Orlando 2006
Just got back from Orlando last night, and it was awesome!
We were very busy going to the different parks, but the crowds were very good.
Photos are on flickr, but watch out, we took ALOT.
Leaving for Orlando
I am litterally just finishing up packing up the laptop to leave for Orlando. Our flight is in a few hours, so we leave today, and we will be back in about a week.
So see you soon, expect pictures.
Bamboozle 2006 + Spring Semester Recap + Some Blog Update
Well Bamboozle 2006 was this weekend. This was the first year they switched to an outdoor venue, due to the sheer size of the crowd there. I was always quite fond of Asbury Park, not only because of its historical and nostalgic feeling, but because it was on the beach, and we could get Nelly's pizza afterwards 
Saturday was nuts. Saw most of the bands on our list. At Armor for Sleep though, some girl fell down in the pit, and it looked like she was having a seizure. The Medical tents were getting alot of action this weekend. Then Fall Out Boy was packed because everyone who came that day pretty much came just for them. If you look at the pictures, they are small and blurry because it was dark, and we were a Long ways away from the stage.
Sunday, Mike and Danielle came with us, so we could each go to bands we wanted to see. The guy from Emanuel had strep throat so that was kind of dissapointing. At Underoath, the crowd was fucking nuts. The pits kept forming, and the crowd surfers kept comming. One hit me directly in the back of the head, and sent my hat flying. And some stupid girl picked it up and threw it, because Throwing stuff IS SOOOOO COOL. Anyways, i spent the rest of the set watching it being thrown around until the end when i found it on the ground amoungst ripped up posters and other crap.
Method Man got an awesome crowd response. I stuck around for a while before Mike and I went to see a band he wanted to see, Fall of Troy. Then VAN STONE!!!!! BEst preformance of all weekend hands down!! THey are an 80's Metal Revival / Theatric Joke Band. Meaning they like to use props during their songs, and make the whole things funny. I ordered the CD yesterday morning off of their website, so I can give it out once it gets here. In the meantime, check out their Myspace, or their Website.
Panic! At the Disco was a little dissapointing for me. I have always loved their CD, But their live perfomance and their CD performance were very different just because the CD version is so post produced. Maybe I was just expecting too much, or I didn't stick around long enough. H.I.M. Was also dissapointing. The guy just stood there and sung, and didn't move around at all. I was also dissapointed that he was wearing a suit and tie, because if you are familiar with his videos and CD covers, he usually doesn't.
A.F.I. and Taking Back Sunday closed the night, and they were Awesome! Mike was dissapointed that A.F.I. Played mostly only their latest CD, but I didn't mind. Then Taking Back Sunday was amazing. Then one kid from the audiance climed the Parking Sector lamp post thing that lets you know where you park. He got so far up, i was sure he was just going to stay there and make the Fire Dept. get him down. But he got down ok, only to be arrested lol.
A great weekend. Check the Pictures.
As for the end of the semester, I was officially finished Yesterday. But I stil have one more shift to work tonight, and then I can pack up and move out. We leave for Orlando on thursday, so i have a day to relax and chill out. I will probably spend it going to the mall anyways, because I need new shoes, but i didnt want to get them before Bamboozle lol.
And a quick blog update, I added a module for My Bloglines Blog Clips. So now you can check out the stories that I find interesting. ALso if you haven't noticed yet, My URL is a direct link to the About Me page. I figure that it would be nicer to have a kind of cover page for people who stumble across my URL on Myspace or Facebook and such. If you want a direct link to the blog, you can find it here. RSS feeds shouldn't be affected.
The Bamboozle 2006
http://www.thebamboozle.com/page-lineup.php
Saturday:
3:05 – 3:35 HELLOGOODBYE: PHOTO FINISH STAGE
3:35 – 4:05 ARMOR FOR SLEEP: LINC'S STAGE
4:35 – 5:05 SILVERSTEIN: LINC'S STAGE
5:05 – 5:35 RELIENT K: PHOTO FINISH STAGE
6:05 – 6:40 STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO: PHOTO FINISH STAGE
6:40 – 7:20 HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS: LINC'S STAGE
7:00 – 7:30 MEWITHOUTYOU: MACBETH STAGE
7:20 – 8:00 MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK: PHOTO FINISH STAGE
8:00 – 8:40 ALL AMERICAN REJECTS: LINC'S STAGE
8:40 – 9:20 THURSDAY: PHOTO FINISH STAGE
9:20 – 10:30 FALL OUT BOY: LINC'S STAGE
Sunday:
11:40 – 12:05 EMANUEL: LINC'S STAGE
3:05 – 3:35 I AM THE AVALANCHE: RIOT SQUAD / MACBETH STAGE
3:30 – 4:05 METHOD MAN: LINC'S STAGE
4:05 – 4:35 VAN STONE: RIOT SQUAD / MACBETH STAGE
4:05 – 4:35 SAY ANYTHING: PHOTO FINISH STAGE
4:35 – 5:10 PANIC! AT THE DISCO: LINC'S STAGE
5:45 – 6:20 SENSESFAIL: LINC'S STAGE
6:05 – 6:35 NIGHTMARE OF YOU: RIOT SQUAD / MACBETH STAGE
6:15 – 6:45 FLUFF MY BONER: HURLEY / HOT TOPIC STAGE
6:55 – 7:30 HIM: LINC'S STAGE
7:35 – 8:05 FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES: SAINTS AND SINNERS STAGE
8:05 – 8:45 AFI: LINC'S STAGE
8:45 – 10:00 TAKING BACK SUNDAY: PHOTO FINISH STAGE
*Subject to change
Questions, Suggestions, Comments?
Through the Fire and the Flames
Oh man!!!
Oh Man!!!
Today is one of those morning where you wake up incoherent, and you think to yourself… "Holy Shit, I saw Dragonforce last night!"
Right now i still have ringing in my ears, and my neck hurts from rocking out, but it was fucking worth it.
We drove into Hoboken and took the path to get to the Avalon. If you've never been there, the Avalon is a Club that was converted from a Church. So when we got to the corner, we looked for a sign or something, but then we saw a line of kids in black t-shirts, so we agreed that it must be the place.
The 2 opening bands, Sanctity and Protest the Hero. Sactity was definitely awful, but there were mixed feelings about Protest. Elyse and Jay liked them alot, but i just wasn't feeling it. Felt like Blood Brothers all over again.
But then Dragonforce Holy CRAP!!! I fucking went nuts. Fury of the Storm I definitely got nuts, but Through the Fire and the Flames, the lead singer divided the room in half, so there was a clear path down the center, and when the music started all hell broke loose.
Dragonforce is Amazing to watch, if you have ever seen their video. Herman Li moves his fingers across the guitar at lightning speeds. But when you are live right there, you kind of want to watch him play live, but then again, you want to fuck around in the pit lol.
I found it funny, that i realized this. Dragonforce has never released a single album in the US, they only have 4 songs on their MySpace and Official website, and yet they Sold out NYC in their 2nd US show, First NYC appearance. AMAZING! Dragonforce is going to be big, and I am going to love it.
Pictures from tonight are on Flickr
They are coming back on another tour over the summer they said. Any takers?
Good Eye Sniper
If there was ever a song that meant summer, this would be it
A short list of what stands between me and summer
- Computer Science
Project 3Project 4Last Assignment- Final Exam
- Calculus
Test 3
Extra Credit
- Final Exam
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Hinduism
- Taoism
- Shinto
MythologyFinal Test
2 1/2 weeks
A Day in the Life of Matthew
After Elyse did the same thing, I tried this out.
Basically I took pictures of everything throught my day, and added descriptions and notes on Flickr.
Enjoy
Fall 2006 Schedule
- CHEM-120-11 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I
- MR 02:30-03:45PM RI 114
- F 01:00-03:50PM RI 333
- MATH-221-01 CALCULUS II
- TR 09:35-11:15AM RI 116
- PEGN-275-01 BEGINNING KARATE
- T 06:30-08:40PM UN 4002
- MATH-106-01 CONTEMP APPLD MATH FOR EVERYONE
- MW 11:30-12:45PM RI 273
- CMPT-371-01 SOFTWARE ENG I:ANALYSIS & DESIGN
- MW 05:30-07:10PM RI 114
At the moment this is what my schedule looks like. Yes i am taking "Beginning Karate" And yes, it is in University Hall. Dare i say it? Flipping Awesome?
Everything else is in Richardson. But at least i got into chemistry with Whitener.
This makes for a busy schedule. Put on top of this, work at OIT (Considering jumping to tier 4 Yikes!) and potentially technology liason (sp?) for The Normal Review, and you have the ingredients for a Hectic Fall 2006 Semester.
But im out of Bohn Hall for Sure!!!
Red Bull gives you w-i-i-iiings!!
Last night, Oh Man!
Lets start at the beginning. I had some lunch in the middle of the day, and to drink, i went out into the garage to get a soda, when i saw my case of Red Bull from the end of the fall semester. So i said to myself "Whoa, its been a while, so why not?" I ended up saying the same question to myself at around 8pm when mike came over.
And it wasn't even a placebo effect. Like the first few times you drink Red Bull, you expect to feel like "WIIIIINGS!!!" but you don't. But, when you drink 2 without even thinking about it, you DO get that feeling, and it doesn't even hit you at first. I think it hit me when i started SINGING the guitar solo to Metallica – Master of puppets, when I said "HOLY SHIT! I'm Hyper LOL"
I'm pretty sure i was really freaking annoying to Dave, Mike, And everyone on Halo 2 last night lmao. So I'm sorry guys. And I'm pretty sure the words "I'm gayer than springtime tonight" came out of my mouth. I'd hate to see what 2 red Bulls and some alcohol would do to me (GEEZE!!) lol.
But something about a 5 piece chicken nugget from wendy's made me crash. and at around one, after listening to Mitch Headburg, everyone left, and i calmed down. So i played Big Team Battle until about 4am, watch south park, and went to bed.
Now i have to do my calculus project today. Almost the end!!! And I need to call ticketmaster about my tickets they never gave me soon, lol.
Nearing the end of the semester
There are litterally 4 weeks left in this semester, and i don't think that it is enough!
I still have to register for fall classes, sign up for housing, do a walking report for religion, a big computer science project, and all kinds of math and mythology head hurting. Oy!
And i still need to figure out what i am going to do for a job over the summer. If I had my way, I'd work here, but I'm not sure if that will be possible.
Expect a 4th podcast soon, I promise lol.
Too Much Drama
The title may be a little mis-leading. I'm not talking about myself here.
It seems everytime i check my Livejournal friends, or read my Xanga subs, there is always some drama going on. And i don't know if I should be thankful that I am spared of trip back to adolensence, or if I should be jealous that i am not in the loop.
For the most part, I feel thankful that I am spared. The most drama I encounter is people not liking the colors on my new blog (you guys should be pouring the positive feed back on me right now, I'm suprised)
In an un-realted note, Scooter is awesome techno.
The Downside to IT
I really like working at the IT dept. But ever since I started, a few things have bugged me. But one in particular for today, is the fact that the full-timers there (except for my supervisors) think they know everything.
For example, the other day, a woman had scheduled a media training thing or whatever in one of the class rooms on the 5th floor. So, to get into the room, she had the front desk call the helpdesk (me) to send someone out to open it. So i went to the training people to ask if room 50xx (whatever it was) was supposed to be opened.
The lady i talked to had no idea there was a training thing going on today, and gets all up in my grill, saying "there's no one using that room today, who told you that?". Finally she asks the lady in the VERY NEXT CUBICLE about the same thing, and she says "oh yeah, (whatever the lady's name was). Is she outside?" and then the first lady goes "see, that wasn't hard". What do you mean? You're the one who didn't know what was going on in YOUR OWN DEPT.
Next example is one of the full time desktop people, Matt. He's a cool guy, but when ever I ask him about someone who's calling he'll go "Who? If i haven't heard of them, then it's nobody" or something like that. And sure it's cute and all the first few times, but i don't think that's the attitude that Stacia (my boss) wants in the helpdesk regarding the clients.
Yesterdays Ordeal on ABC 7
The photo gallary is pretty cool too. It makes it look like bohn hall is out in the middle of no-where.
NBC4 and WB11 failed to archive the story.
I can't wait to move out lol.
Complaints about the new blog
It has come to my attention several times (Alex, Bern, Joff) that there are certain complaints about my blog. Allow me to address them here in this post
1st of all, let it be said that My blog is my blog. Where i choose to do my blogging is my own choice. And the choice of wordpress has been made. That said..
1) Personal Substance.
I know there has been a drop in personal posts on my blog recently. But consider this. Until now, my blog entries have been limited to the same computer. And by the time i get back to my room, i am already knee deep in new RSS feed items, and my head is filled with geeky-ness.
But with the freedom of wordpress, i can make (more) personal entries at work, in berns room, in the library, where-ever! And i promise THEY ARE COMING! I'm not going to write 20 over-night so hang in there
2) Lack of optical stimulation
If you want color, here it is. Hence the flexibly of wordpress. One click, change color options, whole new look. Easy.
Any other feedback (Positive or negative) is welcome, but be aware that i am here at wordpress, and i don't plan on changing anytime soon.
Kingdom Hearts II: Gimme Gimme Gimme!
No, i haven’t played it yet. But the commercial gives me chills, just like the first KH commercial did. Though, the real magic of the first commercial, was the theme they chose, set to the footage, followed by all the disney characters, and the voice over “You never know who you’re going to run into next”. Oooooo. Can’t say that i am a fan of KHII’s Theme music in the commercial, or at least, as big of a fan as i was of the original KH theme.
I can’t wait to play this version. Steamboat Mickey will be there! Tron! Its going to be so kicking.
I never got the urge to beat the GBA one though. And i understand the GBA version is a parrallel sequal or something, between KH and KHII. I never got into the whole Card/Action/RPG thing. If you want to make a card game, give me a card game. Otherwise the game was more work than it was fun in my opinion.
But hopefully I can fully enjoy KHII when i finally get it, without having previously beaten KH Chain of Memories.
Fire Alarm Madness
First I tossed and turned in bed last night for about 2 hours before i fell asleep. After losing 2 hours of sleep, i was rudely awakened an hour before my alarm went off by the Bohn Hall fire alarm. at 5:00 am
"You've got to be freaking kidding me"
But what i thought would only be 10 mins – 30 mins as usual, turned out to last for 3 hours!
The previous flickr post was made in good spirits, but alas we were homeless. And we were also showcased on channels 11, 4, and 7 news this morning. Because for the first time in a while, we actually had fire trucks report to a fire!
Yes, apparantly the 7th floor was filled with black smoke, and the emergency sprinklers did go off, so no word yet (that i've heard) about the condition of peoples things on the 7th floor.
But finally after 3 hours, i was able to get my things, and go to work. A great start to a great day!
(notice the personal nature of this post, meaning that it relates to me and not technology 
)
The beggining of WordPress
Yes, i have once again changed my blogging services. This time a little without warning. You may be wondering why? well then this post is for you!
Blogger was a welcome step up from my previous blogging service. It allowed me complete flexibility. I could literally put whatever i want, where ever i want. The world was my blogging oyster. But with that freedom came alot of work. All of which, fell on me.
For those not familiar with blogger, your website is rendered from a central template. literally everything comes from how that template is written. I had changed my template several times, and every time you change your style, you must adapt your template to fit. which meansalot of editing.
WordPress however, while still being somewhat less flexible in terms of templates, makes up for it in ease of use. Everything is separate, and stays the same from template to template. I can change my style 5 times a day without worrying about updating my sidebar and changing my posting template.
I also feel that wordpress is a more refined blogging service. infact, most people when they think of a blog, think of a wordpress blog. and i feel the same way. I think that wordpress is more in-touch with the way that the internet is changing (Web 2.0), and therefore provides me with cooler features. Not to mention everything else that works with wordpress
Such as native sub-pages. You may remember my clever hack to make subpages in blogger. sure it worked for what it was, but the true beauty of sub-pages comes with the wordpress templates. also blog categories. Forget about technorati tags, catagories are what its all about.
And all of this is built into the online editor. Meaning my blogging is completely mobile again! Goodbye zoundry, Hello freedom!
Basically, i am very happy and excited about this new change. as you ca see, all my old blogger posts are here too, so its like i never left. If you want/need the new feed, its right here. this is a great change, so feedback is appreciated.
Again, nothing has changed except where i do my blogging / podcasting. and it looks ALOT nicer too lol.
