7 Months of Updates

This post is for everybody. It will be quick and painless. These are things that I experienced and you need to as well.

Music

Vampire Weekend- Contra.
Sophomore album from the New York prepsters. More quirky drum beats. More talk of east coast. More fun.
Try White Sky

Say Anything- Is a Real Boy...
Concept album originally meant to be a rock opera epic. Huge songs and grandiose ideas. I love that sort of thing, so this was one of my favorite albums last year. I do realize that I am a few years late to the party.
Try Alive With the Glory of Love

Every Beatles album ever
Not much more to say. The Beatles were huge last year. As well as every other year.
Try Magical Mystery Tour

fun.- Aim and Ignite
Exactly what it says. Lots and lots of fun. Format and Steel Train alum join forces to form one of the best new bands of 2009. Saw them in September and they did not disappoint.
Try All the Pretty Girls

Bon Iver and Volcano Choir
Two projects headed up by Justin Vernon. Both excellent soft albums. Volcano Choir is eerily beautiful.
Try For Emma

Fleet Foxes LP and Sun Giant EP
You think that you don't like folk-pop. But you do. You really do a lot.
Try White Winter Hymnal

Manchester Orchestra/Right Away, Great Captain/Gobotron
Manchester Orchestra is probably my favorite band ever. Their ability to take you places in songs that you didn't even know existed is incredible. The highest high one moment and the lowest low only to redeem itself seconds later in the song gets me every time. I cannot sing the praises of this band enough. Do yourself a favor and check them out. Right Away, Great Captain is the lead singer, Andy Hull's, side project. Each song is meant to be an entry in the journal of a sailor many years ago. Gobotron is another side project of Manchester and is just great pop fun.
Try Shake It Out

Johnny Foreigner- Waited Up Til It Was Light
Frantic guitars. Frantic dueling vocals.
Try Salt, Peppa, and Spinderella

Film

The Hurt Locker
Think war movies are overdone and played out? This gritty, emotional look at the war in the middle east will change your mind.

(500) Days of Summer
Yes. I'm straight. Great movie. Hilarious. Real. Not a traditional love movie.

NOT AVATAR
This movie blows. That's all.

Inglorious Basterds
Love Tarantino. Enough said.

Moon
How can a movie with a cast of so few people be so incredible? I have no idea.

District Nine
A great performance from newcomer Sharlto Copley in the lead role helped this movie immensely. Best science fiction movie I've seen in a long long time.

Why have I not seen Fantastic Mr. Fox yet? That is a great question that I do not have an answer to.

That is all.

Guide to College

College is a silly place. This is an important thing to keep in mind if you are going to be a freshman. College is a place that cannot be expressed in words. Ever. By anybody. Ever. This is a short guide to things that every senior should keep in mind before becoming a freshman once again. Guess what? College is not high school. Guess what? College isn't all about impressing the sick older kids with your rad American Eagle polo's with popped collars. And guess what? You'll be regarded as a faggot by pretty much everybody. This probably isn't your fault. Then again it probably is. First thing you need to remember when at school, "Don't be a faggot."

Another thing. You and your roommate will not necessarily be best friends. You don't need to spend every minute with them trying to make sure that nobody is a better friend with them than you are. Odds are, you will hate your roommate by the end of the year. This is a true statement. Spending every day with a random person that the college decided to stick you with is not the best thing. Every little flaw that you see in your roommate will be magnified by 100 by the end of the year.

Along the same lines, the first good looking girl that you meet is not necessarily your soul mate. Sorry, she's probably crazy.

Class schedules are less rules, and more guidelines. First week of class, you should go. First warm week of spring, you should not go. First day of snow, it is probably too cold to go to class. Even if it isn't. It is.

In college, there are three main aspects to life. Studying. Sleeping. Social life. No matter how hard you try to manage your schedule you can only have two of these things. Your first semester you will choose social life and sleeping. By second semester of your first year, I promise you that you will no longer be sleeping. Ever.

Some quick tips. Don't be overly friendly. Don't ever post on the Facebook group for your class year. Don't try to be the raddest dude you can be. Don't snitch. Don't sleep. Don't try too hard.

Dorm Life is the most accurate depiction of college that I have found. I promise you that you will meet every stereotype that is on this show within your first semester of school. Most of these situations will happen to you. And you will find that I am correct in my statements.

Wizard People, Dear Reader

Watch as Brad Neely masterfully creates a new art form, combining misinformed story telling with the beautiful animal that is HP.

Clearification

You are a person. Demetri Martin is a person. Demetri Martin is a funnier person than you.

Top 5 with Viss Chrisser

Top 5 dream jobs
1. Martin Scorsese
2. Profession Movie-Watcher
3. Profession Music-Listener (Sunonthesand.net)
4. Jonny K
5. Professional Lover (Niko)

Top 5 albums all-time
1. 65daysofstatic - The Fall of Math
2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
3. The Beatles - Abbey Road
4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A# ∞
5. American Football - American Football

Top 5 non-Scorcese films
1. Reservoir Dogs
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. The Godfather
4. Schindler's List
5. Snatch

Top 5 things to do on the 20 hour drive to Texas
1. Make signs to talk to 12 year olds in large vans
2. Watching some Scootering in gas station parking lots
3. Stopping at Wendy's
4. Singing along to Tenacious D
5. Take pictures of Niko sleeping without waking him up

Top 5 reasons to live at home during college
1. Save Money
2. More time to listen to music
3. Quality time with mah 'Stang, Bula
4. Home-cooked food every night
5. Sectional Couch

Top 5 Dr. Pepper flavors
1. Regular
2. Vampire Bats
3. Delicious
4. Diet
5. Jonny K

Top 5 bands you despise but everybody else loves
1. Explosions In The Sky
2. Angels & Airwaves
3. Niko's favourite music
4. Mainstream Music
5. Music with words

Top 5 Asians
1. Sgt.
2. Mutyumu
3. Henry Wu (Jurassic Park)
4. Sabrina Bong
5. Hideo Kojima

Top 5 Rock Band songs
1. Reptillia
2. Gimme Shelter
3.Welcome Home
4. Won't Get Fooled Again
5. Ballroom Blitz

Top 5 things people don't know about you
1. I wanted to be a Power Ranger when I was a young lad. So much so that I had people call me "Billy." My uncle Phil still calls me this to this day.
2. I had the nickname "Critter" when I was born. My uncle Bob still calls me this and only this to this day.
3. I don't try very hard with a lot of things. I lack motivation.
4. I wish I was more like Jonny K
5. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people use the term "emo" improperly. It is not the neo-goth fashion style or a genre for bands like Dashboard Confessional. It means "emotive hardcore" and describes bands like Circle Takes The Square. And now you know.

Hear this album

MGMT is the most infectious band that I have ever heard. Combining a mix of indie pop rock and psychedelic electronica, their sophomore album Oracular Spectacular is sure to be stuck in your head for days and days. Highlights of the album include the opening track 'Time to Pretend' which is an anthem for the teenage generation's refusal to conform. Another highlight is 'Electric Feel'. The most addictive track on the album however is 'Kids'. The first time that I heard this track I had it in my head for at least a week. Listen to it at your own discretion and don't blame me when you have this whole album stuck in your head.

Grade= Gold Star

Top 5 with Niko

Top 5 people
1. Me
2. Kyle
3. Jonny K
4. Visser
5.Aaron

Top 5 sporting events you don't care about
1. US Open
2. World Series
3. World Cup
4. Superbowl is to football as ________ is to basketball
5. Superbowl

Top 5 things about Texas
1. People
2. Weather
3. Large trucks
4. Old men in the large trucks wearing cowboy hats
5. Chicken Express

Top 5 words to put a Z on the end of
1. Realz
2. Skillz
3. haxorz
4. ballz
5. zubaz
6. lolz

Top 5 Dragonball characters
1. Goku
2. Gohan
3. Trunks
4. Piccolo
5. Goten

Top 5 made up languages
1. Any language that isn't English is made up sooo....
2. German
3. Spanish
4. French
5. Romanian

Top 5 video games you used to play
1. Halo 2
2. Guitar Hero 2
3. Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi
4. All Final Fantasy games
5. Kingdom Hearts 2

Top 5 things to argue about
1. Faith
2. Who ate the last of the ice cream
3. Girls
4. Who should let the dog out
5. Who farted

Top 5 reasons to visit WI
1. None
2. None
3. Some friends
4. None
5. Culvers/ Real cheese

Top 5 things to waste money on
1. WORLD OF WARCRAFT
2. Hollister clothes
3. Sweet tea
4. Video games I won't ever play
5. Mackers