December 28th, 2004 at 3:44 pm
by sillyjoe (Adventures in Randomosity, Music, The Movie Corner)
So here I am, with my favorite pop culture events of 2004, the music, the movies, the tv shows…oh yes.
Music
- Kanye West - College Dropout - I’m not the biggest rap fan in the world, but I had to get this cd after hearing Jesus Walks, and I was not disappointed. Kanye’s a great rapper, but a FANTASTIC producer. The beats he comes up with, and the samples he uses…the guy’s just a genius.
- Chronic Future - Lines In My Face - Music for those who can’t pick their favorite genre. The boys of Chronic Future effortlessly deal out a rock/pop/emo/grunge/screamo/rap sound…and I’m loving it. The tunes are catchy, the tunes are good. This one got lots of play in the car. Faves are the single “Time and Time Again,” “Shellshocked,” and the fun “Static on the Radio”
- Derek Webb - I See Things Upside Down - The short guy from Caedmon’s Call came out with another gem this year. I only got this cd a week or so ago, for Christmas, but I’ve worn it out since. The production is reminiscent of Wilco, and the vibes are reminiscent of awesomeness. He got help from Kenny Meeks, Paul Moak, Cason Cooley, and others…Faves so far are “Reputation,” “I Want a Broken Heart,” and “Nothing’s Ever Enough”
Movies
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - AMAZING movie. The story was flippin’ awesome. Charlie Kaufman is a genius. Jim Carrey showed the world that he CAN indeed act.
- Ray - Flawless performance by Jaimee Foxx. Flawless. The word “Oscar” comes to mind.
- Napoleon Dynamite - Funny, quotable, crazy characters…and CLEAN. I was amazed by this movie. I love it. I love it. I love it.
TV Shows
- Arrested Development - I think this show started in 2003, but I didn’t discover it till this Fall, when they showed a marathon of the first season on F/X (I’m rarely home to catch the new episodes on Sunday Nights). Funny, funny stuff. And anything with David Cross is bound to make me laugh.
- Lost - Everyone was talking about this show, and I only got to catch a couple of episodes (Not home on Wednesday nights either…church is a wonderful thing), but the couple that I saw were amazing, and I hope I can catch a marathon, or some reruns, or something.
So that’s it for now. There’s a lot more stuff I could’ve talked about, but I stuck to the simple things…
I may come up with my list of worsts in a day or two. Keep watchin’
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December 27th, 2004 at 10:59 pm
by sillyjoe (Adventures in Randomosity)
You are Kip Dynamite. You have an obscene craving
for nachos and can live it up, gangsta style.
Which Napoleon Dynamite character are you?
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December 24th, 2004 at 12:17 pm
by sillyjoe (Adventures in Randomosity, Life and Introspection)
A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer. - Mitch Hedberg
So here we are. Christmas Eve, 2004. What a crazy year it hath been. We’re slowly coming to the end of my first year on this here blog. I’ve blogged about lots of things, from my turning 18 to the death of my grandfather, to my first semester at Carson-Newman College. To those of you who actually read this thing, I thank you. I hope maybe you get something out of this little corner of the Internet. Tonight, my family gets together, opens presents, and in general just hangs out for a few hours. I’m looking forward to it, as we don’t all get together too often anymore. Tomorrow I head down to Mamaw’s for our first Christmas without Papaw. I’m dreading it. It’s gonna be weird not seeing him in his chair.
I’m rambling randomly again, so I think that’s my cue to go eat lunch. I hope you all have an INCREDIBLY merry Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa…whatever it is for all of you reading this.
Farewell.
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December 23rd, 2004 at 4:11 pm
by sillyjoe (Adventures in Randomosity, The Movie Corner)
So today I was at Movies 4 Sale, looking around. I saw the dvd I’ve been coveting since it’s release on Tuesday…for 11 bucks. It lists at 20.
So, I bought it.
And watched it.
“It’s pretty sweet. It’s awesome. It’s…it’s inCREDible”
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December 20th, 2004 at 7:08 pm
by sillyjoe (Life and Introspection)
demanding such penance, that couldn’t wait for five more minutes? Or a cry for help?
Today, the second friend of mine under the age of 20 died this year. The first was an 18 year old male who liked to drive too fast. The second, a 19 year old female, a beautiful young girl, who got into more than one thing she shouldn’t have. She had a child at the age of 18 with her boyfriend in his 20’s. She was such a beautiful girl, with so many problems. We all have problems though, don’t we? Some are just easier to hide.
God, I’m sorry for what I’ve done to you. For everything I may have done to them while they were alive.
A plea to America’s youth: Watch out. We’re dropping like flies today. Stop searching for happiness in useless things.
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December 19th, 2004 at 12:36 am
by sillyjoe (Adventures in Randomosity, Around the Interweb)
you’re addicted to…photologs?
Yeah, I know.
Sounds crazy, doesn’t it.
If you look at my links menu to the right, you’ll see something different. There’s now a new category entitled “sights”. This is for all the photologs I’m currently perusing (thanks for the cool word Geof). AMAZING photos by some of these folk.
Ridiculous, even.
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December 17th, 2004 at 8:34 pm
by sillyjoe (Adventures in Randomosity)
Okay, so my first semester of college is officially in the books, and now I’m home for Christmas break. Home, a place where big beds and private showers exist. It’s a magical place, really.
My first semester grades?
4 C’s and a D.
I TOTALLY didn’t hang out too much my first semester, did I?
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December 14th, 2004 at 7:16 pm
by sillyjoe (The Movie Corner)
Movies movies moooooviiiiies…
So recently I’ve seen:
Ray
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ocean’s Twelve
Swingers
Dodgeball
And this only in the last month or so.
And I recommend them all.
Yes.
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December 12th, 2004 at 2:27 am
by sillyjoe (Adventures in Randomosity)
I can’t seem to get to sleep tonight. I don’t know why. Whenever I have nights like this I find myself thinking about my life. Where I’ve been, where I am, and where I’m going. Often, I begin to feel lonely. I think of recent rejections (they’re always there), what I should have done differently, if there’s anything I could’ve done differently. Tonight, I’m thinking of her again. I know I shouldn’t. I know I should try my best to get her out of my mind, and move on. But it’s growing more and more difficult as time goes on. I’d gone a couple of days without thinking of her much, and then tonight, she just hit me again. I wish sometimes she weren’t so beautiful, both inside and outside. You’d think the way she treated me would help me to move on from her, or at least get rid of some of the fonder memories I have. No such luck, though. I can’t help but think of the times I spent talking to her, getting to know her, falling for her. I know it was such a short period of time in which it happened, and it seemed even shorter than it was…but it happened. I fell. I fell hard. I’m such an idiot. I always do this. You can look back at some of the earlier entries from my first blog, and you’ll see that this isn’t the first time I’ve had this problem. I fall for the wrong girls. They never fall with me. I just keep falling alone. If this post is depressing you, I’m sorry. It’s just that I need to get this stuff out. I let it sit inside me too long sometimes, I think. I’m sitting here listening to Finch’s “Letters to You”, which I know isn’t really written from a situation like mine, but for some reason it’s making me cry. I hate it when this happens. I hope this post finds you well, at least better than me right now. It’s amazing how depression can hit you.
I know I can find encouragement in parts of life. But there are times when that encouragement seems distant.
“But I’m not sleeping and
You’re not here
The thought stops my heart”
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