Bad Year for Music thus far.

As I sit on my bed listening to random stuff in my iTunes library, I realized that there haven't been a whole lot of decent albums (in my irrelevant opinion) released in 2005.

Let's see...

GOOD:
Beck - Guero
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods

DISAPPOINTMENTS:
Doves - Some Cities
Mars Volta - Frances the Mute

ALBUMS I REFUSE TO LISTEN TO OUT OF FEAR THAT BASED ON THE ONE SINGLE I HEARD THEY WILL FURTHER LESSEN MY OPINION OF THAT BAND:
Weezer - Make Believe
Coldplay - X&Y

I can't think of anything else coming out this year.

For HISTORY!

Schacht, trying to explain in a tactful manner what the Vanderbilts did when they weren't screwing over 90% of the U.S. population.

(Oh, he's interning at one of their old estates in the Adirondacks, by the way)

THE MOST DEPRESSING THING I HAVE EVER SEEN.

(Obviously you have to be familiar with Calvin & Hobbes to get that).

After I stop crying like a little girl I'm going to go bake cookies for Alicia's birthday and tonights gathering at D Street.

...what a wonderful sentence that was.

USSSA BASEBALL NEVER FORGET

I wanted to saturate Schacht's car with those magnetic ribbons when we drove out to Boston, but we wussed out.

So far these are my favorites, aside from the 'UNITED WE STAND' ones that have "Made in China" printed at the bottom:

1) 'Autism Awareness'. Not because of the cause, but because the ribbon was a bunch of puzzle pieces. For fuck's sake...

2) 'Iowa Hawkeyes'. I suppose it's in memory of their football team having any chance at a national championship, am I right? HahahaHA! Uh, anyway...

And I now have a #3, which I saw on the back of an SUV driving home from downtown. At first, all I could see was that it was white with red print, so I thought it was the inevitable Cornhusker ribbon. Upon closer examination, it said "BASEBALL" and "USSSA LEAGUE". Maybe somebody died or something. I just don't get it anymore.

That said, I just can't wait until 2027 when those rubber wristbands make a comeback.

Gallup.

So my father, whom I believe is oblivious to the way the job market operates post-1975, told me to apply for Gallup because the benefits are good and the people that work there love their jobs and blah blah hurrr blah. I threw him a bone, and applied online for some vague position aimed at college grads.

I just had to answer 180(!) of questions online like this:

I ENJOY MAKING PEOPLE FEEL BAD.-----------------------I ENJOY PAIN.
(Strongly) -------------------Neutral-------------------(Strongly)

Since I figured out quickly that it was the same four questions repeated, perhaps I'll have a shot.

I should stop exploiting the Coffee House's free WiFi now.

Chelsea vs. DC United tonight on ESPN2.

God Bless You, Matt Clement.

While I had heard about what happened to my favorite goatee'd pitcher last night, I didn't see the footage until ESPN showed it about 10 minutes ago. Yikes.

FUN FACT: The line drive he took to the face came courtesy of Carl Crawford, one-time Nebraska QB recruit.

Anyway, here's to you Matt. We'll need you until Epstein shells out for more help.

Best Hungarian film I have ever seen.

Jonn and I went to see this film called 'Kontroll' at the Ross. Kind of a dark comedy about the hired goons that patrol the subway in Budapest.

The ending was kind of weak, but it was still the best film I've seen in some time.

...that is, except for 'Dave'. I borrowed it from my grandmother's collection while she's away.

Nonstop presidential impersonation hilarity! Ok then.

I'm sorry, but I'm quite bored.

This is what living at home post-college will do to you. I told myself I'd refrain from creating one of these, but I figured, what the hell. I'll try to keep the cockwaving to a minimum.

More to come later.

This is the "more" I referred to in my previous post

I love Lincoln. I grew up here, for crying out loud. So why do I wish to leave so badly? Well...

1) Geospatial employment is quite sparse here.

2) I desire to be part of the crowd:

Jonn - In Zambia as of September
Jarod - Currently in South Africa; NYC for grad school
Crystal - Upstate NY, then South America, then somewhere else
Schacht - Also upstate NY, then off on another road trip to find himself (haha)
Emily - KC area
Justin - As of late August, the epicenter of slackerdom (Portland, OR)
Carina - Indianola, Mississippi
Ayesha - Syracuse

I sent out something like 15 resumes/cover letters to firms/agencies in the Boston area that, in theory, may consider employing me. So far, just one e-mail saying they weren't hiring at the moment. Thank you, Metropolitan Area Planning Council.

Oh, and I applied for the CIA. Hell, I met the prerequisites.

Hope you all enjoy the picture of a girl about to get her hand bitten off by a possum (or opossum, whatever)