Day 38: Super MRR v.2.0!

I really wanted to save this for Monday, but nothing interesting happened today and I've been dying to put another one of these on the blog so...here it is!

SUPER MRR version 2.0!!!!!!!

In case you've never played before, here are the rules for Super MRR (Musical Russian Roulette) from Day 6:

I'll list 20 youtube links to 20 different songs, and you will have the chance to choose up to /3/. Before you click on any of your links, write down the numbers of your three selections in the comments. After that, you must listen to those three songs, even if your ears spontaneously combust. After listening, post your reactions in the comments. I'd love to hear them *evil smile*.

Sounds simple enough right? Good luck!

1.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMYN4djSq7o

2.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4FF6MpcsRw

3.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Oc1BtjvvRA

4.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wGMlSuX_c

5.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIii_QRoPo4

6.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtjUc5GXY3E

7.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dGcYH6Fwj8

8.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsCXZczTQXo

9.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY

10.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JKOnYh6snc

11.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvf--10EYXw

12.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXMeZwO2qZ0

13.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXMeZwO2qZ0

14.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtdWHFwmd2o

15.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc8hbSM1zVo

16.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75mry1LcFg

17.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8F3UE9qFsg

18.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNCgfrjKcqs

19.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrpSjXo6ah0

20.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc

About half of these are bad and half good in my opinion. Who knows, you could like all of them. Either way, enjoy :D (still need that synonym :P)

G'night Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 37: Freezelvania Thawed...

I'm sure you're already complaining about my poor on-time blogging record, but after a 15 hour snowboarding trip starting at 6:30 in the morning, there was no way in hell I could update the blog with a coherent mind last night.

Overall, I had a great time at Whitetail Mountain (its more like a hill than a mountain, but I'm not complaining). We arrived at around 9 in the morning and hit the bunny slopes, not because I suck at snowboarding (snowboarding is one of the very few sports I don't suck at, haha), but because my sister and brother started snowboarding for the first time! Of course they fell every five feet and faceplanted every twenty, but all that aside I think they did very well for there first day...

..Unfortunately, by noon the mountain was packed. It got so bad that it took an hour just to do one run down part of the mountain. Of course, it also didn't help that the temperature raised by 10 degrees and the snow turned into sticky slush :/. Luckily, by about 5pm the crowds started to diminish and the temperature returned to a nice freezing temperature of 32 degrees. I was finally able to conquer the hardest parts of the mountain (well...intermediate parts, I'm not Shaun White) without worrying about running into tiny skiers inching their way down. Overall, it was a fantastic Saturday...a very looooong Saturday, but fantastic nonetheless.

So, a couple days ago I recommended a couple songs from the Goo-Goo Dolls and mentioned a couple others, one of them titled "Black Balloon". It's another 90's classic, and I love it...maybe even more so than "Name". Therefore, I wanted to make it an official recommendation, because its definitely a song that deserves the honor. You can listen to it here, but be wary of the music video...its rather abnormal...

More blog tonight, but in the meantime check out the sequel to the asdfmovie. Enjoy! (Does anyone know a synonym for "enjoy" I can use, because I obviously use it way too much)

G'evening Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 36: Shudder Island

HALLELUJAH! The week is finally over.....in all seriousness, good riddance...

I'm really excited for the weekend though. Apparently I'm going to a different mountain than last time. Its still in Pennsylvania, but a little bit further west near a place called Mercersburg. For some reason, that name sounds strangely familiar...but I can't quite place it. Do you guys have any idea why that town might be familiar? It sounds like it could have been the place of a battle, possibly civil war, but I'm not sure...

Anyways, I'm all packed and ready to go hit the slopes tomorrow...that is if I actually wake up to begin with. We're leaving at 7 in the morning, so I have to get up at 6:30...on a SATURDAY morning. This is madness...there's no other way to describe it...

Today was a good day. I mean, Friday's are usually the highlight of my week, but today was especially a good day. I got all the hard school stuff confidently out of the way, I got to go home to see the family, and I got to see a fantastic movie: Shutter Island.

It's a psychological thriller that takes place on an island in Boston Harbor that houses the criminally insane. Leonardo DiCaprio is the main character, and believe it or not I was impressed with his performance...DiCaprio has a way with portraying crazy middle-aged men, haha. It's suspenseful at points (hence the title), but its not particularly scary. There are some extremely disturbing images though, so don't expect unicorns pooping rainbows of delight. Personally, I thought it was a great movie, and I highly recommend it to all of those who enjoy the psychological thriller genre. If you're looking for action...you may want to look elsewhere....

Hey, I actually came across some new music today! Tonight, I've decided to recommend "So Contagious" by Acceptance. I'm sure you've never heard of the band (hell, I didn't know about them until 45 minutes ago), but considering they're another member of the alternative genre, you should give them a try. True, "So Contagious" isn't an AMAZING song...in fact it sounds a little generic to me...but I'm all out superb recommendations, so you guys get the next best thing: this song. Enjoy...or die (but not for real because A) that would be really tragic and B) no one would read my blog :/).

It's been a busy day, and I'm in for an even busier day tomorrow...

.....starting at 6:30AM

.....super. :P

G'night Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 35: I'm Not Crazy, I'm Just a Little Unwell...

"and I know, right now, you can't tell...

but stay awhile an maybe then you'll see...

a different side of me...

I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired...

I know, right now, you don't care...

but soon enough, you're gonna think of me...

and how I used to be..."

Confused? Don't be, its just the chorus to the song "Unwell" by Matchbox Twenty...

...Wait...you've never heard of it!?!?! Have you been living in a rock/cave/alternate dimension all your life!? Sheesh, we need to do something about that. How about we start with this recommendation. Unwell has been my staple song for the past four years, if not longer. Yes, it's a weird song, but what does that matter? I'm weird too.....and proud of it actually (if you need proof just look at the past 34 days of blog entries). So, weirdness aside, its a kick-ass song, and you should take a moment to enjoy it.

Today was Thursday, and like all other Thursday's it wasn't much fun, so unfortunately I have very little to blog about today. However, tomorrow I'm taking a weekend trip to the good ol' southern Pennsylvanian Mountains for another round of snowboarding. Hopefully they aren't experiencing the weather we have in the Mid-Atlantic...otherwise I might be shredding in Un-Freezelvania, and that would be rather dismal :/

But of course, HaufeCoffee is an optimistic fellow, and like all other optimistic persons, HaufeCoffee will end his blog on a happy note. (Yes, HaufeCoffee is talking in the third person, because HaufeCoffee is amazing).

So, let's watch the asdfmovie.

Yes, that movie made no sense at all.....but you found it funny didn't you? I thought so.

G'night Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 34: Oh Noes!

Yep...I did it again...I blew off the blog...but this time I have an excuse! I had two really hard tests the next day and I could not waste my precious study time blogging...

...Ok, maybe I wasn't studying the WHOLE time.....Ok fine, I was trying to solve lateral-thinking puzzles presented by some dorm-mates....

But no matter, the blog shall move on, and by the days end I'll be caught up to Day 35.

Now for some lateral-thinking :)

...A father and son are both in a car accident. They are both taken to the ER and are placed in separate rooms. The Doctor comes in to the boy's room to perform surgery, when suddenly the doctor says "I cannot work on this boy, he is my son". What's going on?

First one to get it right gets an enthusiastic high-five from the HaufeCoffee himself!

Yesterday (erm, the day before yesterday), I introduced you guys to one of the greatest alternative bands of the 90's: The Goo Goo Dolls. I posted a number of their songs, but today I've saved the best for last: "Iris". Believe it or not, the song "Iris" was written for a movie: "The City of Angels" (a very very very very very very very very very very very very very VERY depressing movie.................did I mention it was very depressing?). However, its popularity has long since expanded past the bounds of the simple soundtrack...in fact, it holds the record for the longest time ever spent at the top of the Billboard 100 (18 weeks!). It's no wonder why I've recommended this song today for your listening entertainment :)

I shall blog more tonight, but in the meantime you should help that poor cat out with his Jenga tower ^...

G'evening Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 33: Wimp!

No, I'm not insulting you....wimp doesn't even qualify as a word I might insult you with.......

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I'm kidding of course ;).

Instead of disgruntling my faithful followers, I would like to introduce you to the website wimp.com. It doesn't sound like much, and granted it's domain name makes no sense whatsoever, but its actually a really interesting site. Every day, wimp.com posts seven videos from around the web for your entertainment. These videos range from the truly amazing, to the truly bizarre, to the truly interesting. It's a good way to kill time and put off that insidious review packet just a bit longer....

For example, a couple weeks ago I found this really interesting video on wimp.com about Internet Censorship. Check it out here. Cool, right? That just about sums up what wimp is like.

Today's musical recommendation is a 90's classic: "Name" by the Goo Goo Dolls. I'm pretty sure most of you are familiar with it already, but if that isn't the case, you need to listen to it NOW......

....Great song right? You really enjoyed the acoustic guitar, didn't you? I know I did. If you liked this song, you should check out some other GGD hits, like "Black Balloon" and "Slide". However, if you want to listen to my favorite GGD song of all time, you'll have to wait until tomrorow...*cue suspense*

And now I'd like to end with a corny joke I've been wanting to tell all day:

Q.) Why did they put a fence around the graveyard?....

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A.) Because people were DYING to get in!!! *cue hysterical laughter*

G'nights Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 32: I Want to Stalk You (Just Like Rob Pattinson)

Before you freak out, I don't mean I want to stalk you in the literal sense. I mean I'm weird, but I'm not demented...

A couple days ago, while we were debating whether the application of Gauss' Law to infinitely long metal wires would be on the next quiz, my Physics C buddy suggested that I should get a web counter for my blog. What do you guys think? I kinda want to do it...it would be pretty interesting to compare the number of people I think are reading this blog to the number of blog actually reading, but I'm not sure how to do it. Do any of you guys know any good counters to use? I tried to use easycounter.com earlier, but its a piece of crap, so any other suggestions would be much appreciated :).

Monday was dry, as usual....well technically it was wet considering the amount of snow that's melted over the weekend (thank God!). So, I'm gonna skip to today's musical recommendation: "Call and Answer" by the Barenaked Ladies. The song differs significantly from the normal tone of the Barenaked Ladies...its actually not as silly as the band's namesake (unlike "One Week" and "Pinch Me"). Although the Barenaked Ladies step into new territory with Call and Answer, they pull it off with meaningful lyrics and a smooth-chill sound. Avoid watching the music video (its beyond wierd), and you're bound to enjoy it.

Oh look, its 7 minutes until internet-curfew time. awesome.

G'nights Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 31: The Hierarchy of Virtual Laughter

Ugh, its Sunday...

Aside from the pains I received from SAT prep class and loads of homework, today was rather boring. So, to keep the blog moving, I've decided to introduce you guys to the Hierarchy of Virtual Laughter. It was created by myself and a friend of mine (she's a crazy guitar playing Italian with a pet mop...whose name is Carly) this summer to decipher the magnitudes of the different styles of laughter in virtual chat. As far as I can remember, this is what we came up with:

1.) lol

2.) haha

3) lolzq/lolwx (or any other variation of the term "lol")

4.) hahahahahahahahaha (or any form of "haha" longer than the original term)
5.) LOL

6.) HAHA

7.) ROFL

8.) ROFLCOPTER

9.) ROFLMUFFINS

and finally, the grandest of them all:

10.) FLYINGROFLMUFFINSFROMOUTERSPACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so next time you need to express any euphoric laughter electronically, you can refer to this guide. If I forgot something or you would like to add something to the Hierarchy of Virtual Laughter, leave a message in the comments :)

I've listened to a lot of music over this past weekend, and I fell into the habit of saying "OOH! I want to recommend this song for Day 31!...WAIT!!! nonononono, I want to recommend THIS song!". This went on for awhile until finally I decided on an appropriate song related to whats been floating around in my mind lately: "The Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe. This song tells the story of a pair of teenage lovers who find themselves in chaos after the girl gets pregnant. They consider abortion, yet they have a hard time dealing with this possibility. They lament the whole situation and blame their actions and stupidity with the fact that they were only freshmen. (I could have completely misinterpreted the song, but at least thats what I got out of it)

I feel like there are a sad number of teenagers every year that end up this way or at least end up equally as messed up. I sincerely wish I could help these people, but alas, sometimes they're beyond help. And so, I recommend this song with words of wisdom: don't fall into the social rut that high school so easily lures you into...stay true to yourself, and do what you think is right.

Ok, so that got kind of corny, but I mean someone had to say something about it, right? Tell me what you think about it in the comments, I'm interested to hear your point of view.

I must depart now, for I have a ton of physics left to do. I wish there a Hierarchy of Virtual Disgust to portray my feelings toward physics homework. I wonder if "anti-FLYINGROFLMUFFINSFROMOUTERSPACE!!!!" will suffice.

I think you get the picture.

G'nights Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 30: A Boring Saturday?

yup, strange, but true...I did absolutely nothing today.

Well of course I slept and ate and breathed, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this, but I mean I didn't do anything of value today. Maybe tomorrow will be more interesting? Oh yeah, its going to be Sunday, never mind....

So for my final Fray recommendation, I'm going to take a trip back to their first album (How to Save A Life) and recommend "Over My Head (Cable Car)". The song was written about the strained relationship between the lead singer and his brother, whose nickname was "Cable Car". I think its a good song to listen to if you want to fix things with someone you've had troubles with, yet in the end you realize you're in over your head. Take a listen, and enjoy :).

G'night Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 29: I Just Lost The Game...

and you did too :D....

I know I promised not to blogger procrastinate anymore, but I just couldn't pass up the waffle-pancake debate I had with Caroline (pancakes are so much better than waffles in case you haven't noticed). I won the debate of course, but at the cost of sacrificing Day 29. So....sorry for delaying another blog entry and for making you lose the game....

Actually, I'm quite happy to have made you lose the game, so never mind :)

Since nothing interesting happened on Friday, I'll advance straight to the Fray recommendation and collect 200 dollars. Today's recommendation comes from their newest album, "The Fray" (creative title, huh?), and has been another hit of theirs for quite some time now: "Never Say Never". You might recognize it from the Transformers sequel, or you might not. Either way, you're gonna love it. Enjoy.

More blog tonight, I promise!

G'morning Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 28: The Fundamental Theorem of Breakfast Foods

Today is Thursday, and considering Thursdays fail more often than not, I should be cursing about something right now.

But I'm not, because yesterday I discovered perhaps the most insightful theorem of the century...it will revolutionize the way you think about grilled batter forever more...

The Fundamental Theorem of Breakfast Foods!

It states:

"If HaufeCoffee is directly proportional to existing and inversely proportional to understanding AP Physics C, then the integral from butter to syrup of PANCAKES dyum is greater than the integral from butter to syrup of WAFFLES dyum."

And time for the proof:

1. HaufeCoffee exists ----- 1. Given

2. HaufeCoffee does not understand AP Phsyics C -------2. Given

3. The Word Nerd and Caroline are always wrong about comparing waffles and pancakes-----3. Given

4. The integral is true ------4. Day 21 Blog Title Theorem (look at Day 21 title for further info)

Ah, what a great discovery indeed :)

For Part 2 of my Fray recommendation extravaganza, I recommend "All at Once". Never heard of it? That's ok, no one has, but although the song lacks popularity, it compensates with an upbeat sound and lyrics to please. And I mean, would I ever steer you guys in the wrong direction with music? Yeah, didn't think so either ;)

The Fundamental Theorem of Breakfast Foods + Another great Fray recommendation....

I think that about sums it up (lame pun for the win!)

G'night Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 27: Zoologischer Garten

It's Wednesday, and I'm bored. Painfully, painfully, bored :P

I really feel like going to bed, but as they always say "The Blog must go on!"......ok, no one says that, but I'm sure after I take over the world and make all of you my content slaves, it'll be added to the list of english expressions ;) But of course I wouldn't do that......................nope.........

So I'm reading this German book for German class called Emil und die Detektive. Usually I'd be uninterested and cursing this book like any other school book I'm forced to read, but I think I have to make an exception this time. It takes place in /Berlin/, the greatest city in Europe and one of the greatest in the world. Ok, that was a biased statement, but seriously, Berlin is an amazing city that contains within its borders an astounding amount of history--and not the history that puts you to sleep everyday in *fill in period number here* period. Its from this book that I've derived my title: Zoologischer Garten. Its the name of one the major train stations in Berlin circa 1920. It was also a major center of drugs and prostitution in the 1970's, but thats another story entirely....

And now its time for another classic recommendation. I noticed yesterday that I haven't made a single recommendation from the Fray since Day 1. Whats up with that!?!?! Therefore, I'm signaling the start of a series of recommendations from the Fray beginning with their first major hit: "How To Save A Life". It was one of my favorites then, and its still one of my favorites now. Enjoy :)

I'm tirezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (G'night Interwebs!)

--HaufeCoffee

Day 26: I Can Tell That We Are Gonna Be Friends

Yup, that's another song lyric, and it also happens to be lyrics from today's musical recommendation, "We are Gonna Be Friends". Its a melodic guitar song I came across years ago, but only recently has it invaded the confines of my spastic mind. There are actually two versions: the original sung by The White Stripes, and the cover sung by Jack Johnson from his Curious George album. I've posted both for your listening pleasure :)

Today was rather uneventful aside from the geography duel I had with a Jamaican over a headset behind the scenes of a musical. Contrary to what he may think, I won (obviously), but he did put up a pretty good fight. His knowledge of Caribbean geography is astounding....I wonder why....

Oh yeah, last week for my birthday, I received a new flip cam! Its a neat camcorder device that many youtubers use to vlog (vlog = video blog I guess...). It can store up to two hours of footage on its own, and for the most part all of it is high quality.....pretty cool right? If you're afraid I'm gonna abandon this blog for a vlog or logeo or whatever, don't be. I mean, wouldn't it be a little wierd to carry a camera capturing your every move all day? I'm sure some things would probably turn out to be hilarious on camera, but others would be pointless. For example, watching me slip in this goddamn snow would be amusing, but watching me do one of those physics problems on flux and gauss' law might just make your brain implode :P

I'll sprinkle some clips from the flip here and there though if I deem them worthy of the HaufeCoffee award for excellence in hilarousity and randomism, so keep your eyes open.

Other than that, I'm fresh out of blogging power...

G'nights Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 25: Abandoned Blog Rescue!

Yup, I'm back, and I'm here to stay :D

I'm sure you guys are just about ready to kill me for putting off the blog for so long, but I needed a break from writing. I mean, if you had to write something interesting every day for 100 days, wouldn't you run out of steam eventually? Thats pretty much what happened to me, and I took a week off to refuel my writing genius.

But now I'm back! And you'll be happy to know that I've set in stone the commitment to continue this blog all the way to Day 100...no more hiatuses (or hiatusii), and hopefully no more late days. I mean, how can I continue to disappoint my most faithful readers? I know I can't bear that pain any longer, and on that note, let's begin the blog where we left off: Day 25.

I might as well sum up the past week while I'm at it. It was a pretty average week, considering we had snowmeggedon in the Mid-Atlantic (twice), I became evil kneival (sp?) for an hour and accomplished some extreme sledding (video posted on facebook), there was a murder involving an icy snowball and a nose, and an insane guitarist by the name of Lucas stole my Snapple water bottle :P. I'm sure there was more, but I think you get the idea...it was an interesting week....

Considering we're embarking on this YDCoH journey once more, I figured it would be appropriate to provide a little musical refresher. For your entertainment, I've posted every musical recommendation I have made since Day 1...exciting no? And yes, I stole this idea from someone else, but I'm sure he won't mind, its a great idea anyways.

So, here we go....

1.) Never Be Ready - Mat Kearney (Day 2)

2.) Which To Bury, Us or the Hatchet - Relient K (Day 2)

3.) Title and Registration - Death Cab for Cutie (Day 3)

4.) Boston - Augustana (Day 3)

5.) In My Place - Coldplay (Day 4)

6.) Breakeven - The Script (Day 4)

7.) Shiver - Coldplay (Day 5)

8.) Monsoon - Tokio Hotel (Day 5)

9.) Fairytale - Alexander Rybak (Day 5)

10.) Wonderful - Everclear (Day 6)

11.) Read My Mind - The Killers (Day 7)

12.) There, There Katie - Jack's Mannequin (Day 8)

13.) Shrinking Universe - Muse (Day 9)

14.) E - Drunkenmunky (Day 10)

15.) 1, 2, 3, 4 - Plain White T's (Day 11)

16.) Nothing Left To Lose - Mat Kearney (Day 12)

17.) Like A Stone - Audioslave (Day 14)

18.) The Heart of Life - John Mayer (Day 15)

19.) Stop This Train - John Mayer (Day 15)

20.) Goodnight Goodnight - Maroon 5 (Day 16)

21.) All I Need - Mat Kearney (Day 17)

22.) Believe - Yellowcard (Day 18)

23.) Brand New Day - Forty Foot Echo (Day 19)

24.) The Resistance - Muse (Day 20)

25.) Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews Band (Day 21)

26.) You and Me - Dave Matthews Band (Day 22)

27.) Mr. Brightside - The Killers (Day 23)

and number 28 is "Wake Up" by The Arcade Fire. Don't recognize it from the other blog posts? That's because its today's recommendation ;). It was featured in the trailer for "Where The Wild Things Are", one of the best movies, in my opinion, of 2009. Listen to it when you get the chance.

It's time for me to continue sleeping, eating, breathing, etc....so,

G'nights Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 24: Hiatus

Just for tonight...which was actually last night :/.

I'm tired and I just can't blog now, sorry....

Saturday's Blog will be posted tomorrow afternoon, and Sunday's tomorrow evening.

Until then, g'nights!

-HaufeCoffee

Day 23: LOST Completes My Life!!!

It's only appropriate that today is Day 23, for its finally time for me to rant on about how much I love LOST.

First, a little background info: LOST is a series that follows the lives of several characters who survive the crash of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 on a mysterious island somewhere in the South Pacific. Currently, the show is in its 6th and final season. You're probably wondering whether or not you can join in the series now and still understand whats going on. If you do that, this is what your brain will become within 15 minutes of watching (*points to picture of fried egg in the upper-left hand corner*).

WOAH......that was strange. I feel like I just ran into a hypothetical wall (kinda like when I ran into that door this morning....long story, don't ask). Its that wall that's been keeping me from enthusiastically blogging again :/. Perhaps its just a factor of a low-quality week ("boring as hell" is a more accurate description) or the fact that this weekend is going to be amazing (2 FEET OF SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!), but I just can't continue blogging tonight. pity :/

Tonight's recommendation happens to be a very special one to me: "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers. It happens to be the one song that really helped me connect with one of my best friends from South Carolina, and everytime I hear it I think of him and the awesome inside jokes we shared in Pre-Cal (among other things). We've had some issues in the past few months, and its hurt our friendship a lot, but I really care for him and want to regain what was lost, so I figure I could start with the song that started it all :). (yes, I did copy the recommendation from him, but he makes a good point)

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G'nights Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 22: Katie You're A Brave Girl

I know it doesn't relate to the blog at all, but I was trying to think of a title and "There, There Katie" by Jack's Mannequin was playing and I couldn't help quoting the lyrics. Not familiar with the song? You should go check it out.

Similar to the rest of the school week, Wednesday wasn't all that interesting. However, I did have to take this strange test called IMPACT. It's kinda like the game Brain-Age, except its painfully boring and there isn't any satisfaction of "woo I have a brain age of 21, take that suckas!!!. Why do we have to take this you ask? In case we get a concussion. Considering my so called hardcore athletic nature, I doubt I'll be taking this test again anytime soon....

Oh yeah, my afternoon option! At my boarding school, we have to participate in this two hour program called "Afternoon Option" where we do a sport or participate in some sort of artistic activity. After getting cut from the Outdoor Program (....again), I decided to join the light crew of the Winter Musical. Its actually not as bad as it sounds. I get to fulfill the childhood dream of climbing up on those forbidden catwalks that mom told us not to go on, and I get to mess with bright shiny lights.....did I mention shiny??? Best of all, we usually get done early, which means extra procrastination time to blog to you guys :)

Today's musical recommendation was featured on last weekend's 2010 Grammy Awards. Personally, I think the Grammies are too R&B and rap nowadays, but I was pleased when Dave Matthews Band came up on stage to sing "You and Me". Its a fantastic new song from their new album "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King"; one of the nominees for album of the year. Its a fantastic song on the album, but an AMAZING song live. Therefore, I've supplied the link to the live version here.

Damn. I forgot to rant about last night's AMAZING LOST season 6 premier. I guess you'll just have to wait until tomorrow to hear about it. Hey, won't that make Thursday an actual "non-failing" day? Let's hope so.

G'nights Interwebs!

--HaufeCofee

Day 21: I Never Make Mistakes...

...But sometimes I have a tenancy to blatantly lie ;)

Contrary to what the title might say, I've made quite a few mistakes lately. First of all, I'm late-blogging again :/. I think its because I've hit that wall where suddenly blogging doesn't interest me anymore and it becomes a hassle for me rather than a sense of enjoyment. Not to worry, I was expecting this sudden turn of the worse, and I assure you I'm sticking with the blog to the end (whether that be Day 100 or longer if you guys want more awesome). I think once I get past day 30 or 35, I'll be in good shape.

I also failed to present my Bear Nuts review of Evil Bear on Monday, so for those of you who care, here it is:

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Where was I? Oh yeah, Evil's hypothetical involvement in a potential nuclear explosion foiled by a hulk-like Prozac. In that case, let's move on to Evil.

Evil Bear: I guess he could be the antagonist of the comic, but by no means is he an accomplished villain. In fact, everything he seems to do ends in failure. His involvement with voodoo doll witchcraft ended with Gay's disfigurement (Gay kinda deserved it though for judging Evil in his fannypack....of evil), and his involvement with roasting a child ended in his banishment from the zoo (and Nerd finding his inner-ninja....which needless to say isn't very developed). As the centric character of Book 2, I'm positive we'll see a lot more pseudo-evil from Evil...I mean come on, its not like he's taking over the world with an evil empire....not yet at least....

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Also, y'all can catch up on the latest page of Bear Nuts here. I would review it in addition, but I actually haven't seen it yet *feels guilt*.

Nothing much happened today, except that LOST IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More on that in tomorrow's cup.

Today's musical recommendation should be a song many of you are familiar with: "Crash Into Me" by Dave Matthews Band. The lyrics are a bit questionable, but the sound happens to be chill and downright relaxing. If you get the chance, try to check out the live version or acoustic version of the song too. Trust me, its worth the searching.

Time for me to finish my salsa con queso (salsa with cheese I think?) and get to the arts center for some more light maintenance (In case you didn't know, I'm on the light crew for my school's winter musical. Hmmm, that wouldn't be a bad blog topic for tomorrow....).

G'afternoon Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 20: Poultry-Like Sugar Cubes

a.k.a. Tofu...

I know I'm biased because I'm nowhere near vegetarian standards, but everytime i've gotten Miso soup or some other Asian dish with tofu in it, it appears to be a piece of chicken shaped like a cube. Strange much? Obviously tofu isn't supposed to look like that (according to my vegetarian friends), so my question to you guys is what does tofu look like? Leave your answer in the comments!

Today was a Monday, so I'm sure you can guess how exciting my day was. However, it is important to note that its finally February! As recommended by the Word Nerd, I changed my hypothetical calendar (I actually have one, but I'm too lazy to put it up), and prepared myself for this month's most significant events, such as the return of LOST (TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:):):):):):)), and my birthday next week. Yay February!

I discovered Today's musical recommendation on the radio on my way back to school. Considering I haven't discovered anything new lately, I figured I could use "The Resistance" by Muse as a quick distraction (thanks Will for the top grammatical tip) until I find something awesome (not to say that this song isn't awesome. I mean its Muse, how can they be not awesome????). I think its a relatively new song, so you'll probably enjoy it.

Sorry for the boring blog, but its Monday so you can't really blame that on me. Well, I guess you could, but that would be mean :(. And now its time to finish Calculus *chokes*.

G'nights Interwebs!

--HaufeCoffee

Day 19: HaufeCoffee Lands a 1080!?!?!?!

Yeah, in my dreams....

But, regardless of my capability of becoming a pro snowboarder, I had a great time on the slopes today (well, yesterday, but let's just say its still January 31st). I went snowboarding at Liberty Mountain, a tiny mountain near the border of Pennsylvania and Maryland, with my family of skiers (excluding my mother, who finds aimlessly walking around the ski lodge more entertaining than skiing).

The slopes were crowded as hell, and despite a heavy-snowfall over the mid-Atlantic states, only a small percentage of that snowstorm made it to Pennsylvania. There simply wasn't any "powder" to "shred", and, combined with the small number of runs and lack of open space, my snowboarding experience wasn't quite up to standards this time around.

Like I said, I still enjoyed it. After living in South Carolina for two years (you know, where it snows everyday and there are mountains everywhere....) without any access to the slopes, it was nice to get back to any form of Snowboarding. If you live in a place where 70 degrees is considered "winter-storm" like conditions, and where a mountain is considered as the pile of leaves you just raked up, you should seriously consider taking a vacation to the mountain range nearest you. Snowboarding, and even Skiing, are two life-experiences that you just can't pass up....

After an 8-hour snowboarding rampage, my family and I finally departed Freezelvania and headed home to the suburbs of the mid-Atlantic. Of course, our trip wouldn't be complete with another stop at America's finest Irish restaurant: McDonald's. I'm probably not the only one, but don't you hate it when the only cash register available at a fast food place or anywhere happens to be staffed by an idiot? Seriously, this guy had to ask the manager for help about /every/ customer's order. McDonalds, if you're going to open only one cash register for the day, at least staff it with someone who /knows/ what to do. Even if you are short staffed and the homeless guy newbie is the only one available, at least teach him what to do /before/ you open. Jesus Christ, I'm not standing in line for 20 minutes at McDonald's ever again!

So, yesterday I mentioned that I had two kick-ass new songs to share with you guys. Yesterday's musical recommendation was the commemorative "Believe" by Yellowcard. Today's musical recommendation is the more chill-sounding "Brand New Day" by Forty Foot Echo. As the wise Word Nerd once said (as far as I can remember):

"chill melody, meaningful lyrics. nice song."

Enough said :D.

Please excuse me for the delay, I kinda crashed as soon as I got home and didn't feel like blogging. Don't blame me, I'm a teenager. I can choose to do whatever the hell I want :) (within reason of course....)

G'nights....or rather, G'evening Interwebs!!!

--HaufeCoffee