Austin City Limits

so i am looking at this thing from a beginner's perspective. i have never gone to ACL before. ACL is basically the huge fall music show for the Austin area. SXSW is the spring one.

until now, i had always just thought of ACL as the friday that nobody is at school. until i saw the 2009 lineup. IT IS EPIC! so i had never gotten a 3 day pass to ACL because the lineup had never been good enough to warrant my $185. however, in light of discovering the God that is GirlTalk, that alone was enough to make me scour for da moneyz. and i havent even reached my main attracting point yet.

which is...my undying love for AdRock. and mainly the Beastie Boys in general. i currently have eight CDs of theirs and would almost drop out of high school to meet them. even this close to then end. luckily, i dont have to. i just have to scrap together $185 in the next couple of weeks to be able to see them in october. but seriously. seeing them here. live. in person. is going to be a religious experience. you know, if i were religious.

also, between the arctic monkeys and flogging molly, i am going to get a total dose of foreign accented punk rock music. the only thing that could top this would be to have seen Gogol Bordello at the 2008 ACL. that would have made my fucking life complete. they are so amazing. let me suffice it to say that one of the instuments that they play is the fire bucket. what the fuck, you ask? exactly.

An Epic Struggle

This pretty much describes the struggle between Megan and myself. Guess who is who.

Hint: I think Bill has a cuter sweater, and Steve Jobs is too old to be hip and talking about Gen-Y

P.S. Found through Ari, who is not only ballin', but kind of more amazing than words can describe.

Bacon Explosion

Yes. You read right. And I promise it isn't dirty.

Megan and I have an economics teacher who is obsessed with bacon. And I don't just mean he likes bacon. I mean, the man has gone so far as to buy bacon flavored chcolate, bacon toothpicks, bacon gum, and I feel like he once vaguely mentioned a bacon cologne.

So when he mentioned this , we decided that we must try it in the near future. And I promise, pictures will ensue.

Watchmen

A week or so ago was senior skip day. It was cool. I went swimming and saw Watchmen with Andrea instead of going to school. So we went and saw Watchmen. And I know that I enjoyed it a lot more than she did. But I feel like that is because I get more into the whole superhero thing.

More than liking the actual movie, I liked the subjects that it brought up. My favorite views were those of Rorschach or the Comedian. Favorite 3 Quotes:

1) You see, Doctor, God didn't kill that little girl. Fate didn't butcher her and destiny didn't feed her to those dogs. If God saw what any of us did that night he didn't seem to mind. From then on I knew... God doesn't make the world this way. We do.

2) Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.

3) I heard a joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life is harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. The great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor... I am Pagliacci." Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains.

I really enjoyed it because it totally played into the really dark comedy view of the world (emphasis on the dark) that I tend to have. I really like that it was made into a wide spread movie, but has these intense motives that the majority of America won’t appreciate. Now I am reading the book. So far I like the book much better. It is better at portraying the scenic irony. Anyhoo, once I have finished that, I’ll update with an actual comparison.