Skoch's Corner

Things that piss me off #1

2010-08-19T22:15:00.002-06:00

This past weekend i saw two movies.
The Expendables and
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.

...and the award for the best action film goes to...

Scott Pilgrim by a long shot.

The Reasoning?

Well way way back in the 2007 Paul Greengrass gave us the finale to the Bourne Trilogy, a film witch contained camera work unlike anything we had ever seen, and i will admit, it was pretty fantastic at the time, heck it even won an academy award for editing.

but seriously, i am so sick of this whole shaky cam method of filming every action sequence, you can't even see whats going on.

Which is why it was so astonishing to see such wonderful directing by the likes of Edgar Wright (Spaced, Shaun of the Dead). You actually get to see the fight scenes! I could cry it was so beautiful. Punches being landed. Reactions being seen. Head not spinning. Vomit not spewing.

Go see Scott Pilgrim.

and if you don't like it.
I don't like you.

Strung out like these christmas lights

2010-08-08T23:52:00.003-06:00

Everything is Over
Everything is Beginning

Once upon a time i was walking home with Anna, right around the time she had broken up with a certain jerk.
During this walk i was listing off guys she could use as a rebound.
I eventually came to Jordan.
Turns out you should never tell a girl that a specific boy is too good for her.
So in rebellion Anna started dating this boy.
and she proved me wrong.
he's not too good for her.
he's perfect for her.
and she for him.

and so no more will I skip choir practice to talk to Anna in her office.
and no more will i delay practicing guitar to talk to Jordan in the hallway.
but i think it is to their credit to say
that the chagrin of nostalgia does not out way
the absolute joy in knowing they will live out the rest of their days
together.

Flicker you once bright star.

2010-07-19T20:41:00.002-06:00

I loath grocery stores.

The bright lights make me feel like i'm part of a science experiment.

The music reminds me of soma from Brave New World.

the check out line makes me feel like cattle.

The endless number of products and advertisements and sales and air miles makes my soul curl up into a tight little ball and pray for death.

I want all of you to go to a grocery store, pick up a dozen products, go to the middle of the store and just stop. Just stand there. take in your surroundings. admire the beauty that man has created. and then throw up. but don't worry, some poor shmuck will have to clean it up.

Come to think of it, next time i'm feeling nauseous, to the grocery store i will go.

Irony is still the shackles of youth

2009-11-27T23:14:00.004-07:00

Continuing my Rocky Mountain College Choir & Orchestra tradition i smoked a cigar (well, a primetime) to commemorate finishing another concert, although this time i smoked it somewhere on John Laurie Blvd while waiting for a conformation that the concert was indeed canceled.

Shortly after this i lent my cellphone to a fellow bored driver in the lane beside me so he could call his wife, and while standing in the middle of the road i took a moment to appreciate how beautiful a never ending sea of red tail lights look in the cold.

5 more months till Graduation.
yay for things you can put on your wall

Skoch

best Of Feb (v2.0)

2009-03-01T09:54:00.000-07:00

Top Ten Songs that found there way into my brain in the last month.

1.humpty dumpty - aimee mann
because nursery rhymes used in different contexts rule
2.my girls - animal collective
Beach Boy Style harmonies will never go out of...style.
3.furr - blitzen trapper
one day i hope to turn from beast into man because of a girl
4.skinny love - bon iver
odd tuning, recorded in a secluded cabin, minimal percussion, sad love song
5.anthems for a seventeen year old girl - broken social scene
i thinks its feist singing. almost makes me wanna be a teenage girl
6.to be young - ryan adams
is to be sad, is to be high. i swear i used to live this song
7.mass romantic - new pornographers
soooo catchy. plus bonus points for singing "bon appetite" (which is french)
8.broke - modest mouse
Just 2 chords people! and its lo-fi! broken hearts want broken necks indeed
9.Pillar Of Salt - The Thermals
Its no cool to make fun of God. unless you're a pop punk band
10.i don't blame you - cat power
its actually erie how these lyrics could be my life

mental note: think about advertising for 3rd year concert.

oh its been forever

2009-01-10T21:08:00.003-07:00

No point lamenting.

i didn't watch a whole lot, but here it is anyway
top ten movies of 2008

1. The Wrestler
2. Milk
3. The Dark Night
4. In Bruges
5. Frost/Nixon
6. Iron Man
7. Slumdog Millionaire
8. Let The Right One In
9. Burn After Reading
10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Still have a good dozen oscar contenders to go through.

Skoch

I guess your just what i needed

2008-03-25T12:59:00.002-06:00

So my decade long quest is finally over. and boy do i feel enlightened. movie wise that is. oh well, now that my life is meaningless i've been focusing my attention on playing halo while listening to my records (cause we just got a record player, and its awesome!)

also i gots me an awesome summer job washing windows making mad cash! boo yeah!

k, watching prison break

peace

skoch

Oscar winners

2008-02-24T11:10:00.002-07:00

So the following is what i think should win (as oppose to what i think will win)
The Stars Correspond to how many of the noms i have not seen in each category

Best Picture: No Country For Old Men
Best Director: Joel + Ethan Coen (No Country For Old Men)
Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis (No Country For Old Men)
**Best Actress: Ellen Page (Juno)
Supporting Actor: Hal Holbrook (Into The Wild)
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
Original Screenplay: Joel + Ethan Cody (No Country For Old Men)
Adapted Screenplay: Diablo Cody (Juno)
Cinematography: The Assasination Of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
**Animated: Ratatouille
*Art Direction:Atonement
**Costume Design:Atonement
Film Editing: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Original Score: Atonement
Sound Editing: Transformers
Sound Mixing: Transformers
**Visual Effects: Transformers

And There You Have It

And All My Devils Are No Big Deal

2008-02-20T23:08:00.002-07:00

One day i'm gonna count how many times in my blogs i've mentioned my financial state. well here we go again. i'm poor. i think i have enough to pay my bills. past that who knows.
i'm going shopping for new glasses tomorrow!! yippie!! i also got a haircut. i kinda wanna buy a new shirt just to complete the "new" me.
Its reading break. Its just Stophers, Moi, and my entire struggle for self fulfillment made possible by God, Music by Tom Petty, and the number 3

Hey, were two weeks into lent!! thats not enough half way! i think i'm gonna die!!!

about a month ago i made an attempt at writing out my 50 favourite movies. here they are. boy i'm foolish.

1.Sunset Blvd.
2.Fargo
3.Pulp Fiction
4.Casablanca
5.Seven
6.The Deer Hunter
7.The Shawshank Redemption
8.Fight Club
9.Platoon
10.Goodfellas
11.Glory
12.Seven Samurai
13.Dog Day Afternoon
14.Rocky
15.The Godfather PtII
16.The Apartment
17.Silence Of The Lambs
18.The Gold Rush
19.The Usual Suspects
20.American Beauty
21.Little Miss Sunshine
22.The General
23.A Place In The Sun
24,The Matrix
25.The Thing
26.Requiem For A Dream
27.Patton
28.Paths Of Glory
29.It Happened One Night
30.Young Frankenstein
31.Unforgiven
32.Braveheart
33.Sunshine
34.Raiders Of The Lost Ark
35.The Empire Strikes Back
36.The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
37.The Searchers
38.M
39.True Romance
40.No Country For Old Men
41.Reservoir Dogs
42.Trainspotting
43.Some Like It Hot
44.Kill Bill(s)
45.One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
46.High Fidelity
47.Traffic
48.Do The Right Thing
49.Juno
50.A Fistful Of Dollars

Most Represented (at a glance)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Actor:Morgan Freeman/Samuel Jackson (4 each)
Actress: Tons with 2
Director: Quentin Tarantino/Billy Wilder (3 Each)
Writer: Quentin Tarantino (4)

Oldest Movie: The Gold Rush (September 15th 1925)
Newest Movie: Juno (December 25 2007)

Skoch

Academy Noms, eh?

2008-01-23T18:13:00.000-07:00

So theres been a lot of bickering in the world of movie dissing about how into the wild got burned. but i figure atonement took its place. and atonement was pretty good. so meh. so i'm gonna half to work double time to watch all the oscar noms plus handle my schoolwork, but i believe i can do it!!

One left - birth of a nation.
crazy, i know!
also i'm up to 160/500 albums. which is a much huger feat i know. but a guys gotta have a goal.

so my official top 10 movies of 07
1.No Country For Old Men
2.There Will Be Blood
3.Juno
4.Grindhouse
5.Sunshine
6.Knocked Up
7.Zodiac
8.The Assasination of Jessie James
9.The Lookout
10.Atonement
k, watching gone baby gone. so i'm gone.

skoch

Happiness is the road

2008-01-04T18:17:00.000-07:00

96 my friends. 96.

Ben-Hur
Mutiny on the bounty
The Jazz Singer
Birth of a Nation

The quest to finish this list has been with me so long its gonna feel wierd when its gone. Its wierd how finishing this list means so bloody much to me, but i guess when you've worked on something for over a decade that just naturally happens.
Part of me wants to watch the last movie with a whole bunch of people, and the other half wants to watch it all alone, but then i'll probably do something foolishly dramatic like cry. Which brings me to my next though, i wouldn't trade my loserness for anything in the world.

So heres to me one day finishing this list!!

Skoch

Sunny D and Blue Slushies

2007-12-05T21:32:00.000-07:00

K, so top thirteen movies of 2007 (so far, and based purely on entertainment value)
1. No Country For Old Men
2. Juno
3. Grindhouse
4. Sunshine
5. Knocked Up
6. The Lookout
7. Bourne Ultimatum
8. Hot Fuzz
9. Die Hard 4.0
10. Zodiac
11. The Assasination of Jessie James
12. American Gangster
13. Eastern Promises

But theres many more to go before the oscars are announced!!

Also, do you think the fact that i own a juno t shirt makes me super cool?
i say yes.
you will too, once you gaze upon its wonder!

Skoch (whos 22, incidentally)

I Suppose They All Want Dignity

2007-11-14T13:55:00.000-07:00

Well i've hit that point where i've put off all my assignments for far too long. but alas, i somehow manage to plow through every year and come off with...well passing grades.

I saw my Godson this past weekend. i feel its my responsibility to fill him full of mob quotes. this time it was "leave the gun, take the canoli"
he's gonna be way cooler in elementary then i ever was, i'll tell you that.
he also has a toy machete with fake blood that pours done the blade when you shake it.
very cute.

i'm sick of having a messy room, but alas, who has time to clean things anymore?

i haven't shaved in two weeks. very uncomfortable to sleep in. doesn't look to good either.
I've decided to learn more fables. stories with morals. preferably that involve animals.
so if anybody knows any, please come up to me and just start talking.

anyway, i must go bleed my heart. (for i'm an artist)
Skoch

Somebody carry me home

2007-10-30T22:42:00.000-06:00

Its a really cool thing when you someone who you think is a stuck up jerk turns out to be really nice.

I believe that phrase sums up my general experience in choir thus far.

Also i have more money then i thought. still. but its not for lack of trying.

I had a lengthy conversation with a married woman today. i guess i thought i'd mention that cuz it doesn't happen often to me.

If i could pick one person to kick my ass it would be roy orbison. damn he's cool.

school is hard. but i still nee dot practice things before i sleep. so g'd night all.

and remember, if something is lost then theres something to frame.

Skoch

You were the sun to which my eyes would not adjust

2007-10-16T21:25:00.000-06:00

Well its been a long long time since i last posted here. probably the longest gaps between two posts ever. crazy i know. so lets see.
1.I made a new friend who i think is amazing, so thats a big deal to me.
2.I recently saw jimmy eat world as well as built to spill, also bright eyes is in a couple weeks.
3.I was right. choir sucks.
4.I'm working two jobs at my school, and i'll still have to take loans out. yippie.
5.I've been listening to alot of John Lennon. he was a pissed off dude.
6.I'm up to 95 movies. and i have two at home i haven't had the time yet to watch.
7.I recently learned that espresso shots work great if you have to write a 4 page paper before 1pm, but crashing afterwords is terrible when you still have to work until 10:30pm.
8.I have terrible luck with computers, my laptop screen is broken, and the desktop i bought came with a french version of windows xp.
9.seriously. choir is not for me.
10.I found a girl who likes horror movies. how wicked is that.

Skoch

i was your silver lining, but now i'm gold

2007-08-22T17:25:00.000-06:00

September 24th i'm seeing the smashing pumpkins, and then after commiting suicide, because as for as meaningfull moments in life go, its all downhill from their.

In other news i registered/payed for classes. so i'm broke again. love-ah-lee.

My sister is staying over at my place tonight, on her way to waterton. that makes me feel old. having sibilings stay over.

My mum is awesome, she sent me money. always a great parental act.

i'm officially done at second cup. which feels amazing. people spend far too much on coffee.

of course, now i get to go look for another job, so i can hate that too.

Chris gets back this saturday! i forsee awesome times in the future, which also means that our tv show will start filming almost immediatly upon his arrival.

Alright, i'm done at work, i will see you all before i die!
Skoch

Were gone away boys, gone away.

2007-08-12T12:48:00.001-06:00

K so update.
One. I moved into my new place which is awesome. its just me and brent, the chris's will move in later.
Two. i saw the format last thursday night. It was mezmerizing. Definitly makes me want to learn piano, just enough so i can justify having one on stage beside me.
Three. Luke is gone, which means i'm stuck working everyday for the next few weeks. which throws a monkey into alot of my plans. and the monkeys getting caught up in the gears and its a huge mess.
Four. I get to go job hunting next week. i kinda want to work at a liquor store. i just think you'd meet a lot of cool people that way.
Five. I bought the new Matt Good album. and you know what? i like it.
Six. I still need to register for class.
Seven. I'm still poor. but who knows, i may still be able to afford life! we'll see.
Eight. Trevor busted his ankle up pretty bad, but now that i live a couple blocks from him i can go help him nurse in back to health. i'm good like that.

So i'm in a great mood.

Dorian Gray has Gone Away

2007-08-02T23:55:00.001-06:00

i only saw it for a second
but the moon was very red, and a little sad
either because it was alone, or cause i was.

i played pogs at 3:00 in the morning. in retrospect it was the best part of my week.

My friends got married last week. it was a really cool experience. I was incredibly happy for them, plus i got to see alot of friends i hadn't seen in a while. Made me miss Edmonton. but alas, i'll be in calgary for another 3 years.

I gots to wait another 3 weeks until V Dub gets back. I miss him alot, he gives awesome advice. Plus when he gets back he's buying a whole bunch of crap, like a video camera so we can start our tv show!!!!!

I want you to be free
don't worry about me
And just like the movies
we'll play out our last scene
And i won't cry
i won't scream

Movies
Alien Ant Farm

SKOCH (feeling strangly fine)

I believe in a faith that grows

2007-07-15T23:09:00.000-06:00

and the four right chords could make me cry.

Is there anyone out there who still thinks woody allen is hilarious?

I went to church this morning with Brent and his "girlfriend" (its in quotes because you must say it like your 7 years old talking about your older brother)
Good ol Pastor Roller comes through with another amazing sermon. He's been doing this series on the seven deadly sins, and today's sin was gluttony. Which was fantastic simply because i've never heard a sermon devoted soley to the topic of gluttony.
PR put it like this: Gluttony is the self-indulgence in food, which can be either the over consumption of food, devouring food instead of savouring it, or being too fussy about your food, (making waiters miserable just so you have your food prepared right down to the last morcel is not cool)
Anyway, i say this because the first thought that came into my head was that the next person to come into second cup and order an extra dry extra hot venti(remember, we don't have ventis at sc, its called a large you zealot)soy cappucino with cinnamon on top and no lid, i'm gonna throw holy water in there face, scream GLUTTON and commence an exorcism.
next time i fill out an application, under "position held" for second cup i'm putting drug dealer
"He was the terrorist of the overpriced coffee world"
-Newspaper headline coming to you soon about me.

Skoch

Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants

2007-07-13T21:57:00.000-06:00

Today during work i jammed with Brain Roller (who is by far the best guitarist i've ever had the privildege to jam with). It was beyond sweet. I'm sure he'll teach me tons.

I'm really looking forward for school to start. i'm sick of having money, i wanna spend it all!!!

so if your ever in the neighborhood, bring me some m&ms
and maybe then
maybe then
yeah maybe then i'll think of you
as a friend

Skoch

Hooks for Hands

2007-07-02T10:47:00.000-06:00

So we just got our new place yesturday, and its freaking awesome! The chimes in our hallway are hooked up to our doorbell! plus i get my own room, and its all hardwood floors except for the kitchen. and the windows are massive. oh its so freaking amazing. and no one else is aloud over. its just that good.
And were gonna turn the garage into a living room during the warmer months. oh, i'm beyond stoked. And we stopped off at Trevor and Melissas new place, and its like a 7 minute walk from our place, as well as a 7 minute walk to banff trail station. I figure the extra 150$ a month will be worth it since i'll spend an hour and a half less time everyday riding transit. which is 540 hours a year, which is like riding the c-train for 22 days strait.
unfortunatly i won't be official living there until mid august, since i still work at second cup in the north east. boo hoo

I'm at work, watching tv, but i have no food, so i'm starving. blah.
only six and a half more hours to go!

Skoch

New AFI list????

2007-06-25T19:08:00.000-06:00

I'm no movie expert, but i'm not too too impressed with the new AFI list. is titanic really one of the greatest movies of all time? unless money is a factor. then yeah. i watched it once in theaters, thought it was fine. oh well. i figure i'm gonna finish the original list first, then move on to the newer edition.

old list: 90%
new list: 84%

1. Citizen Kane, 1941
2. The Godfather, 1972
3. Casablanca, 1942
4. Raging Bull, 1980
5. Singin' in the Rain, 1952
6. Gone With the Wind, 1939
7. Lawrence of Arabia, 1962
8. Schindler's List, 1993
9. Vertigo, 1958
10. The Wizard of Oz, 1939
11. City Lights, 1931
12. The Searchers, 1956
13. Star Wars, 1977
14. Psycho, 1960
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
16. Sunset Blvd., 1950
17. The Graduate, 1967
18. The General, 1927
19. On the Waterfront, 1954
20. It's a Wonderful Life, 1946
21. Chinatown, 1974
22. Some Like It Hot, 1959
23. The Grapes of Wrath, 1940
24. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, 1982
25. To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962
26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939
27. High Noon, 1952
28. All About Eve, 1950
29. Double Indemnity, 1944
30. Apocalypse Now, 1979
31. The Maltese Falcon, 1941
32. The Godfather Part II, 1974
33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975
34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937
35. Annie Hall, 1977
36. The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957
37. The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946
38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948
39. Dr. Strangelove, 1964
40. The Sound of Music, 1965
41. King Kong, 1933
42. Bonnie and Clyde, 1967
43. Midnight Cowboy, 1969
44. The Philadelphia Story, 1940
45. Shane, 1953
46. It Happened One Night, 1934
47. A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
48. Rear Window, 1954
49. Intolerance, 1916
50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001
51. West Side Story, 1961
52. Taxi Driver, 1976
53. The Deer Hunter, 1978
54. MASH, 1970
55. North By Northwest, 1959
56. Jaws, 1975
57. Rocky, 1976
58. The Gold Rush, 1925
59. Nashville, 1975
60. Duck Soup, 1933
61. Sullivan's Travels, 1941
62. American Graffiti, 1973
63. Cabaret, 1972
64. Network, 1976
65. The African Queen, 1951
66. Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981
67. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966
68. Unforgiven, 1992
69. Tootsie, 1982
70. A Clockwork Orange, 1971
71. Saving Private Ryan, 1998
72. The Shawshank Redemption, 1994
73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969
74. The Silence of the Lambs, 1991
75. In The Heat of the Night, 1967
76. Forrest Gump, 1994
77. All the President's Men, 1976
78. Modern Times, 1936
79. The Wild Bunch, 1969
80. The Apartment, 1960
81. Spartacus, 1960
82. Sunrise, 1927
83. Titanic, 7997
84. Easy Rider, 1969
85. A Night at the Opera, 1935
86. Platoon, 1986
87. 12 Angry Men, 1957
88. Bringing Up Baby, 1938
89. The Sixth Sense, 1999
90. Swing Time, 1936
91. Sophie's Choice, 1982
92. Goodfellas, 1990
93. The French Connection, 1971
94. Pulp Fiction, 1994
95. The Last Picture Show, 1971
96. Do The Right Thing, 1989
97. Blade Runner, 1982
98. Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1942
99. Toy Story, 1995
100. Ben-Hur, 1959

skoch

They all started out with bad directions

2007-06-22T14:02:00.000-06:00

If i could say a few words.....i'd be a better public speaker.

So moi, stophers brent and van denberg have found a place. i do not know how i'm going to afford it, as well as school and all the other bills i've managed to accumulate during my short existence on this planet.

I'm back in st. albert, recupparating after my 50/53 day workfest. I go home tomorrow, and it'll be back to work for me!

So morgan is engaged, joining trevor,luke,bill,stephen,josh,aaron,matt and Jerry. with ages ranging from 19 to 25. Sick, i know.

i'm going to have to pay utility bills next year. which means i'm never taking a shower. and were only allowed one light on at a time. oh! but apparently theres two u of c ladies living below us, and ones becoming a doctor!!! come on, everone say it with me all-right.

Peace.
Skoch

post 150. boo yeah

2007-06-02T14:05:00.000-06:00

So here it is, Skochs top 50 songs (of right now). click on the songs, enter a world of wonder and excitment!!!!

50.You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Will Get What You Deserve
Johnny Boy

49.Train In Vain
The Clash

48.1979
Smashing Pumpkins

47.Yellow Ledbetter
Pearl Jam

46.Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
Smashing Pumpkins

45.3rd Planet
Modest Mouse

44.Santeria
Sublime

43.Live Forever
Oasis

42.Car
Built To Spill

41.Supermans Dead
Our Lady Peace

40.Middle Class Gangsters
Matthew Good Band

39.Random Rules
Silver Jews

38.One
Metallica

37.Here's Your Future
The Thermals

36.Brick
Ben Folds Five

35.The Great Gig In The Sky
Pink Floyd

34.Stereo
Pavement

33.She Will Only Bring You Happiness
Mclusky

32.Say Yes
Elliot Smith

31.You Shook Me All Night Long
AC/DC

30.Tonight,Tonight
Smashing Pumpkins

29.Hey Hey, My My(Into The Black)

28.What Do You Want Me To Say?
The Dismemberment Plan

27.Running For Home
Matthew Good Band

26.Say It Aint So
Weezer

25.When I Come Around\
Green Day

24.God Only Knows
The Beach Boys

23.Rebellion (lies)
The Arcade Fire

22.The Orchid
Califone

21.Name
Goo Goo Dolls

20.Okay I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't
Brand New

19.All Fires
Swan Lake

18.Fake Plastic Trees
Radiohead

18.Tired Of Sex
Weezer

16.Scar Tissue
Red Hot Chili Peppers

15.Karma Police
Radiohead

14.Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon And Garfunkel

13.Apparitions
Matthew Good Band

12.1 2 3 4
Feist

11.The Reputation Of Ross Francis
My Latest Novel

10.Little Wing
Jimi Hendrix

9.Above
Finger Eleven

8.Comfortable Numb
Pink Floyd

7.Postcards From Italy
Beirut

6.Hurt
Nine Inch Nails

5.Today
Smashing Pumpkins

4.Bulls On Parade
Rage Against The Machine

3.Where Is My Mind
Pixies

2.Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd

1.Disarm
Smashing Pumpkins

Skoch

Skochs Favourites songs of his Mind (v.3.0)

2007-05-30T20:40:00.000-06:00

so another year, another list. there some drastic changes to this list compared to the last two. i felt that i've been losing touch with alot of the ol songs of my childhood. Also in my quest to actually expose people to the music i love i've added links to youtube sites which can be accessed as easy as clicking on the song!
(i apologize about some of the videos that accompany the songs, feel free to disregard the videos)

100.Hummer
Smashing Pumpkins
99.A Day In The Life
The Beatles
98.Pretty Noose
Soundgarden
97.Holiday
Green Day
96.I Hung My Head
Johnny Cash
95.Lady Picture Show
Stone Temple Pilots
94.Song 2
Blur
93.Closer To The Heart
Rush
92.Thirty Three
Smashing Pumpkins
91.Hard Knock Life
Jay-Z
90.Waterloo Sunset
The Kinks
89.November Rain
Guns N Roses
88.Nothing Else Matters
Metallica
87.Killing In The Name Of
Rage Against The Machine
86.Float On
Modest Mouse
85.Summer Babe
Pavement
84.Sunday Morning
No Doubt
83.Muzzle
Smashing Pumpkins
82.Prime Time Deliverance
Matthew Good Band
81.Thirteen
Big Star
80.Mayonaise
Smashing Pumpkins
79.Dammit
Blink 182
78.Clumsy
Our Lady Peace
77.Corduroy
Pearl Jam
76.Rockin The Suburbs
Ben Folds
75.Cut Your Hair
Pavement
74.Sells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
73.Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
72.Tweeter and The Monkey Man
Headstones
71.Know Your Enemy
Rage Against the Machine
70.Tuesdays Gone
Lynyrd Skyrnd
69.I Am A Scientist
Guided By Voices
68.Needle In The Hay
Elliot Smith
67.Luna
Smashing Pumpkins
66.No More Tears
Ozzy Osbourne
65.The Old Apartment
Barenaked Ladies
64.What Its Like
Everlast
63.Wonderwall
Oasis
62.Hey Man, Nice Shot
Filter
61.Everybody Hurts
R.E.M.
60.Needle and the Damage Done
Neil Young
59.Rock and Roll Suicide
David Bowie
58.Drinking In L.A.
Bran Van 3000
57.Swallowed
Bush
56.Streets Of Philadelphia
Bruce Springsteen
55.Stinkfist
Tool
54.Stairway To Heaven
Led Zeppelin
53.Daughter
Pearl Jam
52.Dumb
Nirvana
51.Moonage Daydream
David Bowie

Clarity Brings

2007-05-27T16:52:00.000-06:00

My sisters best friend Emma Bailey was killed in a car accident last monday. Its the most tragic thing i've ever known, so if everyone who prays could pray for my sister that would be great.
Emma, along with my sister, was the biggest Oilers fan i've ever known. She became a fan of them back in the ninties when the oilers were horrible. this is equivalent to a flames fan who remembers a time before Jerome iginla, but doesn't remember them winning a cup. Its wierd because i can't remember a time when Emma and my sis weren't best friends (probably cause they've known each other since i was 5)

Thats Em with my sis.

And if you want to hear a couple knew tracks from moi (well, mostly van denberg) check us out at: myspace.com/targetinquestion

This ones for you

2007-05-20T16:38:00.000-06:00

Clint and Jerry came to my work today. we reminicist about the ol days in rez. back when Jerry wasn't getting married (thats right, Jerry proposed to Jana yesturday, thats another friend getting married). so that was nice, i missed Jerry, but i miss alot of people.

I wish my friends would knock sense into more often. i wonder if i'd still mess up as much.

i also wonder if recording a breakup album is a good form of catharsis. actually, i hope i never find out.

from thursday night to saturday night i played diablo 2 with clint, living off of a steady diet of pizza beer and m&m's. then i went to boston pizza and had to talk to people. after not showering or changing clothes for 3 days the last thing you want to do is hang out with people. but i did.

sometimes i want to tie people to chairs and make them listen to london calling.

then again there are far too many times when the idea of lighting myself on fire seems like "an easy way"

driven to the point of insanity.
stepping across

now.

Skoch

Since i'm a cheap drunk you'll have to share a toast

2007-05-16T14:41:00.000-06:00

Like Mara said, things will never be the same again.

is it true that marriages happen in a clump? and that i won't have to put up with this for a while? I've got three wedding invitations (i can't make the one in ontario, i'm pretty sure josh only gave me an invitation so i'll buy him a thong as a wedding gift)
also i've realised that there are only two stages when one of your buddies gets engaged:
stage 1: he'll tell you "naw, i'll still hang out with the guys all the time!"
stage 2: you never see him again.

I've worked 20 days strait, so i haven't just hung out with my buddies in far far too long, and its taking its toll. i hate that feeling like your missing out on life.

and its gonna be like this until june 18ish, when i'll finally trek back to st. albert, visit my family (and my super awesome Godson). and a bunch of my friends, at least the ones who haven't forgotten me. (and i don't write that with anyone in mind, its just an honest general statement)

i miss Fred. crazy kid is going back to camp. i told him we should torch the camp at the end of the summer. or whatever is left of it. (i think burning things to the ground is such an awesome ending, its a blunt way of God showing how meaningless posessions are. that or that God is bad with matches)

My soul slides away
but don't look back in anger
i heard you say

Skoch

All My Friends

2007-05-05T10:28:00.000-06:00

theres tons of people at my school/work. there annoying. oh well, at least i'm just sitting at my laptop surfing the net. i'm awesome.

i'm currently listening to album number 82, sticky fingers by the rolling stones. (thats not its ranking, i'm simply going by number of albums i've listened to)
this follows:
astral weeks (van morrison)
born to run (bruce springsteen)
blood on the tracks (bob dylan)

so i'm thinking i'm gonna hold off my annual "skochs top 100 songs" just in case anything really pops out at me.

possibly going to see spiderman 3 at the imax. don't really care, i'm not super stoked to see it, it could be good.

transit could strike at any point now. which would screw me over. cause my jobs on the opposite side of the city from my house (and my other job for that matter) oh well, we'll see what happens.

Skoch

I Wanna Rock Your Gypsy Soul

2007-05-02T20:13:00.000-06:00

so i've decided i want to seriously dent the "500 greatest albums of all time" list. i'm at around 60, can'remember the specific number. which i think is pretty paltry considering how i pride myself on my musical knowledge.
This was spured on because colombia house finally sent me my cds. i pretty much picked cds i knew i had to have, but would feel stupid buying them from a cd store (cause i'm a loser like that)
1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Sex Pistols - Nevermind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
3. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmos Factory
4. The Doors - The Doors
5. Van Morrison - Moondance
6. Neil Young - Harvest
7. The Eagles - Hotel California

So thats what i'll be doing at work this summer. listening to awesome music. go me.

Peace

Slow Dancing In A Burning Room

2007-04-29T10:06:00.000-06:00

So heres a run down of whats been up with me and all my friends.

1. My Roomate Trevor proposed to Melissa Saturday morning, so i'm very excited for the both of them.
2. Morgan Is going to be apart from his girlfriend for the first time since they started going out, so that'll be two weeks of agony for the rest of us in the house i'm sure.
3. Brent is visiting his parents, but he'll be back tomorrow where he'll start his summer job as a window washer with trevor, morgan and
4.Tyler is on choir tour for two weeks, but then he'll come back and be his usual annoying self.
5.Stophers needs to find a job fast. and hopefully not one that he sits behind a computer for.
6.Chris and Jay left for tree planting this morning, so i wont see them for 3 months, and jay is only coming home for a few days in august, then he well be gone until the following september (08) so thats sad.
7. Which brings us to me, who will spend the next 4 months working as much as possible so that i can afford school. So the house of 8 will never be together under one roof again. and i think thats kinda sad, but as Chris so elegantly put it, from one legacy to the next!

The Thrill Is Gone

2007-04-23T23:55:00.000-06:00

My soul thinks this video is beautiful. it also really likes the term "clunky piano"

So i deleted my Facebook account. As most people have figured out about me i'm not a huge fan of people being able to talk to me. naw, you gots to work if you wanna track me down. having everyone call me skoch is awesome for that, since ten years down the line no one will remember who Dave is. mu hahaha.

Disturbia was actually a pretty good film, 3/5 type stuff, but that supercedes all my expectations.

So heres my life up to date:

School is almost done, had an exam today with two more to go, then i start my summer job on may 1st doing security. My current Roomate Van Denberg has an aunt who in may is coming to calgary to buy a house that has a basement with two bedrooms in it for me and v dub. on top of that v dubs grandpa is coming as well in order to built a kitchen and a bathtub in the basement (if the basement doesn't already have one)
meaning i'll probably be spending about 100 more dollars on rent, but i will have free internet, phone, cable, plus my own room, plus i'll be closer to the school, plus Chris aunt has a vehical he can drive when she doesn't need it.
oh. in case anyone is wondering i'm applying to get into the music program at rmc, so if i get in i'll be at rocky for another three years.

and thats me up to date!!!

Skoch

Hobo with a Shotgun

2007-04-08T18:10:00.000-06:00

So i have a massive headache due to the 3+ hours i spent in the theater watching Grindhouse, but i regret nothing.

In American cinema convention is rarely broken. Even in movies as fantastic as say, Crash or the Lord of the rings trilogy, its not like they uncovered any new ground.

Now i'm by no means saying Grindhouse was better then Crash, i'm just pointing out that there both great movies for completely different reasons. Crash is a sensitive Drama that was well acted and proclaimed an important message. Grindhouse was a sleevefest with ample amounts of Gore (although very little nudity, surprisingly). But Grindhouse was a cinematic experience that is so rarely created in Hollywood.

With literarly hundreds of pop culture references, cameos by Nicolas Cage and Bruce Willis, Quentin Tarentino dialogue that is totally irrelevent to the plot, Fake trailers and commercials, Reels that seem fairly damaged, and reels that are missing entirely.

Grindhouse is specifically crafted to give the viewer the "old 70's cheap theater" feel that i didn't even know existed before hearing about this film. and did i mention its gory?

Tarentino kicks Jackson in the nuts while rodriguez holds him down. figuratively speaking.

Greed is The Heart of Excess

2007-03-31T14:41:00.000-06:00

I should be doing hermenutics right now. but i don't want to. i'm sick of school, and money and such. We got our 2007-08 school calenders though, its looking pretty good for ol Skochie boy. looks like i'll be taking 9.5 credits one semester and 10.5 the other. Can't wait to be in the music program, then i can join up with a click, we'll make t-shirts.

I went to Steph and Sarahs recital last night with brent, it was rather spectacular, there both such crazy pro musicians, i fell honoured to know them (let alone be seen with them in public)

Grindhouse comes out next week, i'm uber stoked.

I have to work 32 hours next week, which is a huge burn because i have so much paperness to conquer. stupid stupid papers.

I'm gonna try and crank out a couple pages here though. this was just to get my typing skills warmed up.

Peace from Pearce

Sufjan, Suicide and Greek

2007-03-27T23:14:00.000-06:00

Lately i feel like i'm just going through the motions of life without ever really taking enjoyment in anything. which ain't so bad, its kinda nice as far as being able sit back and examine all that is me.

the unexamined life isn't worth living. or something like that. thanks Socs

My weekend was full of seeing old friends and missing new ones; Eric Clapton and The Gandharvas; Bars and Shopping Malls; Driving in a big city and wondering around small towns; haunted buildings and spiritless houses.

I just broke stophers "i" button. he may be pissed.

And just in case we've all forgotten
always reflect on the wars you've fought in

Skoch

Its all flaling limbs at the front line

2007-03-22T11:47:00.000-06:00

So i've joined facebook, because lets face it i'm a loser, and that seems to be where loser are flocking.

Eric Clapton this weekend! which means i'm coming home for 3 whole days!

i have to work tonight, 3-11. tragic, but i need the money.

i'm in love with the song carry the zero by built to spill.

I bought nine inch nails live and neil young live a massey hall. both fantastic, although polar opposites.

I need a hair cut.

Many a time i have spent pondering the final verse in simon and garfunkel's the boxer

in a clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade, and he carrys the reminders of every bloke that laid him down or strucked him till he cried out in his anger and his pain i am leaving i am leaving, but the fighter still remains.

Skoch

Shoot, Don't Talk

2007-03-14T11:24:00.000-06:00

I have a crick in my neck. its really really annoying.

I've been watching alot of south park lately, trying to raise my political awareness. (hope you don't think i'm joking)

anybody out there remember mystery science theater 3000?

Exeter: Now place your hands above the rail
[hands suddenly attach to the rail]
Exeter: ... they're magnetized.
Crow T. Robot: And if your hands were metal, that would mean something.

Exeter: They're concentrating all their attention on Metaluna. Those flashes of light - they're meteors. Hundreds of them! The intense heat is turning Metaluna into a radioactive sun. The temperature must be thousands of degrees by now.
Crow T. Robot: Cooler by the lake.
Exeter: A lifeless planet. And yet...
Tom Servo: Rents are reasonable!
Exeter: Yet, still serving a useful purpose, I hope. Yes... a sun, warming the surface of some other world - giving light to those who may need it.
Mike: "Still, your whole family died. That's a bummer, huh?"

Carl Meecham: Relocation? To where?
The Monitor: To your Earth.
Exeter: A PEACEFUL relocation...
Crow T. Robot: After the genocide, of course.

Dr. Cal Meecham: This isn't paper. It's some kind of metal.
Crow T. Robot: Uh, no, that's paper, sir.

peace
skoch

Trapped in Amber, Petrified

2007-03-13T16:21:00.000-06:00

So i found out today that i will not be living here next year, since 5 guys are moving out in order to live closer to the school. which i'm ok with, i liked living here, i don't look forward to having to find another place. So basements anyone?

Life seems to be slowly getting better, inch by inch with miles to go.

i watched 19 episodes of scrubs in a row.

i need to get out more.

Skoch

My eyes burn

2007-03-11T17:55:00.000-06:00

I left the house for some guitar strings yesturday. that outing was the one and only of my weekend. and i've never been happier. I've missed having time to veg and do nothing. today i've been watching scrubs.

The good the bad and the ugly is an amazing film. there was something touching about watching tuto or whatever his names was running past the thousand of graves (assumingly caused by the civil war) looking for the gold.

we cleaned our house yesturday. i love having a clean house. it so much happier. and daylight savings time makes me happy.

i saw 300 at the imax with my whole house, and a bunch of our friends, i think there was 15 of us there. sex scenes are just so superior in imax. (jk)

I claim to believe in a God who can't handle my problems.
and in the morning after the night i fall in love with the light.

And off i go
Skoch

I Bleed Copper and Gold

2007-03-04T00:29:00.000-07:00

Imagine, if your a maple leafs fan, if you lost mats sundin, or calgary if you lost jerome iginla and langkow. If your a senators fan, maybe you just lost alfredson, or for montreal if you lost koivu. or if your from vancouver, well you probably hate your team so it doesn't matter.

Maybe now you have a small, very very tiny glimpse of what Edmonton is now feeling with the loss of our favourite son. The devastation that is sweeping through my city shoots a sharp feeling of pain and sadness whenever i think about it.

So this i plead, don't make fun of us, or remind us of our loss, we're trying very very hard not to think about. Because you all must understand, we are a small northern city that does not play a large part in global affairs, and receives very little recognition for whatever it is we are doing so far north, and when our little town produces a hockey team that does well, i dare say it gives us reason to breath. And when we lose a part of that hockey team, we also lose part of our reason to breath.

Maybe thats sad, maybe its stupid that Edmontonians raised money out of our own pockets in order to keep our beloved oilers in the city back in 1998. but i guarentee you this, win or lose theres not a single person who would ever ask for that money back. I am an edmontonian, i love the oilers.

P.S. nobody is allowed to be mad at Kevin Lowe, there is no one that loves the oilers more then him, he was our first draft pick, he scored our first goal, he's been a player, assitant coach, coach and finally GM. besides, he offered Ryan Smyth 5.4. million dollars. now thats crazy.

Skoch

p.p.s. my ranking of which canadian teams i like/hate has drastically changed
(from good to bad)
1. Edmonton
2. Toronto
3. Montreal
4. Calgary
5. Ottawa
6. Vancouver
odd how that worked out, not a huge flames supporter, but i do admire how they built there team.

Un Chien Andalou

2007-02-22T22:26:00.000-07:00

I watched some salvador dali listening to pink floyd. you must all be thinking i'm mad. or who is salvador dali? (or on a more frightening note, who is pink floyd?)

I've been working my butt of this past two weeks. but i'm a pro barista. and no i'm not going to make you drinks. why? cause i don't like you.

so i'm on my big oscar push, so i'm going to go watch the Queen. and i can't find letters from iwo jima anywhere. so that sucks. but past that and a couple movies that only have one nomination (half nelson, venus, volver) i'll be set to make informative predictions! i'm hoping little miss sunshine wins everything.

i bought sonic youths daydream nation. just so i can sleep a little bit better at night.

Peace

Skoch

Legs on Fire?

2007-02-13T12:05:00.000-07:00

I've come to the realisation that Mara won't be around next year. that saddens me. unless i pull some crazy antics to get here to stay....its time to be brillant.

If there was a class offered about the history of stand up comedy i'd take it. Theres a rich history there, i'm sure stand up comedy evoled from some neanderthal making fun of his wifes cooking to what we listen to today.

I don't believe in patriotism. last time i checked the world was round
-Bill Hicks

I haven't been to class since last monday, due to sickness, and a missing wallet, and a date. all great excuses!!

I work 35 hours this week. far too much.

Skoch

Heart of Hearts

2007-02-05T21:58:00.000-07:00

Paychecks rock

my roomate bought guitar hero, but i'm too busy with homework to indulge in it.

i'm addicted to making latte's with my roomates exspresso machine.

now that i have money i can spend it on food. which is awesome.

the leader singer from !!! scares me.

i sat in my backyard with vdub smoking a cigar and burning cardboard/the trash thats in our backyard. epic.

I'm not feeling very well. i must go seek bed.

Skoch

Coming Up Only To Hold You Under

2007-01-26T23:54:00.000-07:00

Songs I've Been Listening To:

1. North American Scum - LCD Soundsystem
2. You! Me! Dancing - Los Campesinos!
3. Godess On A Highway - Mercury Rev
4. Random Rules - Silver Jews
5. Province - TV on the Radio

I Got a ticket to Rage Against the Machine!!! April 29th in california!!
(that is, if i get my passport stuff worked out)

I've now worked a total of 12.5 hours at second cup. people love me. i give them coffee.

I rode 9 different ctrains today. which is absolutly nuts. so tomorrow my goal is to not leave the house. at least that way i won't be spending any money (since i now need to save up hardcore in order to afford this trip to california, oh and p.s. if anybody wants to come i may be able to convince my roommate to take one of his tickets off ebay, but i'd hurry up with that).

Oh, and i got tickets to brand new in may. and i have tickets to barenaked ladies in feburary, as well as eric clapton in march. wow i'm going concert crazy!!!

K, peace

Skoch

That Day Was Mine

2007-01-21T09:52:00.000-07:00

I've been listening to this song non-stop for the past day or so, since i learned how to play it on ukelele, which i think makes it the first song i've learned on that thing. which is crazy since i've owned it for a 2 and a half years.

when my trumpet player housemate gets home i'm gonna make him learn the horn parts.

I am now an employee of the blood sucking corporation known as starbucks. oh wait, its second cup? oh thats not so bad. still bad, but at least they have live acts at second cups.

So i had a live gig at second cup friday with the jazz band i'm in. it went alright, i'm just not comfortable soloing for jazz, it requires you to be such a better guitarist, which i'm not. i should bring my ukelele.

I'm gonna go play Zelda on our wii. fan freaking tastic.

Skoch

My Sacred Hiding Space

2007-01-16T13:28:00.000-07:00

I dream of a church that resembles this.

I'm slightly depressed, i had to drop my guitar lessons in order to pay off my debt. and i'm stuck at school all day.

Golden Globes were yesturday, so i'm watching babel off of alluc.org since it won. can't believe Borat won for best actor, i mean i respect what he did as a comedian, but not really as an actor. but i know very little about acting.

Peace

Skoch

Beggers Banquet

2007-01-08T17:00:00.000-07:00

So Vdub's idea of creating gangster folk (golk or fangster) was totally stolen. we're getting ready to sue.

So tuition was paid today!!!!! and i have roughly 27$ to my name. so tomorrow morning Brent and I are going job hunting. so.....yippie!!! cause i love (hate) job hunting. its actually my least favourite thing in the whole wide world.
So if anyone feels like anonymously leaving food on my doorstep i will anonymously thank you.

The wind yesturday destroyed our railing and rip a piece of siding off our house. i know cool.

Oh, i passed all my courses!! i didn't do nearly as good as I could have. but thats because i'm an idiot. except world civ, i liked that course, and i got an A- in it. wierd how if i like a class i do far better in it.

i think thats all for updates in my life. i'm a poor broke college student without any real future ambition. except to procreate. always a good goal.

Skoch

Yeah Yeah Yeahs!

2006-12-31T13:43:00.000-07:00

I shall be returning home in two (hopefully) very short days!

so happy new years peoples.

I have no new years resolution. its not that i don't believe in resolutions, they just don't believe in me.

I watched nightmare on elm street 2,3,4,and 5 this week. Man i'm sad. i miss my house. and my stuff. and my room mates. and my will to do something. i miss the struggle to feed myself. and to make rent. but this semester is going to be the best one yet, i feel like scarlett at the end of Gone With The Wind (which my girlfriend bought for me and i still have yet to watch.)

As usual your all invited to my house. anytime.

Skoch

Best Christmas Gift Ever?

2006-12-21T15:47:00.000-07:00

If you haven't seen school of rock......that shouldn't matter. I had my doubts, but now they are completely erased, i have to date the girl who gave me this. you know what? i'm gonna.

Also, Rocky Balboa was freaking amazing. i never thought i'd see a rocky movie in theaters, but it was awesome. it'll be trashed by movie reviewers, and everyone who just generally dislikes sylvestor stallone. Is it sad that i judge people on there love for rocky? i don't think so. rocky was an amazing story. and an amazing script. and amazing acting. somebody ask me the "if you had to have sex with one man" question.

I'm going home tomorrow. before then i plan on adding onto this post my top (certain number) songs of 2006.

Skoch

K, just finished, took me 3 hours. fantastic. i hope you all go and find these.

1.all fires - swan lake
-500 pieces means 500 float, 1000 people mean 500 don't

2.cheated hearts - yeah yeah yeahs
-and i feel like i'm bigger then the sound

3.Collarbone - Fujiya & Miyagi
-backbone connected to the hipbone, hipbone connected to the...

4.parantheses - the blow
-when your holding me, we make a pair of parantheses

5.here's your future - the thermals
- here's your future, its gonna rain

6.wolf like me - tv on the radio
-but God i like it

7.Georgia...Bush - lil wayne
-i know people that died in that pool, i know people that died in them schools

8.the funeral - band of horses
-at ever occasion i'll be ready for the funeral

9.rise up with fists - jenny lewis
-it wasn't pretty, but she was (not your wife)

10.lived in bars - cat power
-nothing like ending it all for the world

11.the orchids - califone
- it is so clear i realize and here at last i have my eyes

12.Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John
-we don't care about the old folks, talking bout there old style

13.please visit your national parks - oxford collapse
-how did i f*** up that one little bit at the ending

14.Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives - Voxtrot
- And if you see this world as ugly and thin Then you'll be so cruel to the touch, you'll leap out the body you're in

15. adventure - be your own pet
-yeah, it's all cool, cuz we're like, adventurers!

16.Jesus Christ - Brand New
-Jesus Christ i'm all alone again, so what did you do those three days you were dead? cause this problems gonna last more then the weekend

17.your kisses are wasted on me - the pipettes
-don't send me whyhilde

18.lily allen - smile
-you were f***in the girl next door, what'd ya do that for?

19.woke up new - The Mountain Goats
-i felt free, and i felt lonely, and i felt scared

20.over and over - hot chip
-Like a monkey with a miniture symbol

21.what you know - ti
What you talking sh** for? you;ve got a gold single?

22.hands open - snow patrol
-put sufjan stevens on

23.stuck between stations - the hold steady
-she was a really good kisser and she wasn't that strict of a christian

24.postcards from italy - beirut
-there were always good rocks to throw

25.in white rooms - booka shade
-no words, techno baby!

there she is baby. shes a beaut.

skoch

The Smell of Repition

2006-12-16T01:24:00.000-07:00

Before

After

Heavy Cleanings mean heavy chillin

And Heavy Hanakkuh kick offs

And Heavy Bodies

And Heavy Monopoly (i lost-by accident)

And Heavy Smoking

Also My Godson Is Awesome

Hot Chip

2006-12-14T20:24:00.000-07:00

I wish i could multiply fans

Exam week is coming up. i hate life. but love rock and roll.

Skoch

Those Random Hugs That Melt The Heart (YEAH!)

2006-12-12T20:28:00.000-07:00

So my Godson (slash nephew) was born this morning at 2:58. 9.7 lbs of solid man. I get to see him in a week and a bit, thats exciting!

Also i have a show in two days, and we have yet to practice. oh this is gonna be iffy, luckily i'm a born entertainer.

You know that song fell in love with a girl by white stripes? yeah i like that song. especially in lego format.

I have tons of studying and stuff. plus i'm broke. so nothing new (that i'd spill over blogger.com that is)

Oh, i wrote an artical for my school paper that appeard FRONT PAGE HEADLINER. i'm so awesome. and so is Mara-a-he. BOO YEAH

Skoch

Never Promise Anything Again

2006-12-04T22:25:00.000-07:00

"Skoch banned from rocky mountain college residence"

You ever read a headline and think they've been saving that one for a while? like when ales hemsky scored against detroit to kick em out the headline was "ales in wonderland" somethings are too clever to be brought up over night.

My Account of the events leading up to my banning:

It was a cold monday night, most of the residence were staying at hotels due to the mice problem they had been experiencing. The heat had been shut off, so naturally Trevor, Morgan and I deemed it necessary to use Andy's floor so we'd have enough room to sleep next to each other and survive off the body heat. Unfortunatly we had to clear some stuff off his floor, so we decided the closet would be the best place for it. Unknowingly we tossed some laundry detergent into the closet that must have opened up and commenced spilling.

Later that week Andy open up his closet, and to his horror he found that his precious 3.00$ card to his girlfriend had been completely destroyed.

The next parts a little fuzzy, so i'm gonna make it up.

Andy then became so angry that he burnt the clothes he was wearing, and thats when they found him in the corner crying and eating toothpaste.

So a couple days later i find out i'm banned (but oddly enough not by any official form, just word of mouth from the RA's)

So this proves to be a mild inconvience. Since Melissa and Laura can no longer feed me. Nuts

So i'm banned from res. i must write a song about this.

AFI Movies left to see

29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915) (currently downloading)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
63. STAGECOACH (1939) (currently downloading)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967) (Mara you must lend to me)

If i am a fool, that what am i?

2006-12-01T07:43:00.000-07:00

So this morning they wouldn't let me blog unless i sold my soul to Google. stupid antichrist, using the internet for his sick purpose, why couldn't he stick to rock music. or breakfast commercials.

last night i went to the rocky christmas choir and orchastra concert. I'm so proud of tyler (my housemate), he's doing his trumpet thing, then he did his singing thing, then he did his just sitting back smiling looking good thing. Makes me so proud. Plus i got to sit by a gorgeous lady. so that didn't hurt, i was kinda hoping all my friends could see me. but i was 4th row. and the stupid cameras never panned the crowed. alas.

My new shower is built! so this morning i woke up 20 minutes early just so i could shower for 25 minutes! it was amazing. trust me. when you've been waiting for a shower for 3 months it becomes a big deal.

Also i am leaving for st. albert with my dear friend brent, so i shant be home till my birthday (sunday!). Hopefully i'm gonna witness the birth of my nephew/Godson, since the little bugger is like 11 days overdue.

Everyone should go out and listen to "play crack the sky" by brand new. and cry.

Skoch

Thats right, i said it

2006-11-25T21:25:00.000-07:00

So we had our show. it was wicked. people danced, rocked, moshed, laughed, cried. it was fantastic
Since your all curious (and for my own personal reflection years down the line) heres the set list:

1. Car - Built To Spill
2. Rise Up With Fists - Jenny Lewis
3. Say Yes - Elliot Smith
4. Locked In Sight - Target In Question
5. Night In The ER - Divided
6. Poor Boy Disaster - Target In Question
7. Special K - Placebo
8. The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot - Brand New
9. Don't Drift Away - Target In Question
10. Clarity - Target In Question
11. Stanley Park - Target In Question
-Encores-
Joy - Divided
Your Own Disaster - Taking Back Sunday

Needless to say it was epic.
We're going into the studio december 9-11. Hopefully we'll have an EP out January

My Godson has yet to be born. but soon i'm told, the little bugger is hanging out tight in there. cut the umbilical chord buddy.

My housemates and i are gonna play monopoly real quick. what are you doing on your saturday night?

Skoch

I Sold My Soul For Student Loans

2006-11-19T14:34:00.000-07:00

Updates:

1. 13 movies left

2. I'm Broke but happy. which would you prefer?

3. i've started watching 24 season 4. short-lived addictions rock

4. Van Den Berg bought a nintendo wii. long term addictions are cool too.

5. I have a show at the school, Friday at 7:00 (Lounge) bring friends, bring everyone.

6. Its a beautiful day to take a girl for a walk. (thats a fact!)

7. I had a Jazz show on friday, it was lots of fun. even though i hate jazz.

8. I've been in 3 car crashes in my life. one was with a port-a-poty. Thought you'd like to know.

We don't bel;eve ;n f;ller baby

Skoch

Forget Krypton

2006-11-09T13:54:00.000-07:00

Yesterday i jammed for 7 hours. it's some pretty intense practicing, since we have a show at my school in exactly 2 weeks. its gonna be epic.

I saw Goo Goo Dolls last night. got in for free cause my roomate got a plus one with his photo pass. It's odd, since Goo Goo Dolls used to be a horrible punk band, and i assume that every show they pull out some of those crappy punk songs. But those are all forgiveable concidering the epic nature of their performance of Iris. Complete with stopping the music and shutting all the lights off right before the last chorus.
Best Moment: Rzeznik's chat with the two stoners up front, then bringing them out doritos and pretzels.
Biggest Disappointment: No Here is Gone? i'd want my money back if i'd paid.

I'm having an x-Files fest today.

Peter Pumpkinhead was too good
had him nailed to a chunk of wood
he died grinning on live tv
hanging there he looked at lot like you
and an awful lot like me

- the ballad of peter pumpkinhead
Crash Test Dummies

There aren't enough bullets in your gun baby

2006-11-02T11:14:00.000-07:00

I'm so pissed off right now. i've had such a crappy day. well, morning i guess. and now i have to write a paper.
Then i get to go visit Seven, whom i haven't seen in months. so thats cool.

84/100
(i saw bridge over river kwai and american graffiti)

6 day break in a week (two bad theres a 10 page paper between me and that)

i want some sweet food.
i'm gonna go make some.

Theres gotta be a good reason for your little black back pack up smack turn around he's on his back

Skoch

Saw 3

2006-10-28T11:50:00.000-06:00

Last night i went out and saw the season premier of saw 3. It was pretty gruesome. Complete with brain surgery, chopped up pigs, throat slashing, limbs twisted, rib cages opened, a foot being bashed in and gun shot wounds!

Its pretty cool that leigh whannel (screenwriter for all 3 films) can pump out such awesome movies in only 3 years. The plot twists in this one rival the first, and obviously they upped the anti on the gore.

I give it a good solid 4 out of 5.

I have two midterms and tons of papers coming up. i'm screwed.

Tonight i get to hang out downtown with pippy longstocking. That didn't seem wierd until i wrote it down.

Skoch

We may be done with the past, but its not done with us

2006-10-23T00:00:00.000-06:00

I watched Magnolia for the first time today, and i can't stop thinking about it. I would be astonished if alot of people out there actually liked this movie, since its not very hollywood friendly (although it has a pretty big budget and it has a huge cast).

The best part of the movie is when one of the characters says "this is stupid", then snorts cocaine and starts to sing this really sad song. the film then jumps through each character and they all sing a couple lines in the song. Very much like a musical, but sadder then a musical could ever make me feel. It sounds really stupid in words but it was actually touching. but you'll have to see it to feel it.

Things fall down, people look up, and when it rains, it pours.

And then the frogs come tumbling down.

Skoch

18 left

2006-10-19T19:14:00.000-06:00

13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
72. BEN-HUR (1959)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
82. GIANT (1956)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)

Also Thank you for smoking is a fantastic movie.

Right now i'm listening to:

Car - Built To Spill
Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
Teardrop - Massive Attack
Dyslexic Heart - Paul Westerberg
American Music - Violent Femmes

You must all think i'm super cool by now.
I didn't get dressed today.
Oh well, i bet you my smile is brighter then yours.

Skoch

The Grudge 2

2006-10-15T20:49:00.000-06:00

Its funny, horror movie sequels suck. Suck the money right out of my wallet. If my friends ditched me completely on that principal alone i'd understand. Anyway, the grudge 2 scared the crap out of me, but then again i'm a baby. by any normal horror movie fanatics standards this movie isn't scary at all. Theres just something about japanese inspired horror films that give me the creeps.

Although i did like how the movie was spliced up so the timeline is slightly messed, but if your gonna do that you better have a surprise ending. or at least a scary, dragged out ending. but nope, it ends, nothings resolved, your left not wanting more, just your money back. and that is the worst feeling.

In short it gets points for using a crazy timeline, thus keeping me somewhat intrigued with the plot. It loses points for the lack gore like the first one. or sarah michelle gellar.

Skoch

I want to see movies of my dreams

2006-10-07T18:08:00.000-06:00

I've been bitter all week, which is a shame, but i'm feeling much better now. I got a better mark on my sociology, i had friends over yesturday and i made spaghetti, and i don't have school on monday.

I love people who use the phrase "you need to hear this song"
I love a good pop song as well.
and 24
and cars by built to spill
and deer sausage
and my house
and my friends
and even my faith, as bruised as it is.

So my goals for this week:
say "bit of terrific" whenever the opportunity arises
record acoustic covers, even if i cant hit all the notes
make a turkey
stand on a chair
make an andy kauffman pose whenever i start to feel angry
throw "blaze my can" in a conversation.
be pretty on the inside

My weeks looking up already

Skoch

Turning Rebellion Into Money

2006-10-05T11:04:00.000-06:00

White Man In Hammersmith Palais - The Clash

Music has gone from fun to emotional.

I'm Only Looking For Fun

Woke Up New

2006-09-30T12:45:00.000-06:00

Gnarls Barkly's new single is gone daddy gone.
Thats a cover of a violent femmes song.
Thought you should know.

Its a gorgeous saturday, and i have no plans.
Except maybe find a job. maybe. i like money. when i don't have any. like now.

Snakes on a plane is in the cheap theaters
i may waste my time on that. i thing i have 2.50 in change somewhere.

I really like the new mountain goats song. the video to it is pretty cool. its on youtube.com, the song is called woke up.

I'm gonna think about showering. and eating.

skoch

I'm Praying For Rain

2006-09-28T17:20:00.000-06:00

This Is My Morgan

This Is My Brent

This Is My Stophers

This Is My Trevor

This Is My Jay

This Is My Guitar Wall

This Is 1/4 of my room

This Is My Veg out station

This Is My House

Its like Trying to Clean the Ocean, what, you think you can drain it?

2006-09-21T10:50:00.000-06:00

So i've been bed ridden the last two days. i'm still sick, but you can only miss so much school (considering i'm paying ample amounts for it)
My last paycheck came in though, and my scholarship money!. So i'm 2700$ richer.

So tuesday i woke up at 9 o'clock after the worst nights sleep ever and everyone was already gone. Stophers came back finally at 4:30 but that was it. i saw one person on tuesday. it was very lonely.

So i still need a job. and i need to catch up on my classes. life kinda sucks. but things are looking up, cause mara gave me a copy of catcher in the rye (rather randomly) so i can finally finish it. or shoot julian (too soon?)

Skoch

Dragon Of Good Fortune Struggles With The Trickster Fox

2006-09-12T12:57:00.000-06:00

Who would have thought moving into a house could be so expensive?

Rent : 300$
New Fridge : 50$
Desk: 70$
Random Kitchen Stuff: 20$
Book Shelf: 10$
TV Stand: 13$
Food: 115$
Text Books: 250$
Painting Supplies: 17$
and oh yeah, tuition: 4600$
Getting to live with 7 of your best friends : worthless... i mean priceless, that one

So life is crazy, homework is already pileing up, i need to find a job. and fast. stupid landscaping peoples haven't paid me yet and my scholarship money has yet to come in. But thats ok. Gods bigger then money. That or i'm gonna wind up homeless pretty soon.

But my room is frigging sweet.
I'm gonna go read for synoptics and burn cardboard.

P.S. you owe it to yourself to see Little Miss Sunshine. Al Gore can bite me.

Skoch

Fresh Out Of Batteries, Still Making Noise

2006-09-05T13:58:00.000-06:00

Hey friends.

I'm in the SU office, taking advantage of the sweet computers. not helping my fellow su members. i'm so awesome.

In 2 hours i'm trying out for a worship team, if they don't take me again then i'm bringing my guitar anyway and playing unplugged in the congregation.

My house is beyond good. its freaking amazing. you all need to come check it out. but don't stay long.

I'm gonna go walk around the school. barefoot.

Skoch

Send Transmission To The One Arm Scissor

2006-09-01T11:59:00.000-06:00

So i'm in calgary, but have yet to actually move into my house due to complications that are simply beyond me. But "they" tell me i get to move in tonight. So that will be exciting.

School is still standing. Although i really hate saying hello to people when we've only been apart 4 months, and we knew we'd see each other again anyway.

I saw Beerfest yesturday with clint. Wow, juvenile humor at its best. Its a good thing they had the warning at the beginning of the film about not to drink as much as the characters or else you will die. cause.... wow.

Hey, they gave me a key to the student union office in the school. I have so much power. And pretty much my sole responsibility on su is to clean the fridge on friday (they keep telling me it also includes making sure we have enough ping pong balls, but i'm gonna go out and spend my entire 500$ budget on ping pong balls, so we never run out. ever)

k bye

Skoch

Came In With The Breeze

2006-08-20T17:58:00.000-06:00

This is a very dark day.

I've just discovered that placing tabs on the internet is now considered copyright infringement. Since when is teaching someone how to play a piece of music copyright infringment? Bach must be pissed.

The following is a tab of how to play I Fought The Law by the Clash. i say rock on.

D G D
Breakin' rocks in the hot sun
D G
I fought the law and the law won (x2)
D G D
I needed money 'cause I had none
D G
I fought the law and the law won (x2)

G
I left my baby and it feels so bad
D
Guess my race is run
G
she's the best girl that I ever had
D G
I fought the law and the law won
D A G D
I fought the law and the

D G D
Robbin' people with a six-gun
D G
I fought the law and the law won (x2)
D G D
I lost my girl and i lost my fun
D G
I fought the law and the law won (x2)

G
I left my baby and it feels so bad
D
Guess my race is run
G
she's the best girl that I ever had
D G
I fought the law and the law won
D A G D
I fought the law and the

Someday you will find me

2006-07-28T11:05:00.000-06:00

If you get offended when people talk about sexual activities around you do not see this movie. you will be offended beyond belief.
But if your at all like me, see it. Definitly my favourite movie so far this year.

Basically its one day in the life of Dante and Randall ten years after the first film. There pathetic losers who are going no where in life.
The film answers one of my all time mind boggaling questions. What happens to all the people who don't do anything with there lives, and don't want to do anything?
Bonus points for the silence of the lambs parody and the use of smashing pumpkins 1979.

Skochs Rating: 9/10 (wowzers)
So random updates:

1. I found a place to live, a nice big house, 4 bedrooms, so we're shoving 8 guys in it. 2 living rooms, dining room, kitchen, back yard. Your normal house. Except were putting greek letters on the front, making it a frat house.

2. 78/100 Movies

3. I took this weekend off. i still worked 49.5 hours this week anyway.

4. I got a clerks poster. and a reservoir dogs poster.

5. I bought pulp fiction, and some like it hot, and empire of the sun, and evil dead 2, and the man with no name collection.

6. I read a book. Survivor but chuck pahleniuk.(don't know how to spell his last name)

7. I'm working on my 100 favourite movies of all time. Songs was so much easier.

8. I saw pirates of the carribean 2. Pretty much your standard sequel. I'd give it a good 7.5/10

9. Its looking more and more like Josiah (one half of divided) won't be coming back to calgary. Which means this is probably the end of divided. But at the same time the beginning of new musical collaborations (me and morgan are making an emo band; me and van den burg and making a gangster folk album) so if i ever catch Fred online (which is rare) i'm gonna see if he wants to aid me in putting up the entire divided album on this site.

10. Do yourself a favor, listen to I Am A Scientist by Guided By Voices. if only so i can percieve as musically credible.

I'm A Loser.

Skoch

75/100

2006-06-29T10:48:00.000-06:00

so i figured i'd repost the list, since since last time i posted it i had only seen about 55 out of 100. ALso i'm sick, so i didn't go to work. blah. i need money.

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15. STAR WARS (1977)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
18. PSYCHO (1960)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
43. KING KONG (1933)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48. JAWS (1975)
49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
56. M*A*S*H (1970)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
58. FANTASIA (1940)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61. VERTIGO (1958)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
66. NETWORK (1976)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
69. SHANE (1953)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
72. BEN-HUR (1959)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78. ROCKY (1976)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
83. PLATOON (1986)
84. FARGO (1996)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)
89. PATTON (1970)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
95. PULP FICTION (1994)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

Post #100

2006-06-27T19:29:00.000-06:00

So i'm sorry for keeping you (mara) all in suspense. A week ago i wrote out my entire blog then the computer went all funky. So this is try number 2 for post number 100.

5. Apparitions - Matthew Good Band
It wasn't until about 8 months ago that i actually found out what this song is all about. which is funny cause its blaintent. Its about the apparition that we are in complete control of our lives. My old band (the supplicants) used to jam to this song. The solo is so simple, and yet so in your face. Also the video has an odd sense of beauty to it. at least i think so.

4. Hurt - Nine Inch Nails
The thing about this song is that it used to be my little secret. The song i would put on when i felt sad, and it comforted me because i felt that i was the only one in the world who had ever herd this song. Then Johnny Cash went and gave it to the world. Thats ok though, because the nine inch nails version is starting to fell like a secret again.

3. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
This song is impossible to apply to your life. unless you have a crazy friend, or i guess if you, yourself, are crazy. Still though, its such a sad goodbye to a friend. And its the first song i ever learnt on guitar.

2. Where Is My Mind - Pixies
Usually when a band plays there token song live its awesome. This song sucks live. Its at its best after you've shot yourself through the cheek area, your holding on to the hand of the girl you love staring out the window on the 30th floor as multiple buildings crash down before you. So yeah, go try that.

Dum da di Dum - and now to number one

Today - Smashing Pumpkins
The multiple guitars, billy corgan dressed as an ice cream man, the drug reference as oppose to sexual references. The heroin influence. The not one but 2 bridges. The squealing guitar, the overlapping vocal lines, the fact that its really easy to play. What more could you ask for in a song? nothing, i say. I love how that first 4 note melody is used at the end of the song, it just so.....hard rock. no no, alternative. yeah. what a word. i love the 90's. i love alternative. i love pumpkins.

So there you have it, thank you for those who didn't slin gpoop at my house for not updating.

Since this will probably be my last post for the next while i'll bring you all up to date

1. I work all day. and thats it. my life sucks
2. Oilers lost, thats depressing, losing pronger is insult to inujury. But i look forward to a year in calgary, especially for all the arrogant ignorant flames fans who will continue to inform me about how the 8th seeded team didn't when in the finals when the 3rd placed team choked in the first round. yep oilers suck indeed.
3. I saw system of a down. they where fantastic, i moshed so incredibly hardcore like. Espcially sugar, and violent pornography, and toxicity. And me and sunshine dedicated the prison song mosh to Gord. We Love You Gord ,where ever you are.
4. I have tickets to go see tool on august 25th. some good anti-God music before i go back to school. oh its suiting indeed.
5. Speaking of school i'm actually exicited for the whole student union thingy. Mainly because i'm going to abuse my power. trust me, people wiol know and rever lounge representatives for years to come.

And thats my life.
Hit me back, just to chat
your favourite host
this is skoch

the Road to Morocco

2006-06-15T16:08:00.000-06:00

The oilers never cease to impress me, doing another NHL first yesturday night (first nhl team to ever score shorthanded in overtime in the finals). Oh fernando, you make me so proud. Also, the oilers got 11 out of a possible 12 home games in this playoff run. which accounts for 20 million dollars we otherwise would not have gotten. so yeah! go oilers!

almost done my song list.

10. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
When i was 13 i wrote out all the words to this song, trying to memorize it. also one of the first songs i ever learnt on guitar. also its gorgeous
9. Tuesdays Gone - Lynyrd Skynrd
My all time favourite song to just jam along to, i guess cause its so long. I wish i new someone who could play piano like the guy in skynrd can
8. Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
I was insanly proud when i learnt how to play this on guitar, its such a beautiful melody. Jimi could make up this wonderful chord voicings that no one has ever been really able to copy.
7. Comfortable Numb - Pink Floyd
Contains the first solo i ever learnt, and a solo that i'm still trying to learn to this day. David Gilmour could do this crazy bends and sustain notes forever, i really like the contrast in the singing of waters-gilmour.
6. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
I remember i learnt how to play this song, then i was playing open the eyes in church and i realised that it was the exact same song. Of course yellow ledbetter could kick the crap out of anybody doing open the eyes, but thats just one mans opinion. The solo has such a simple use of the E major pentatonic scale, which is probably way it rocks, its so simple.

Only one more post, then i'm done

Also i'm at 64 on the afi movie list. (plus i have chinatown and all about eve just waiting to be watched).

Also resident evil 4 scares the bajabers out of me.

Skoch

Oooh Baby Baby

2006-06-12T07:36:00.000-06:00

To those wondering about why i'm naming fewer and fewer songs, well lets just say theres method to my madness.

I really love motown.
Chris and I are working on some demos, hopefully we'll have an album come october, its gonna folk-gangster rap. if any can come up with a good name for our band please do tell.

(Down 3) 14. Dumb - Nirvana
(Down 1) 13. Live Forever - Oasis
(Up 2) 12. The Old Apartment - Barenaked Ladies
(Up 2) 11. Tonight, Tonight - The Smashing Pumpkins
(Down 2) 10. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Oilers game tonight, means i won't have to work uber late!
Exciting i know.
I think i may watch the game pantless. I concure with my mortal enemy on that one, pants are a waste of time. (unless your using a weedwacker)

British Steel

2006-06-11T14:10:00.000-06:00

So the grand total for the past two work weeks: 100hours. Beat that (i'm sure a couple of you can).

(up 4) 19. Middle Class Gangsters - Matthew Good Band
(Down 3) 18. The Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd
(New!) 17. Okay I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't - Brand New
(--) 16. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
(up 11) 15. Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins

Oilers won last night. Oh the oilers, you put my heart in such a state. I'm so glad i'm an Oiler fan. We burn things on whyte ave. Other mayors talk about how our behaviour is disgusting, but we don't care. and even if the oilers lose, i'll stand by them, cause i always have. and maybe i'll burn some stuff too.

Skoch

My Future

2006-06-09T15:14:00.000-06:00

It's raining today, so no work for me. I'm okay with that, seeing as how i'm at 91.5 hours on my upcoming paycheck anyway.
I bought resident evil4. this is the second video game i've ever bought. it so much fun. and a little scary.
Today is Les Pauls birthday. Happy Birthday Les Paul.
I bought the movie poster for Clerks. its great.
And here are 29-20.

29. Sweet Sweet/Luna - Smashing Pumpkins
28. Tired Of Sex - Weezer
27. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
26. When I Come Around - Green Day
25. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel
24. My My, Hey Hey - Neil Young
23. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
22. Above - Finger Eleven
21. Sun Up...Running For Home - Matthew Good Band
20. Bulls On Parade - Rage Against The Machine

Now i'm going to go watch Citizen Kane (which will put me at 63/100 for the afi all time greatest movies. i'm so cool)

Euphoria

2006-06-01T19:51:00.001-06:00

My computer is slowly breaking, so heres 50-30, so that you can download all these songs and try and get a better understanding of who i am. (or not, some friends you are)
Oh, and the things in brackets are the changes from last year

(Down 25) 49. Pretty Noose - Soundgarden
(New! ) 48. Song 2 - Blur
(New! ) 47. Jesus Of Suburbia - Green Day
(New! ) 46. Wonderwall - Oasis
(New! ) 45. Float On - Modest Mouse
(New! ) 44. Rockin' The Suburbs - Ben Folds
(Down 12) 43. Something I Can Never Have - Nine Inch Nails
(New! ) 42. Muzzle - Smashing Pumpkins
(New! ) 41. What It's Like - Everlast
(Down 6 ) 40. Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
(New! ) 39. Clumsy - Our Lady Peace
(Down 2 ) 38. Thirty-Three - Smashing Pumpkins
(New! ) 37. Only Living Boy In New York - Simon And Garfunkel
(Up 12 ) 36. Say It Ain't So - Weezer
(Down 14) 35. November Rain - Guns N'Roses
(Down 6 ) 34. Corduroy - Pearl Jam
(Down 4 ) 33. Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers
(New! ) 32. Brain Damage/Eclipse - Pink Floyd
(Down 14) 31. Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
(New! ) 30. Name - Goo Goo Dolls

Thats all folks, i'll try and give you some more tomorrow (i've worked 41.5 hours so far, and its only thursday! two more days to go!)

Skoch

The Clouds lined Up

2006-05-24T16:34:00.000-06:00

Ah, part 2 of 8. Numbers 74-50. Here's a couple fun facts about my list:
Smashing Pumpkins has the most entries with 10, followed by pink floyd and matthew good with 5 a piece.
Scoring by decade:
60-69: 5
70-79: 12
80-89: 9
90-99: 64
00-06: 10

The List:

74. Thirteen - Big Star (Number 1 Record 1971)
73. Say Yes - Elliot Smith (Either/or 1996)
72. Know Your Enemy - Rage Against The Machine (Rage Against The Machine 1992)
71. Hummer - Smashing Pumpkins (Siamese Dream 1993)
70. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (Nevermind 1992)
69. Cute Without The E(acoustic) - Taking Back Sunday (Bootleg 04)
68. Lade Picture Show - Stone Temple Pilots (Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop 1997)
67. She Don't Use Jelly - Flaming Lips (1994)
66. You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Will Get What You Deserve - Johnny Boy (Same Name As Song 2004)
65. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne (No More Tears 1991)
64. Train In Vain - The Clash (London Calling 1979)
63. Cut Your Hair - Pavement (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 1994)
62. All Apologies - Nirvana (In Utero 1993)
61. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 (War 1983)
60. Needle In The Hay - Elliot Smith (Elliot Smith 1995)
59. One - Metallica (...And Justice For All 1989)
58. Drinking In LA - Bran Van 3000 (Glee 1997)
57. Swallowed - Bush (Razorblade Suitcase 1996)
56. On The Turning Away - Pink Floyd (A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987)
55. 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins (Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness 1995)
54. Tweeter And The Monkey Man - Headstones
53. Hard Knock Life - Jay Z (The Blueprint 1996
52. Intergalactic - Beastie Boys (Hello Nasty 1998)
51. Farewell And Goodnight - Smashing Pumpkins (Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness 1995)
50. Daughter - Pearl Jam (VS. 1992)

The Rest Comes Later
Skoch

Gonna walk walk WALK

2006-05-23T14:47:00.000-06:00

I couldn't care less if anyone ever commented on this blog. I blog because my post are gentle reminders about who i am at any given point. I go through my old posts often. One of those post was my 50 favourite songs of all time. Well i figured that that needed updating. So i developped my own point system and rated over 200 songs to come up with:
SKOCHS 100 FAVOURITE SONGS (2)

100. Mayonaise - Smashing Pumpkins (Siamese Dream 1993)
99. Summer Babe - Pavement (Slanted and Enchanted 1992)
98. Loretta's Scars - Pavement (Slanted and Enchanted 1992)
97. Cannonball - Damien Rice (O 2003)
96. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (A Night At The Opera 1975)
95. Santeria - Sublime (Sublime 1996)
94. Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young (Harvest 1972)
93. I Hung My Head - Johnny Cash (American IV 2003)
92. Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog (Temple of the Dog 1992)
91. Brick - Ben Folds Five (Whatever and Ever Amen 1997)
90. Prime Time Deliverance - Matthew Good Band (Underdogs 1997)
89. She Will Only Bring You Happiness - Mclusky (The Difference Between You
And Me Is I'm Not On Fire 2004)
88. Karma Police - Radiohead (OK Computer 1997)
87. Killing In The Name Of - Rage Against the Machine (Rage Against the Machine
1992)
86. Moonage Daydream - David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars 1972)
85. A Day In the Life - The Beatles (Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967)
84. Hey Man, Nice Shot - Filter (Short Bus 1995)
83. Dammit - Blink 182 (Dude Ranch 1997)
82. Tripoli - Matthew Good Band (The Audio Of Being 2001)
81. Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen (Philadelphia Soundtrack 1993)
80. Gigantic - Pixies (Surfer Rosa 1988)
79. Lovers In A Dangerous Time - Bruce Cockburn (Stealing Fire 1984)
78. Closer to the Heart - Rush (A Farewell to Kings 1977)
77. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks (Something Else By the Kinks 1967)
76. Jane - Barenaked Ladies (Maybe I Should Drive 1994)
75. Holiday - Green Day (American Idiot 2005)

You get the rest later

Skoch

No, we're out of dynamite anyway

2006-05-20T17:57:00.000-06:00

Both times i've watched the life aquatic i cry at the end when he finds the shark. I don't know why, and tears like that are best left unexplained. My goodness i'm wierd.

I would really love to spend the next two days recording music, but for some unknown reason i commited myself to something i really don't feel like doing. I just don't understand my need to always do what people ask of me.

I like that song by snow patrol, hands open.
I can't remember the last time someone told me to listen to a song and I actually did.

One day i'm going to find my shark. When that moment comes you can all lay hands on me.

Skoch

an Old Mother Dies

2006-05-19T20:07:00.000-06:00

Quickly now

Top Five Johnny Depp Movies

1. Ed Wood
2. Blow
3. Benny and Joon
4. Fear and Loathing In Last Vegas
5. Nightmare On Elm Street

- Da Vinci Code got bad reviews. Personally, i love it when movies that are expected to make millions suck.

- Oilers are about to play the second period against anaheim. If we go with tradition oilers will lose this game if they are to win.

- I've worked 45.5 hours this week in the hot sun. and i get to work tomorrow. boo urns.

- i've fallen asleep the past couple nights watching pixies live. All muscians should watch it and learn every pixies song. it takes about 2 hours (both watching the dvd and learning all there songs).

K- peace.

Skoch

My Soul Slides Away

2006-05-14T11:54:00.000-06:00

So last night i went to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the garneau. It was a pretty cool experience. There was some really funny stuff yelled at the screen.

Also i went as Brad. Which means i stood in my underwear and skin tight t-shirt in front of a few hundred people.

All in all it was lots of fun.

I missed Church this morning cause of it though, i vaguley remember my mom waking me up. and then me falling back to sleep.

High Fidelity and Elliot Smith's Say Yes. Thats all you need.

And today, i have no plans. We'll see were fate takes me

Skoch

I've Been Downhearted Baby

2006-05-12T07:11:00.000-06:00

Its early friday morning, and its pouring rain. Here's to the hope i don't have to work a full day, cause i'm pretty exhausted, 40 hours in 4 days. Crazy

Ride the wave, and don't ask where it goes.

With everyday i work i swear more and more. I'm no where near my co workers though, its amazing how many swears can fit in a sentence.

Yesturday my friend freaked out (not on me) but he flipped out on a guy and stormed out of the room. It was the funniest thing i've seen in a long time. I don't think i'm going to thank him for it though.

Saturday night i'm going to a midnight showing up rocky horror picture show. I've never been to one. It'll be awesome.

Sunday i'm hanging out with my old buddy Liam Trimble whom i saw for the first time in 2 years yesturday, we passed each other on the street. It was beautiful. Its a great feeling seeing a friend you haven't seen in a long time.

Yesturday i was lying in the dirt during lunch break (the dirt was nice and soft) and the sun was shining on my face, and i was dreaming i was on a beach in delaware. It was glorious.

Go oilers. Beat those sharks. Even if it takes all freaking night.

Skoch

What do you want me to say?

2006-05-08T20:49:00.000-06:00

The following songs:

The Dismemberment Plan - What do You want Me to Say?
Elliot Smith - Say Yes
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

Today i picked garbage in the freezing cold for 6 hours. that sucked. but afterwards i did my first bit of landscaping!!!. i'm very pro.

Also this girl that i have a major crush on is staying at my house tommorrow. I'm think of watching empire records and burning her a cd. is there anything more romantic?

Tonight: Kill Bill and oilers!!!!!

Skoch

Everytime you close your eyes

2006-05-05T20:05:00.000-06:00

So i got a job. (notice that i didn't use the word "finally"). Its for a tree planting company. so basically i'm a landscaper. cause people that are landscapers are awesome.

So i'm working 6 days a week for around 10 hours a day. so i'll be rolling in the money.

Also i borrowed Natalies pink Dvd player so i'm feeling pretty awesome and manly.

Anyway, i'm beat. And i laugh at ottawa because they almost beat buffalo, but got there hearts ripped out instead.

So Go Oilers!!!!

Skoch

Crooked Teeth

2006-05-03T11:58:00.000-06:00

Songs i've been listening to:

Mclusky : She will only bring you happiness
The Von Bondies : C'mon C'mon
Brand New : Okay i believe you but my tommy gun don't
The Tragically Hip : It Can't be Nashville Every Night
The Pixies : Levitate Me

Also i'm still looking for a job, but i have some promising leads!!! thanks to my buddy fab. who's italien. and therefore cool.

Also i have a bunch of songs in my head but no way to put them into my computer. one day i'll find a way. unless anyone has a microphone i can borrow.

I put a couple songs on the divided website. for all you chumps who didn't buy an album.

Also the Oilers make me so happy to be alive.

Skoch

Divided After Show

2006-04-30T14:05:00.000-06:00

Divided After Show

After the show we sprayed doc rock all over ourselves. rock stars till the end of time.

So i'm back home, finally.
I had pretty much one of the best weeks of my life. its was wierd.

Gimmie a sec

We are we are we are just children finding our way around the indecision
"headbangs ferociously"

I'm in such a wierd mood. I spent the last week traveling around with a bunch of crazy girls. We went to cademon, jasper, buck lake and the mighty edson.

Just a sec

Well i know i'm being used, but thats okay because i like the abuse
"headbangs ferociously"

And now i'm back home and unemployed. hopefully not for long.

I have 3 groups of friends. Rocky, Salvation Army and old High School peoples. and they probably all know my as someone different.

Except when i'm playing the guitar.

Skoch

I Drag Behind

2006-04-19T19:35:00.000-06:00

You get A's on your algebra tests
I failed and They kept me behind
i need to get off my chest
that i think your divine
You're always ahead of the rest
While i drag behind

Drag
Placebo

Someone once whisperd into my brain "One day my heart will be broken but i won't make a big thing of it, and i'll be all the better for it". It didn't really make any sense then, and it doesn't really now, but i like the idea of not making a big deal out of heartbreak, because there are more important things then love. not much, mind you.

I had my first student union meeting today. It's gonna be so much fun. I'm changing the name of the lounge to Skochs Corner. Fantastic.

I packed up my stuff today (just the stuff i don't really need anymore). its depressing, my walls which were once full of rock and roll joy are now bare. Tear.

But i'm going camping sunday-thursday or something like that. That'll be a blast.

Alex is getting me a System of a down ticket. that would totally be the highlight of the summer. I'm pumped.

I have a crush on every girl. It sucks, but its kind of funny, cause i get the impression that when God thinks of me and how i handle romantic entanglements he laughs. I have a wierd idea of God (or he has a wierd idea of me)

Anyway, i'm still selling Divided albums so i must go make some more

Peace

Skoch

Brokn-Fixed

2006-04-15T13:52:00.000-06:00

So here is my reviews of what i've listen to/watched lately

Placebo - Meds 4/5
Scary Movie 4 3/5
In The Heat Of The Night 5/5
The Squid and The Whale 4.5/5
Damien Rice - O 3.5/5
Spun - 3/5

Oilers are in the playoffs, so thats pretty much amazing

Exams are right away, that should be.....interesting.

Lifes moving fast, i gots a million things to do, including a barbecue and a birthday shin dig today. How come easters crazy? shouldn't this be a time of reflecting and eating lots of candy? well i say BOO.

Oh, P.S. i'm becoming an uncle. that is so cool. pray for my sis.

Skoch

I don't give a damn about my reputation

2006-04-11T12:55:00.001-06:00

So the show last night was awesome, i think we sold around 35 cd's, which is sweet cause there was about 50 people there, so thats a pretty decent average.

The opening acts were spectacular, expecially this one ska band that i may or may not be a part of.

Although there were quite a few mess ups (like the breaking of a string, the horrible version of joy) the night was fun.

The crowd really liked our new stuff (surprising) so our next cd will hopefully be an even bigger hit!

Yes, so moral of the story is i know get to quote myself on my blog.

I'm hitchhiking through texas
cause i put a chainsaw through your lexus

Skoch

I Don't Care Where Just Far

2006-04-07T13:27:00.000-06:00

Chino

So i totally got to see Thrice, street drum corps and Deftones for free last night! its was crazy, it as at the saddledom and i got to go on the floor and mosh like crazy. Oh so fantastic!!!!

Cus the story goes Chris calls me up at 8:30 and is like you'd appreciate the deftones more than i would, so he gave me his wristband and his ticket stub and i got to go in!!!!

So life rocks.

Wave of mutilation

2006-04-04T16:30:00.000-06:00

1. i love the pixies. Chris got there live album dvd and doolittle. it rocks my world.

2. My global min project is gonna suck. but i don't really care.

3. I have now seen 57 out of AFI's 100 greatest movies of all time. (i watch maltese falcon and midnight cowboy)

4. I have now seen 28 out of the 50 scariest movies ever. (jacobs ladder).

5. In case anyone was wondering, cd's are still on sale, 5$ a piece. The concert has been moved due to the fact that we found some place better to play. So its now 7pm Monday the 10th in the RMC Lounge. 7-lounge-rmc-5$ . and thats all you need to know.

6. Oilers won a game 7-1. that rocks my world. as well as my sis.

7. My roomate told me that someone called for me (he doesn't remember who) and said that someone i know died. So thats kinda disturbing.

8. i didn't sleep last night. i played with fire instead for 6 hours. fantastic.

Whats that floating in the water? old neptuna's only daughter. I believe in Mr. Grieves

Skoch

50 scariest movies of all time

2006-03-27T14:39:00.000-07:00

I put this list up more for my sake, so maybe i'll go out and rent the ones i have not seen.

50. Arachnophobia
49. The Innocents
48. The Other
47. Freaks
46. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
45. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
44. The Wicker Man
43. The Blob
42. 28 Days Later
41. Ghost Story
40. Rosemary’s Baby
39. The Brood
38. Eraserhead
37. The Amityville Horror
36. The Devil’s Backbone
35. Jeepers Creepers
34. Pet Sematary
33. Open Water
32. Nightmare on Elm Street
31. The Fly
30. Salem’s Lot
29. Gates of Hell
28. Altered States
27. Session 9
26. Scream
25. Mothman Prophecies
24. Videodrome
23. Seven
22. War of the Worlds
21. Saw
20. Event Horizon
19. Janghwa, Hongryeon
18. The Silence of the Lambs
17. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
16. Hellraiser
15. In the Mouth of Madness
14. The Changeling
13. Jacob’s Ladder
12. Jaws
11. The Exorcist
10. Quartermass and the Pit
9. The Shining
8. Halloween
7. Evil Dead II
6. Dawn of the Dead
5. Alien
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
3. The Ring
2. Ju-on
1. The Thing

27/50 Can anyone beat me? of course, this list is flawed. like, where is near dark? phantasm? lost highway? the vanashing? the omen? carrie? the stepfather?
psycho? oh well.

Oh, and i put new songs on purevolume two days ago, in case you want to check it out

And the winner is....

2006-03-24T16:14:00.000-07:00

Here there are, if these apply to you, then date me.

1. Owns a Sonic Youth T-shirt
2. Is indecisive about favourite radiohead album
3. Dyes hair periodically many different colors
4. Quotes movies made in the 40's and 50's
5. If I name a year she can name an album
6. Digs my band
7. Understands that choirs have a place in music, but hates them all the same
8. Is shorter than me
9. Finds no significant meanings in names.
10. Has Hair at least past shoulders.
11. Dances
12. Covers walls with posters (not always her own walls)
13. Looks like shes tempted to play with my hair
14. Attributes her upbringing to three things : Parents, Simpsons and Goldeneye
15. South Park taught her how to swear.

Of course, all the following are completely negotiable if shes hot. oh, so shallow.

"Big News"

Our Number 1 hit single is now on purevolume.com/divided1985!!!!!!! check it out!

Skoch

Purevolume

2006-03-22T00:26:00.000-07:00

Well, i finally did, i got Divided a space on purevolume. Now we shall get discovered.

Just kidding.

But whatever, its a chance for everyone to laugh at me. And i'm cool with that. I did this at 1 this morning, so theres no photos up yet, just a couple tracks, i'll try and rotate through the tracks once or twice a week so that they'll be new stuff all the time.

So check us out at :

http://www.purevolume.com/divided1985

And if you want, check out my old band at

purevolume.com/molestedsacs

I guess since i'm gonna be home for 4 months i'll praobably start jamming with them again, unless they don't want me. which is cool. but i might have to kill someone.

Skoch

The airbag saved my life

2006-03-21T12:53:00.000-07:00

Its a movie about taking justice into your own hands and blowing up govenement buildings. I don't care if the government is corrupt, deep down we know this isn't the answer, but heck, it sure is the anwer in movie form.

Plus theres actually decent gore (for a 14a film)

Oh no pop is dead, long live pop
Had so many facelifts that its face flew off

Pop is dead - Radiohead

With the eyes God gave me

2006-03-18T16:40:00.000-07:00

Let me recap a conversation:

Morgan: I'm gonna watch Brothers Grimm, you wanna see it too?
Skoch: no way man, that movie was crap
Morgan: Yeah, but this is coming from someone who just watched good night and good luck

For the first time in a long time i was left speechless.

Moral of the story:

Good Night and Good Luck is an important movie to watch (thats right, important) because although it is set in the 1950's it is far more relevant today then it would have been back then.

It is the story of news team that actually has the balls to speak some truth on national tv. Its kind of a bit-the-hand-that-feeds-you story, if the hand happens to be a senator who is calling people communist with out any proof, spreading panic cause he has his own agenda.

The following is the speech ed murrow gives at the beginning of the movie (keep in mind this is a true story from the 1950's):
We are currently wealthy, fat, comfortable, and complacent. We have a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse, and insulate us then television
and those who finance it those who look at it and those who work at it may see a totally different picture too late.

So i guess if you really want to go watch the brothers grimm, then go ahead.

Racist Crows

2006-03-14T13:22:00.000-07:00

So picture this

Mara and Skoch tearing through envelopes, quivering with anticipation. Our eyes quickly dart over the pages. We then through them to the wayside and continue on with our wonderful lives, our thoughts being the same. What the freak am i doing this summer?

I'm thinking los angelos.