. 20th, 2008 @ 09:02 am Oh, well...
Current Location: Work
The State of My Head:: Tired
The State of My Headphones:: The Ballad of Hank McCain - John Zorn with Mike Patton
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Oh, well. Considering how all of my non Sox fan friends (yes, I do have them) were gloating and talking about how badly beaten the Sox were getting, I suppose I should be happy that they made the incredible comeback that they did. Those Sox - I swear, they're drama whores and doing it on purpose. =0

A massive rally in the last three games. But tragically, it was too little, too late. At least the series ran a full seven games and the last game was a nail biter. No one can say Boston aren't still worthy of their revered status. I look forward to Lowell coming back next season, and maybe a further refinement of the batting lineup and bullpen*. Everything else is pretty solid, as we proved.


* Speaking of the bullpen, it's already great; Okajima ("Hideki!"), Masterson, and Papelbon performed masterfully. If we get a couple more relievers like them, and our starters can stay on top of their game, we should be nearly impossible to score on most of the time.

Let's hope the Sox can take back their rightful place at the top next year. Until then, I intend to root for the Rays, who have us a hell of a fight! I don't have to like them, but I respect them. =)

-A
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Oct. 17th, 2008 @ 11:18 am The Red Sox made me proud last night.
Current Location: Work
The State of My Head:: cheerful
The State of My Headphones:: I'm listening to Noah Antwiler review Phantasmagoria 2 for the PC
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I was telling everyone Daisuke Matsuzaka would pitch another great opening. It turns out he allowed five runs, but he DID make some great plays on the field, including catching a line drive that came right at his head (I would have turned away like George Michael in Arrested Development, LOL) and running to 1st for a tag.

Despite trailing 0-7 in the bottom of the seventh, the Sox launched an epic comeback that made me proud.

Even if they end up losing the series, I'll be happy that they rallied. This win was enough to appease me.

That being said, of course I'd love to see the Sox win the World Series again this year! ^_^
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Oct. 16th, 2008 @ 11:54 am From Joe Six Pack to Joe the Plumber
Current Location: Work
The State of My Head:: Wistfully Amused
The State of My Headphones:: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Around The Bend
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Ugh.

All of this "Joe" stuff is so condescending.

I suppose Joe the Plumber is a step up from Joe Six Pack. I just can't wait for this election to be over. We need to get a Democrat in the White House ASAP.
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Oct. 13th, 2008 @ 06:33 pm Long time no see...
Current Location: Portland, ME
The State of My Head:: maudlin
The State of My Headphones:: Radiohead - In Rainbows
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Hello, Internet.

It's me, Aaron.

Long time, no post. I know. I know.

I miss my girlfriend. Well, I guess she is my ex-girlfriend now.

There, I said it. I miss her. I wish I had never broken up with her. I just couldn't take it, she had trust issues. She thought I was cheating on her. Ugh. I have not had any kind of relationship since the breakup, and I guess I'm just kind of in Limbo emotionally.

I thought the time away would give me room for self improvement, whatever that means. And I suppose it has, but I get lonely often (I know, I know; whinge, whinge, whinge...) and I miss our amazing conversations. It was nice just to have someone I could talk to about ANYTHING with, you know?

Like, I can talk to some of my friends about some things, like games or movies or comics or music, and I can talk to some of my friends about religion, politics, philosophy, psychology, etc, and I can talk to some of my friends about fetish and kinky stuff, and whatever. But how many people can I talk about all of that stuff with, without them being either weirded out or bored or whatever by one or another subject? Not many. And most of the ones I could, I've lost touch with because I'm an introverted, self-loathing freak who thinks no one really wants to talk to me, hence I don't call them.

Whee. Self-hating for the WIN.

Alright, I'm being dramatic, I don't feel that bad, really. But you know how sometimes you just get on one of those kicks. I feel a lot better now, actually. W00t.

Thanks for listening, Internet. Feel free to poke fun at me now.
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Apr. 18th, 2007 @ 01:57 pm Nerd, ho!
Current Location: Work
The State of My Head:: crazy
The State of My Headphones:: The Star Wars Theme!
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Mar. 19th, 2007 @ 04:40 pm Pronounced with an "oach-Z".
Current Location: WORK*FNORD*WORK!
The State of My Head:: silly
The State of My Headphones:: The Merlin Show!
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Putting together a spot with a guy from a dealership who phoned in... he sounds kinda like my girlfriend's father, except he talks kind of like Coach Z, inasmuch as he said "... or da car is free!"




As Coach Z himself would say:

"Gotta go now, take da care!

Oh, and by that I mean tender lovin' care... not my automobile... a lot of times people have trouble understandin'..."

-_^
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Mar. 7th, 2007 @ 12:51 pm Blue Soda of Death?
Current Location: Work
The State of My Head:: amused
The State of My Headphones:: The sound of my own voice uttering disclaimers
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I think the picture speaks for itself.
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Feb. 28th, 2007 @ 07:23 pm Job is awesome.
Current Location: Onett, Eagleland
The State of My Head:: tired
The State of My Headphones:: The Blanks - Over The Rainbow
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Can't post now. Pics will follow.

Incomplete sentences.

- A
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Feb. 24th, 2007 @ 01:51 pm New job in two days!
Current Location: Bungsville, ME
The State of My Head:: jubilant
The State of My Headphones:: "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" - Daft Punk - I love it!
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Wow, I can't believe I start my new job in just two days! I'm so excited and anxious... Hopefully they will add me to the company website soon and I can show off and be all "lookatme".

I think everyone on here knows my secret identity anyway, right?

Roight?

Roight.

Later all, gotta run to work (two more days of customer service Hell!)!!!1!OMGLOLWTFBBQ!

- Das Ubergeek
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Feb. 24th, 2007 @ 01:01 pm Nerd My Ride
Current Location: Middle of Nowhere, ME
The State of My Head:: silly
The State of My Headphones:: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft Punk
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Got vanity plates last time I registered the Galant. Why? Well, they were only $15 and now I can proudly proclaim myself to have the nerdiest ride in the state of Maine.

I already had a NERV parking permit from my Eva platinum purchase:



So I thought I'd getting matching plates:



w00t! What a geek I am. I guess if I got to PortCon this year I will be the envy of the otaku...



Not to mention that I have two of the geekiest air fresheners in my car - Mr. Sparkle:



... and Gir riding the pig:



They have ceased to be air fresheners long ago, but serve as decorations and testaments to my geekdom.

w00t.



Got that Rogue Wave song from Heroes in my head...

"In your eyes, in your eyes, in your eyes, in your eyes, in your eyes..."

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IchiAi [A.B.] out.
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Jan. 5th, 2007 @ 02:58 pm Unhappy endings...
Current Location: The land of milk and honey
The State of My Head:: musing
The State of My Headphones:: Underworld - Cowgirl
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So, I was speaking with my wonderful girlfriend about films, and when she asked me what I thought the "greatest movie ever made" was, I responded "12 Monkeys... no - Brazil".

Now, aside from both being by Terry Gilliam, they have something in common - they are both dystopian flicks and both have rather sad, tragic endings.

Although I know she appreciates Brazil, I could also tell that she was wondering something. She never came out and asked me, but I could feel the question in her mind, anyhow:

"Why do you like sad, depressing films so much?"

The same can be said for my taste in literature - dystopian science fiction, cyerpunk, hard boiled novels, Thomas Harris. To be sure, I enjoy happy stories, but I admit, my taste is rather macabre, and not just from dabbling in dark and angst-ridden subject material.

I hope I can provide a good answer to you here, sweetheart. ^_^

I've been thinking, as I've been re-reading 1984, why I enjoy these kinds of tales so much. I suppose it's because I feel that they have a tremendous value to society. They are precautionary tales; warnings. The reason I like reading about and watching dreary visions of a depressing future is because I suppose I think that if we can imagine it, and see how terrible it is, we can perhaps avoid it.

At the same time, I also am found of fiction that sheds a positive light on the future: Star Trek, Asimov, etc.

I guess I like seeing both sides of the coin, but I feel that humanity needs constant warning - I think the world would be a better place (maybe just a little, but I think it would be, if one can measure this sort of thing) if everyone in the world were to read 1984.

Maybe I'm just a dreamer.

*shrug*

=)
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Jan. 5th, 2007 @ 02:34 am Ungoodthinkful thoughtcrime.
Current Location: Along the banks of the river Styx
The State of My Head:: doubleplus good
The State of My Headphones:: Lazlo Bane - Superman
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Re-reading 1984 for probably the 3rd or fourth time.

Also in the middle of Hannibal Rising - very interesting, thus far.

Hello, world.
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Feb. 9th, 2006 @ 07:53 pm Another reason to love "Family Guy"...
The State of My Head:: happy
The State of My Headphones:: The Moody Blues - Gemini Dream
The Safety Word Is Banana.

*LOL*

If you aren't able to view the vid, you need DivX - http://www.divx.com/divx/play/download/
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Feb. 6th, 2006 @ 02:19 pm Just got the tickets in!
The State of My Head:: ecstatic
The State of My Headphones:: The Guess Who - "No Time"
Yes!

Witness - the poorly captured and poorly edited ticket pic of DOOM!



In honour of this, I made a new avatar. I think the animation is a bit distracting, though. So I'll probably be back to Gir tomorrow.

Just wanted to celebrate, somehow.

I love you, Christina! ;)

P.S: Ironically, I'm listening to classic rock right now, not angry electric rock. =) The Guess Who were the first Canadian band to have a #1 hit song in America, did you know that? *L*
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Jan. 25th, 2006 @ 01:49 pm Yea!
The State of My Head:: happy
The State of My Headphones:: Chris Cornell - "Preaching The End of The World"
I'm going to see NIN with my sweet girlfiend! ;)

I'm so stoked!
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Jan. 21st, 2006 @ 01:28 pm 2006 May Be A good Year For Films, After All...
The State of My Head:: getting ready to work
The State of My Headphones:: This Week In Tech (podcast)
We started off this year with a few strong movies (Narnia, Geisha, etc) stretching into it. We have the possibility of a few stinkers in the immediate future, but I am actually very hopeful about what this year holds.

Two primary reasons are:

Silent Hill

and

Clerks 2.

Neither is sure to be an intellectual blockbuster, but I was worried about the SH film, and the trailer actually looks pretty good (despite mixing chronology and changing characters from the entire series - I am actually happy to see Pyramid Head, even though he does not appear in SH1). Clerks 2, well; I've been waiting a loooong, looooooong time for this.

Here's hoping.

- A
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Jan. 13th, 2006 @ 01:13 am Happy Trogday!
The State of My Head:: insomniacal
The State of My Headphones:: Geeky podcasts
Been trying to sleep, to no avail. So, in my drowsy daze I decide to flip the old CPU back on and cruise to Homestar Runner dot net (it's dot com).

What do I see? Why, it's Trogdor's birthday! I had forgotten that old Troggie was born only a couple of days after me. That's right; three years ago, "some kind of dragon" was born.

Here is a pic of me meeting that very dragon:



Good times.

Here's to you, Trogs... here's to you.

Time to really sleep. Or I will pay dearly tomorrow.

Later!

- IchiAi
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Oct. 11th, 2005 @ 04:04 pm Versaries...
The State of My Head:: busy
The State of My Headphones:: Underworld - Beaucoup Fish (the whole album)
Well, it's the 7th anniversary of two of my friends, and the anniversary of the day when I met my wonderful girlfriend Christina is coming up soon.

'Tis the season for 'versaries, apparently.

How appropriate that the Teen Girl Squad(z0r!1!) would celebrate its Tenth Issue-versary!

w00t!

[/random]

And I'm out.

- Aaron
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