Exploring the Pseudo-Being in Boston

My marching band will be in Boston from tomorrow and the rest of the weekend, so I have intentionally loaded up on content for you to relish in my absence.

Extravagance is not always a good thing.

This is my father's friend and coworker. He is a terrible dresser, as evidenced by this picture. These pieces of clothing were chosen for a cruise he and his wife took. Fortunately, there were no bulls on board.

"My ex is obsessed with squids"

Here's a playlist submitted by my alter-ego on Tiny Mix Tapes' Automatic Mix Tape Generator. Check it out here. It's not very good, but it's always nice to be published for something, anywhere.

requested by: jwm
compiled by: slugo

Note from slugo: Embrace your inner squid! Your ex may be a real weirdo, though.

01. Ween - "The Mollusk" (The Mollusk)
02. Explosions in the Sky - "Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean" (The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place)
03. The Beatles - "Octopus' Garden" (Abbey Road)
04. Lightning Bolt - "Duel in the Deep" (Wonderful Rainbow)
05. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - "Biomusicology" (Tyranny of Distance)
06. Galactic - "The Beast" (Ruckus)
07. Frank Zappa - "The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution" (Läther)
08. Yo La Tengo - "Moby Octopad" (I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One)
09. The Jayhawks - "Madman" (Rainy Day Music)

Nepal—way too beautiful to exist

Talk about taking the path less traveled—my friend not only left his senior year of high school in January, but the rest of civilization as well. He's teaching AIDS education in Nepal. It's amazing what some people will do for others. His other friends and I are loving the stories he sends back, but yesterday I was able to get into the organization's Gmail account via my friend's brother and download over seventy pictures that have been taken by group members. Here is one that will just not stop blowing me away every time I look at it.

Vintage DD

Since Author/Artist Frank Miller is getting a lot of press lately with Sin City, I checked out a book from when he first drew Daredevil for Marvel "back in the day." (I "heart" college libraries.) I think Stan Lee was still the writer at this point. But this is an awesomely informative page that explains DD's original billy club. You know, back when it was cool for blind guys to have red canes.

Daredevil

Comics=excellent. I have subscribed to Green Lantern for a couple years now, and recently I decided to become a bit more balanced and open up my world to a Marvel comic. Once at Borders, I pinned it down to two possible titles for me to invest over twenty dollars in—Daredevil, and Ironman. I read the current issues of each, and the plot of Ironman appealed to me, but there was one panel that won me over. Here it is on the right. Make sure you can read the caption, because it's the best part. Ever since, I have enjoyed the series a great deal.

Cheeses

I'm a huge Cheese fan. As you read, check out the products that rotate through my house over here.------------------------------>

Here we go

It's about time I delved into the Blogosphere. I imagine I'll be writing about various things here. And...it'll be great.