Don't Mess With Penn State

Seriously.

Penn State Weather Blows... Seriously

Ok so sunday night we reached a nice balmy low of -23 degrees with the wind chill. monday it warmed up a little. and by a little i mean i think it stayed about 0 all day. and now today we got about 5 inches of snow and it was practically shorts weather because it was in the high 20's all day. unfortunately that snow fell on top of ice and NO ONE IN STATE COLLEGE SHOVELS THEIR SIDEWALKS. the townies around here suck, the borough gets so pissed off whenever a frat doesn't shovel their sidewalk, but the townies never shovel their sidewalks. it happens every time it snows, without fail. walking to campus is right out if you want to be safe... anyways... classes definitely should have been canceled today because the administration was not clearing the sidewalks faster than the snow was falling. all the sidewalks were slippery and i nearly fell twice which would have sucked because i was carrying my laptop... anyways rant over.

And We're Back

Well once again i have that itch to blog. so *blog*. anyways, i was reading through my old xanga today (i can't believe i remembered the password and such... well maybe it isn't that unbelievable) and i got pretty nostalgic... i miss high school, i'm not gonna lie. life was so much less stressful back then. maybe i'm only remembering the good parts of it, but i miss the closeness i had with my old friends... i also really miss playing hockey and tennis. like really badly. soooo when the weather decides to not be 5 degrees or colder out anymore... i will be up for playing tennis, those of you who go to penn state who wants to play? also do you like the banner thing i added at the top of my page? i made it myself. its a freeze frame of a scene from Lost in Translation where Scarlett Johannson is sitting in her window gazing out over tokyo... and then the text inside lists the songs i've recently listened to. 'tis sweer. later.

Summer Playlist

What have I been listening to all summer? Nice of you to ask... here's a list of my favorites this summer:
Dance Inside - The All-American Rejects
Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
The Boy With the Arab Strap - Belle & Sebastian
The Rising - Bruce Springsteen
Your Heart is an Empty Room - Death Cab for Cutie
Sweet Child 'O Mine - Guns N' Roses
Dead Man (Carry Me) - Jars of Clay
Bling (Confession of a King) - The Killers
Float On - Modest Mouse
Sleep - My Chemical Romance
Mass Romantic - The New Pornographers
The Tension and the Terror - Straylight Run
A Pillar of Salt - The Thermals
Punkrocker - Teddy Bears
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Werewolf in London - Warren Zevon
I'm Always in Love - Wilco
Intervention - Arcade Fire
Dirty Dream Number Two - Belle & Sebastian
Look After You - The Fray
Here in Your Arms - Hellogoodbye
She's a Jar - Wilco
Keep the Car Running - Arcade Fire
Trouble Is - Jars of Clay
Don't Die Wondering - Kill Hannah
All that He Wants (American Jet Set) - Kill Hannah
Lesser Things - Jars of Clay
Testament to Youth in Verse - The New Pornographers

The Only Road I've Ever Been Down

so pretty much one of my most favorite songs is Bittersweet Symphony. Here's the pretty awesome music video for it.

Robot Chicken... Star Wars Style

Star Wars Robot Chicken was amazing. Here are some highlights...

Yo-Mama fight:


Vader Really Can't Choke People...



Solo's Real Convo in the Death Star



Drinking Ruins Lives...



The Side of Boba No-one's Ever Seen...



The Emporer Learns the Fate of the Death Star...

I LOVE Death Cab For Cutie

So i was listening to music today, and the song Expo '86 by Death Cab For Cutie came onto my playlist. And i have always liked this song, it's probably my favorite off of the album Transatlanticism though the song Transatlanticism and A Lack of Color make compelling arguments, but i haven't listened to this song in a long time. anyways, so i listened to it for a few times today, and i just realized how beautiful it really is. i went on songmeanings.net, which is a great site, and started reading what people thought of the song. and i stumbled upon this explanation of the song: "It's about a person who has been crushed time and time again when his affections have been placed in people that either don't return them or scorn them. It's about somebody who has been let down by love his entire life, but now there is this perfect person that has somehow miraculously chosen him and him alone to be with, If one has been disappointed one's entire life, you can't help but think that this great thing won't last and you're just waiting for the other shoe to drop or to wake up from the dream." and that explanation just floored me. it was perfect. so i made Expo '86 my theme song. then i went on to just read the lyrics of several other DCFC songs, and each one i was thinking to myself 'these are amazing lyrics'. I had forgotten how well i can find my feelings in DCFC songs... and i really really love DCFC