More of nothing doing…

Open iTunes/iPod or Windows Media Player to answer the following. Go to your library. Answer, no matter how embarrasing it is.

Number of songs: 2612
Sort by ARTIST NAME
FIRST SONG: Echelon – 30 Seconds to Mars
LAST SONG: In the Waiting Line – Zero 7

Sort by TIME
SHORTEST SONG: sb-Stiny (a strongbad quote) – :01
LONGEST SONG: Motherfucker=Redeemer – Godspeed You Black Emperor – 31:25

Sort by ALBUM
FIRST SONG: Rocket 88 – James Cotton (from the album 100% Cotton)
LAST SONG: Ordinary Dream – Electric Light Orchestra (from the album Zoom)

Top Five MOST PLAYED SONGS:
(sadly… or maybe it’s better off, I just imported all my stuff to iTunes since I was only using it for podcasts before… so I’ll kind of make this up)
1. Darkness Between the Fireflies – Mason Jennings
2. Holes to Heaven – Jack Johnson
3. You to Thank – Ben Folds
4. Little Man – Atmosphere
5. Bloodmobile – They Might Be Giants

First song that comes up on Shuffle: Chop Suey! – Tenacious D

Search ….
“sex”, how many songs come up? 12
“death”, how many songs come up? 30
“love”, how many songs come up? 87
“you”, how many songs come up? 236

Only because this is a distraction…

First school: Saint Mary’s of the Lake preschool

First concert: Elton John… two words: A MAZING

First screen name: arne007

First funeral: my great grandmother’s

First scar: Dude… I have so many damn scars, I couldn’t say. Earliest I can think of at the moment: cat going apeshit on my left hand… I have a cross scar there. I think I’m just prone to scarring.

First pet: Rin Tin Red III

First piercing/tattoo: cartilage

First big trip: Nassau, Bahamas – 3 years old

First flight: same

First time out of the country: That again

First job: Caddy at Wayzata Country Club by the bag – Byerly’s Bag Boy at hourly

First true love: Tami, my first girlfriend

First MySpace friend: myspace? what’s that?

Last person you hugged: Ceci

Last song you heard: Jack Johnson – Mudfootball

Last car ride: Car? I think it was driving to Ridgedale with the fam to get on the Better Bus

Last time you drank/got high/ or did domething illegal: well, since drinking ain’t illegal for me anymore, I’d say holding secret meetings in unscheduled classrooms

Last time you took a shower: This morning

Last time you cried: Mike’s funeral

Last movie you watched: Jarhead, I think

Last food you ate: coffee now; pita and hummus an hour ago

Last item bought: Coffee

Last shirt worn: Mr. Yuk tee with long-sleeve warm-up

Last phone call: My Mom

Last time at the mall: Thanksgiving at Ridgedale for as little time as possible

Last drink: Coffee or beer

Last text message in your inbox: Oh boy… “Awww such a cute couple, mostly due to her looks and your pretty sweater.”

Last text message in your outbox: “Good luck testing! I know you’ll do great!”

Last thing you typed: Physics Lab write-up

And a box of wart removal bandages…

	The Twelve Days of Christmas for cleptoparasite:
Day #	Who?		What they got you
1st	kitty_cal		Wart removal bandages
2nd	bluejess33		A menorah
3rd	frenchdavidface		Two Lumps of coal
4th	leaping_spirits		The deeds to Park Place and Boardwalk
5th	kitty_cal		A magical fairy that only you can see
6th	melbystar		A hobo stick
7th	pintsize		A bag stolen from a bag lady
8th	bluejess33		The collected poems of M.C. Hammer
9th	veritableverity		A carefully choreographed dance sequence to Thriller
10th	torpidtorpedo		A bag stolen from a bag lady
11th	gidgey1		Two pounds of candy apples
12th	leaping_spirits		A previously used hankie
Take this Quiz at QuizGalaxy.com
( or, take the ‘adult’ version at QuizUniverse.com )

Head Over Heels

I wanted to be with you alone
And talk about the weather
But traditions I can trace against the child in your face
Won’t escape my attention
You keep your distance with a system of touch
And gentle persuasion
I’m lost in admiration could I need you this much
Oh, you’re wasting my time
You’re just just just wasting time

Something happens and I’m head over heels
I never find out till I’m head over heels
Something happens and I’m head over heels
Ah don’t take my heart
Don’t break my heart
Don’t don’t don’t throw it away
throw it away
throw it away

I made a fire and watching burn
Thought of your future
With one foot in the past now just how long will it last
No no no have you no ambition
My mother and my brothers used to breathe in clean air
And dreaming I’m a doctor
It’s hard to be a man when there’s a gun in your hand
Oh I feel so…

Something happens and I’m head over heels
I never find out till I’m head over heels
Something happens and I’m head over heels
Ah don’t take my heart
Don’t break my heart
Don’t don’t don’t throw it away

And this my four leaf clover
I’m on the line, one open mind
This is my four leaf clover

Naaaaah nah nah naaah naaah
nah nah nah naaah naaah
naaaaah naaaaah naaaaah naaaaah, nah nah.

Funny how time flies.

-Tears for Fears

So tired…

3:38am, and I’m finishing my radio project. Now it’s just a half hour of sitting around, waiting for our entire radio show to transfer to tape.

Mike’s funeral is today. All the Pikes are leaving at around 4:30 on a bus to go to West Bend, then we’re staying for the visitation and the full service. To give you an idea of the kind of guy we was, check out the obituary in the WI State Journal… or ask. It’s tradition in the fraternity to wear a black cloth over our badges, so we’ll be doing that as well.

One thought. Since his death was a suicide, one of my brothers left us with this quote by Leo Buscaglia:

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

To anyone reading this, remember that. So many of us have been affected by suicide. I’ve known four different people who attempted and only one failed, my aunt. Remember that you can make a difference in someone’s life, and I don’t just mean this as some cheesy saying. I mean it in that so often, we don’t see when the people around us are down. Be genuinely interested in people and care.

Ugh

It’s been a shitty weekend which I thought was going to be a good weekend to end a shitty week.

One of my fraternity brothers died last night. I’m going to find out about it in about an hour. He was our advisor and a recent grad of the UW law school.

My sister’s boyfriend just broke up with her and she’s dealing with that.

I got nothing done.

Sad.

We have one chance.
One chance to get everything right.
We have one chance, one chance,
And if we’re lucky we might.

My friends, my habits, my family,
they mean so much to me.
I just don’t think that it’s right.
I’ve seen so many ships sail in,
just to head back out again and go off sinking.

- Modest Mouse

It’s snowing…

Trapped beneath
twisted steel
my legs are broken,
I look at you
I’m waiting for
your eyes to open,
woah
talk to me
please, I beg you
I’m a wounded man,
all is lost if trust is broken
help me understand
promise me you won’t let me go.

-Mason Jennings, Cripple Creek