I think I remember a sweet drum solo somewhere on led zep II

So last night was pretty fun, after coffee news I went home and charged my phone, called Dylan back and he said a small group was getting together to hang out and possibly play poker. So I play some GTA4 (oh yeah, I got a xbox for this christmas + last christmas (i didn't get anything last year) i don't think i have told anyone but colin or meghan yet, so yeah) and then Dylan said to head on over to the DPHQ, which is jack, francis, and alec's apartment that is literally next to the triple rock social club, the site of many great shows. So I head over and we hang out play poker for a while listening to jazz. It was fun. Then about an hour and a half later every one kinda looses interest in the game over food that jack got at work, pancakes, pizza, chicken alfredo, and more. So dylan and I end up finishing the game and I won. I felt bad for taking the pooled money because it seems like that group is scrounging for cash more than I am. Then they went on an adventure and i drove home and played more gta until like two.
Now, this is where I get hazy, because I put Led Zepplin on my iPod and started Led Zeppelin II when I went to bed. I don't remember how long I stayed awake, but it was for freaking ever, and it was the half awake sleep. It made the music intense and hard to listen to. So, I think I heard like a ten minute drum solo complete rock out, but I don't even know. I'm listening to it again to see if I can find it.
But then I dreamt, which I really don't do often. And it was a mix of thinking I haven't gone to bed and sleep and it was pretty bad. It wasn't nightmareish, but it wasn't pleasnt. There was one part that I remember being nice, but it's all very clouded. I guess I like it when I just don't dream at all over that kind.
Then I woke up, and I guess I didn't want to go back to bed because it was 9 something and I was wide awake. So I laid in bed for an hour and had a horrible taste in my mouth and so I vigorusly brushed my teeth and since we're out of milk and orange juice and anything with flavor that won't rot yor teeth in a second, I had a sprite, Then I wrote this after watching youtube videos of sharks, cats, and two kids stacking cups like pros.
Three tacks into the album and no drum solo yet, hmm. But I'm digging the album so far. I don't think it will top IV, but it's amazing still.

Stories from a coffee house pt. 2

So it's not much of a story, but I thought it was pretty funny at the time (like two minutes ago). I'm sitting in coffee news, have been since 1:00, and across from me sit paul rothman (highland park tennis pro) and three girls. One goes to the bathroom and comes back and sits down. She waits for a quiet moment and says "I just want to let you know, the bathroom here is bad, there's no toliet paper, just paper towels. And all the paper towels are soaked with water. And the soap dispenser is broken and it was just a rough time." Now, this may be funnier to me because I'm here and I've used said bathroom and I know exactly what she's talking about.
But yeah, there's this woman sitting to my left who has had like 3 beers and is just hanging and reading the newspaper. She's awesome.
Well, that was a lame post, let's spice it up more with my time today at coffee news.
i got here after deciding to go somewhere and do some blog reworking and some graphic design. I was originally going to brewberrys, but coffee here is unlimited refills for 1.73 and I wsa going to be where ever I went for a while. So, I got here and it was packed and I had to sit kinda by the counter, which was different for me. Then I needed an outlet so I jumped tables to right next to the door. It turned out that all the outlets were being used for christmas lights and that it is very cold out for a t-shirt. So I needed to move and I had seen Abby Phillips at a good table earlier and so when she left I jumped tables again and ended up with a good spot.
I saw this other lady move tables when I did the first time and she was also looking for an outlet so when she came to the back section I pointed her to a good table with a somewhat hard to see plug. Then greta showed up and I got to see her awesome acer aspire one, it is freaking small and sweet. I think she wants to get ubuntu on that baby, and that will make it 10x cooler. yay for linux. then she left and I finished my blog header picture and a general color scheme and put it on the blog (you might have noticed). then I did a rhino stencil. now I'm writing this.
So far, in my 6+ hours of being here, I have listened to the complete albums of:
iron & wine - the sea and the rhythm
okkervil river - the stage names
oasis - whats the story, morning glory?
beirut - gulag orkestar
built to spill - ultimate alternative wavers
and I am half way through pantera - vulgar display of power

An unstoppable force

Here's a stencil of a rhino, may end up being another shirt, we'll see.

Redesign

The redesign is in progress, ignore any ugly color schemes, strange setups, and temporary layouts. I'll edit this when it's all over. I've had a bunch of coffee and 4 more hours of coffee news being open, so let's hope this gets done soon.
Thanks,
The Management.

*edit*
Can't tell if I can do a complete overhaul right now. I got the color scheme changed and the header pic, but it's hard to mod such a minimalistic template. I guess that's why it's called minima. But I like having it minimal, I am all about making it easy for yall's to read this, but I want it to look nice and stylish too. Eh, I'm still working on it.

*edit*
i'm done for now, did some stencil work, check it out.

Greek Riot Pics

I wanted to share these pics.

I make make myself laugh

So I was reading old posts on this blog because I forgot I have used it for so long. Like, my first post was in January, so my one year is almost here. Although I didn't really start blogging till august, w/e.
But I read this one phrase I wrote and it just cracked me up: "time to spew my brainstew." I don't know why I think that is so clever, but I do, and I love it. I also realized how strange my post titles are. They take the actual subject and add some reference to something else. It's like my own inside jokes with myself and some other people. But I guess I do it more because I don't like straightforward titles. If you're going to read my blog, it's not because the titles are to the point or completely random, it's the content.

I made a mix, it's not the best, but I like it. It's more of a sampler than a mix.

I'm really happy the semester is basically over. I have one more assignment and two tests and one very messy english class to work out. But in two days I'll be home visiting my brother. Man, I still can't believe that he is going to sea for 6-8 months. I had forgot that until yesterday. It makes me even more excited to see him again.

iShould bWorking

So I reformatted my iPod. Don't worry, it wasn't on accident as most of my reformats are, this one was controlled. I had it almost full, all 60 GBs, and I was really getting lost in it trying to find music. Having throughout the years, like 4 years of constant adding music and never deleting any, it was very full of unnecessary things. I do not need all of Iron Maiden or A Perfect Circle. In fact, I probably listened to one song of each, maybe four times. And recently the iPod has been showing doubles of songs making playing an album super difficult. I would have to add every other song to an on the go playlist and use that and it was a huuuge hassle. So, in the name of clean slates and fresh snow for this winter break, I wiped it clean. I even gave it the latest firmware update, which sadly removed my custom 'tux' loading screen and battery percent icons (it showed you what numerical percent was left, not some tiny bar that was hard to read). But maybe I'll put those back.
The next step was to put all the music I actually like and things I might want to listen to back on. So I went through my list of perfect albums and made sure I had the whole lot. Then I went through and added stuff I might want some of and what not, you know radiohead and pink floyd discographies. So now I have 2847 songs on it taking up about 15 GBs (is it GBs or Gbs, cause it's a big difference). But I can add new stuff on as I get it and have it all nice and neat.