Soldier On, Soldier On, Soldier On, Soldier On...

Andrew Bird - Fitz and Dizzyspells

So after much deliberation, I'm taking a few hour break from studying physics to go to see Andrew Bird tonight. I'm basically stoked. I've heard that he puts on amazing shows, so it should be pretty magical. So I mean, feel free to be jealous. I can hardly blame you.

We Spent Each Hour Of Every Day Taking For Granted It Would Be This Way, No Other Possibility. She's Everything To Me...

Low Season Combo - Colourful Invasion

Low Season Combo is just so straight up happy, I feel as if it's impossible not to like them. The end.


First off. How could this song be a new hit? I mean, I understand that lot's of songs come out that think that they're introducing baller new dances. But dancing as if your leg stinks...er stank? For real?

Plus, this is a terrible terrible music video. Yeah, it rivals "First of tha Month."


Anyhoo. So my gymnastics girls lost at regionals, so I suppose I'll cancel my trip to Nebraska for nationals. Damn. I was super excited for it. And had I known that I wouldn't have had to save my money for Nebraska, I totally would have gone to Arkansas for regionals, but I knew that I couldn't afford both. Poor life decision. Hmm.


Oh, and are we ready for the most embarassing moment ever? So I'm videochatting with FavoriteUConnStudent, and skillfully fell asleep. I was real tired apparently. But it was bad news bears. Yeah, I was mid-conversation, and fell asleep. Goodness.


Oh! And this happened like a week ago, but I forgot to mention it. I officially got my team assignment for next semester and I'm with women's soccer. I'm super stoked. It was my first request, so I'm pumped. I like the soccer girls a lot. Plus, they tell me that they like to talk shit with the other teams, and that makes me smile. You don't get too much of that with women's gymnastics. Mostly they like to hug their opponents, which yes, is adorable, but is much less exciting.


Speaking of things that happened a while ago, we had our 6,000th visitor! It was really a while ago and I somehow didn't notice, and my Site Meter thing doesn't keep track of visitors that far back, so instead, we're going to celebrate our 6,300 visitor! This time it goes to...dang, someone in Fort Mill, SC who stumbled here via Google images. So...6,301st!!!! Goes to...our favorite reader out of Gainesville, Florida!

Hurray for you! Despite the fact that you probably are a Gator, I don't hate you. Huzzah!!

If Someone That You Know Needed Something From You...

Bill Ryder-Jones - Someone That You Know

Now this is possibly his worst song, but it was the only one I could find streaming online. It's still a good song, and I really like it, but it's far from his best. However, this video is made from clips from the movie Christiane F., which I'm a fan of. So there you have it.


First off, happy birthday to Jaimee Harris. Because she's my girl. I don't know if she knows it yet, but that doesn't faze me.


So last night my friend wanted to run and jump into my arms (why not?), so she tells me to stand there, and she's going to run at me. But for some reason, she thinks that I need to be more intense about it, so she instructs me to "make a face like you're pooping," because that's apparently as intense as it gets.

So, naturally, I decide to rock a huge awkward smile, and give her the double thumbs up, at which point ShortRoommate jumps in with "that really is what he looks like when he poops." My friend is aghast.

Friend: "WHY ARE YOU SO HAPPY WHEN YOU POOP?!?"

Me: "I...um..."

ShortRoommate: "He just likes the way it feels!"

F: "You disgust me."

M: "But...I...wait..."

SR: "Yeah, he's pretty sick."

M: "I hate you."


Why did nobody question the fact that my roommate is claiming that he watches me poo on a regular basis?!? That doesn't seem strange?!? God damn it.

I Thought That Time Was On Our Side...

James Morrison - Please Don't Stop the Rain

Who's going to go see James Morrison next month? That's right. It's me. And this song just makes me smile if only because I like to think of it as a response to CCR.


So I'm in the training room with one of my rowers and the head trainer, and the rower is telling me about her first date with this guy the previous night (Applebee's and Last House On The Left). So I kind of laughed a little at the poor movie choice, and she say's to me, "you're judging me right now, aren't you?"

Before I could answer, the head trainer offered, "no he's not really a judgemental person. Though, you know what they say about people that live in glass houses."

The rower gets this amazed look on her face, and says to me, "wait. You live in a glass house?!?" She was in awe, and no doubt trying to figure out how she hadn't seen such a house on campus.

I lost it. I was fairly certain I was going to suffer the horrible demise of death by laughing. It was terrible. We proceeded to explain the common (or so I thought) saying to her, and she felt kind of like an idiot.

But then that afternoon, she informs me that she looked it up, and there's a Glass House Cafe just a few minutes away, and that she thinks that we don't really have a choice but to go this evening. So we're getting coffee tonight, and I'm no doubt going to use the opportunity to continue to ridicule her. I'm stoked.