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2005-02-13T11:09:00.000-08:00

NEW BLOG!!!!!! the revolution will not be televised.

2005-02-07T16:34:00.000-08:00

where the fuck are my archive files?!!!!!!

2005-02-07T16:33:00.000-08:00

2004-11-19T14:47:00.000-08:00

i just got back from a long, exhausting, and expensive trip. it was a really small tour that was set up since we were going to chicago to see the pixies. the mariannes and the stay awake mini-tour. we drove up to st. paul on friday and got there all right. they played at this space, which apparently is a bike shop/venue. it was pretty awesome. both bands were great and the last band the

2004-11-04T17:30:00.000-08:00

so, i'm going to be trying to go to hawai'l this april. next weekend we're going to minneapolis for my buddies' show, and then we're hanging out there and heading to chicago for the pixies. oh, and in case you didn't know, their albums are being re-released on 180 gram vinyl for cheap. i picked up come on pilgrim. and i'm sure you know, but all the matador stuff are re-releasing. meaning

2004-11-02T23:52:00.000-08:00

brett! if you get this in time and have the chance... go see minus the bear at sokol underground on november 8th. they are the shit and you won't be dissapointed. and email me mnkyknfefight@yahoo.com brian and i want to know how you're doing. peace.

2004-10-10T18:26:00.000-07:00

man, i haven't been here in a while. so much has happened, but i'm only going to blog the most important. that being that we've been having this beach boys class (in our house, with just me and grant). anyway, we just read about them and listen to their music. anyway, smile was just released, and if you're not in the know, it's the biggest unreleased album in music history. so we got it,

2004-09-04T01:14:00.000-07:00

i'm highly thinking that i won't go to see kill bill vol. 2 tomorrow night. tonight was quite possibly the most irritating night ever. if you've ever been to the dundee theatre for midnight shows, it was much worse, and the theatre wasn't even full. which was very surprising. i really was expecting a full house. anyway, heads should've rolled.

2004-08-29T19:07:00.000-07:00

so, i could check if i blogged this earlier but i'm not. anyway, this halloween we're booking a show at ted & wally's. it's going to be a tribute band night and so far i'm in three of the bands, being: the pixies, screeching weasel, and nirvana. anyone is invited. i don't know the street address, but it's in the old market on the corner of 12th and jackson. it'll be a blast. byob.

2004-08-28T21:11:00.000-07:00

has anyone heard the new mates of state album? the first song on it is fucking badass. it's called ha ha and has this breakdown which sounds like circus music and he keeps singing "ha ha." it's great. in the past month i've had many things stolen from me, so we're limiting the people who come to our place. the last things that got stolen were my minidisc player and my camera. it fucken

2004-08-11T20:49:00.000-07:00

so a lot has happened since the last blog including me finally getting back online. well, sort of. i've been disconnected for a while. it also doesn't help that my cell's off. my company has this policy where if you don't pay your phone bill for four months, they shut you off. bastards! anyway, a few weeks ago our house got broken into. well, i wouldn't say broken into. more like walked

2004-06-14T14:11:00.000-07:00

after lots of talk about brewing my own beer, i finally did it. i bought a home beer brewing kit from these guys. it's the deluxe brewing kit. it's probably the first investment i've done in ages that will be financially beneficial. nothing much else to talk about at the moment. uh, tonight is robot comic's second show. anyone who reads this and lives in omaha, it's at the power pad. i

2004-06-11T15:50:00.000-07:00

jukebox: neutral milk hotel - not sure what album. i'm in jeff's room and i just hear it from up here. i need to listen to that jay-z song. last night worked out really well. work was fine, even though we were busy as hell. but i liked it a lot. we ended up going to the crescent moon after, randomly, since we never usually go there on thursdays. andy, chris, grant, and jackie were there;

2004-06-09T14:21:00.000-07:00

last night at work, about 10:21 pm, i got a call asking what time we closed. i told the person that we closed at 10:30 pm. he asked if we could stay open a few minutes later, and i said that we close the doors about five minutes before, and if he got there by then it'd be fine. we were busy all night, and i didn't want to keep the shop open. so at around 10:25, i locked the front door and

2004-06-09T11:30:00.000-07:00

people are stupid.

2004-06-02T14:08:00.000-07:00

so other than almost slicing off the tip of my left index finger, i'm doing all right. had several great parties this weekend, and i'm glad everybody came to it. my buddy grant and i are starting this variety act and we're trying to get shows opening for bands. one of our ideas was a robot comic. we would build a robot and connect it to his laptop and type in jokes and have the computer say

2004-06-02T11:14:00.000-07:00

today fucking suck!

2004-05-24T08:12:00.000-07:00

also, my hatred for college kids was reaffirmed last night. i'm also going to include the graduating class of 2004 to that list.

2004-05-24T08:07:00.000-07:00

okay. that's why i thought the situation was a bit more than i just thought it was. i forgot that next month vince and drew are moving out. jeff was going to move to chicago, but he might stay now, since he got these two promotions that are very important. our buddy grant just moved back to omaha and is looking for a place to stay. jeff asked me if i want to move with him into a place if he

2004-05-24T07:53:00.000-07:00

in a bit of a quandry. not a bad one, just really hectic. i want to quit the health food store and get one or two of my buddies hired. then i have to work out my schedule at cali taco, and make my schedule at ted & wally's. it's not even that hard, it'll just take like 10 minutes, but i don't know... chris works at paypal and he got a call on friday (who he thought was me). this guy wanted

2004-05-22T14:34:00.000-07:00

last night was bomb. only slept for four hours, and i worked at nine this morning and get off at 12 tonight. i feel really great, though. gonna get blasted tonight. i need to start getting sundays off.

2004-05-21T14:51:00.000-07:00

just read the new rollingstone. motley crue are reuniting for a reunion tour next year. super stoked!!! oh, and about that andrew wk show the other week, best show ever. let's just say that half the crowd was on stage throughout the performance, stage diving, and dancing. during the last song, "party hard," me and my friend jackie were up there, arms around him singing along to the chorus.

2004-05-21T08:34:00.000-07:00

i hate this new blogger set up. i just lost a blog, so here it goes again. so, now that the weather's getting better, we're getting busier at the ice cream shop. and now that we're getting busier, and realizing one of the things that i hate the most about being busy, and it happened the other day: "which one's ted, and which one's wally?" for those not in the know, the shop is called ted &

2004-05-01T12:27:00.000-07:00

so i'm at work doing absolutely nothing. boring as hell. read this wierd al article. anyway, this job sucks, and then i work tonight at the ice cream shop, and it's nice weather out and it's going to be busy.

2004-04-22T09:02:00.000-07:00

i have this thing that i hate unobservant people and stupid people, and they usually go hand in hand. anyway, the health market that i work at has this big store front. on the railing we have this banner for this pet food that we sell here. on the wall right in front of the store, next to the neon "open" sign, we have a huge sign that says, "jane's health market and deli." so this lady walks

2004-04-22T07:43:00.000-07:00

jukebox: nirvana - "about a girl" so last night i bought my pixies ticket for chicago in november. super stoked. in other stoking news, andrew wk is coming to town the day after i get back from cali. he's playing with the locust. should be a "party."

2004-04-21T12:26:00.000-07:00

jukebox: henry rollins - "get in the van" so it's been a hell of a year so far. too much going on. so a couple of weeks ago, we drove up to minnesota 'cause my roommates' band was playing a house show there. the show was in the basement, and me and my buddy mario were standing in the stairwell that leads to the basement. people started to leave and we-jokingly-started telling them that we

2004-01-20T14:18:00.000-08:00

whatever! back in school, where the class sessions equals nap time.

2003-12-29T09:04:00.000-08:00

just got back last night from vegas with jeff. for those not in the know, jeff's sister and my brother both live there (not with each other; they're both married to other people), and so our families celebrated x-mas there. i just realized that i start school in two weeks. that's cool, but it sucks. i still need to finish off my finacial aid and residency stuff. hmmm..... i guess i'll be

2003-11-19T14:31:00.000-08:00

i wish that i was going home this week with jeff. but if you know me, and you do, you know that i can't control my financial situation. which brought to this position of having to file for bankruptcy. anyway, one plus thing about me not going home is that this friday is going to be possibly the best night since the q and not u show, which entails the rapture, the locust, some other band, and

2003-10-30T09:02:00.000-08:00

so far, about 10 of the customers that have come in today have come straight to the deli to ask if we had something. it's ridiculous. back to that first fool i started blogging about earlier. when he came in, i was ringing up a customer. he came straight to the deli and stood right behind said customer. so naturally i figured that he must want something from the deli. so he's standing

2003-10-30T07:18:00.000-08:00

you know what really bugs me? the way our store is set up, the deli is right at the entrance, and then there's the rest of the store. people always come straight to the deli to ask if we have this or that. they can't just take the time to actually walk in and look. and it's not as if the store's huge. there's about five aisles and i know somethings might be hard to locate, but things like

2003-10-05T01:24:00.000-07:00

Dear Brett, Email me please! xoxo, Sheri

2003-09-25T14:39:00.000-07:00

Is Crhistina Aguilera getting fat? http://crazyass13.com/featured/christina_aguilera_fat.html

2003-09-22T10:44:00.000-07:00

so this past friday was probably the best nights in a long time. all started when i got home from work, our roommate was making chili for us all. then after that, we all walked to the old market to meet up with my boss and her friends to get drunk. all the places we wanted to go to were closed, so we ended up going to the upstream. then we walked to sokol for the q and not u show. show was

2003-09-09T13:55:00.000-07:00

ak-sar-ben!!!!

2003-08-22T14:05:00.000-07:00

olivia is nota dork!

2003-07-31T16:06:00.000-07:00

so the other night there was a show scheduled at our ice cream shop featuring: toys that kill, rivethead, and caulfield. i was super stoked to see toys that kill. the thing is, though, that omaha kids suck. no one comes to shows and stuff. so no one at all came (actually, just one girl came. but she was from out of town, so that doesn't count), and the show ended up being cancelled. sucks.

2003-07-29T00:47:00.000-07:00

brett, i'm supposed to get that on vinyl as well from a friend. i can see about getting mp3's or something for you. i'll let you know. and uh, when hey mercedes comes to town..... pumpkin muffins! haha

2003-07-27T21:32:00.000-07:00

i just listened to this. fucking rawks! so i guess they're coming to omaha this september. super stoked. uh, the matrix. hey kai, do you happen to have the faint's new re-mix album? i want to get it, but i want to get it on vinyl, but i need to get a copy on disc for my buddy mike.

2003-07-24T11:23:00.000-07:00

olivia is a dork.

2003-07-16T08:53:00.000-07:00

watched this at the theatre this past weekend. it's such a cute way of showing people about bad parenting. wonka is not a pedophile. so i have a plethora of books in which i'm reading now. the reason is that on tuesdays i have a 2 1/2 hour gap between jobs. on several occassions i have forgotten my current book at home. so i stop by the book shop and get a new book. so yesterday i started

2003-07-12T15:36:00.000-07:00

that's crap man. nike bought out converse. i mean, they were getting a bit expensive anyway (35-40$ for a pair of chucks?). they used to cost like what, $20 or something. footlocker sells em $90 for 2 pairs or some dumb shit like that. at least i've still got my trusty (and comfy) ben shermans. they might cost goddamn 50$, but 2 years and still fuckin rockin the same pair. so brett, how's work?

2003-07-11T14:59:00.000-07:00

so after my new pair of jack purcells go, i'm no longer wearing converses. fuck them!!!!!

2003-07-10T23:06:00.000-07:00

one more night till wwe mayhem. uh, the matrix. ... why did the indian sleep in the lobby of the hotel? because he had no reservations. thank you!

2003-07-07T17:09:00.000-07:00

super stoked. i haven't been keeping track of wrestling recently, as i've been working lots. but me roomie justin informed me last night of this. i was also scheduled to work on friday night. so after all that jazz, i'm off, and we're stoked. last night was weird. i drank way less than usual, but i woke up at 11 today. i start work at 830 to open the store by nine, and usually the other

2003-06-25T12:31:00.001-07:00

jukebox: bright eyes - "if winter ends" just got back from an interview. it was really great, and it's such an easy job that i better get. it's at thrifty nickel, which is a classified ads thing, and the job that i would get is to take the phone calls and type up the ads. how chill is that? one thing that i really hate--that i'm pretty sure i've mentioned before--is people who go to the check

2003-06-25T12:31:00.000-07:00

something's messed up with the archives. i tried doing something with it, and apparently, there's some other blogger's archives on mine. and that person's archive links start off with my blogspot address. what the heck, huh?

2003-06-20T08:29:00.000-07:00

what's with the blogger gear? this new blogger posting desing is pretty tight. i ordered the shane macgowan dvd yesterday. very stoked, only $13 + shipping. uh, "well played, clerks."

2003-06-16T12:52:00.000-07:00

why did i have to look at these? i did, however, purchased a repair guide for me motorcycle. i need to get a new carbeurator (sp) and a battery. i've decided to get rid of cable. reason being is that for the past two months or so, i haven't been watching tv at all. not even the movie stations. the first of those months, i was taping the shows, with the intentions of watching them later,

2003-06-12T08:32:00.000-07:00

dice.

2003-06-12T08:15:00.000-07:00

why don't people eat clowns? because they taste funny! thank you!

2003-06-09T13:39:00.000-07:00

so after months of needing regular new shoes, i finally bought (ordered) a pair. i recently bought new creepers when i went back to la, but i do need other pairs of shoes for like working and stuff. i guess besides my shoes being ripped in many places, the wearing of the sole was what got me thinking that i might need some new shoes. i can't wait to get these. i need to check how much my

2003-06-09T12:51:00.000-07:00

i started playing that damn mini golf game again. why is it that everytime that i go to bed early, i always wake up late for work? not extremely late, but late enough that i get no chill time to before the store opens. i need to clean my room, and i also need to organize my bills. being that i have so much debt, i was thinking about filing for bankruptcy. but i talked to a buddy who told me

2003-06-05T12:31:00.000-07:00

it goin' rain!

2003-06-02T12:49:00.000-07:00

When will I learn...click no link posted by Jeff, no matter what it says!

2003-05-30T13:57:00.000-07:00

Cup Shuffling! <-- What?!! Just watch! Try it now!

2003-05-28T07:49:00.000-07:00

in stupid famous idiot news: fred durst is in the new rollingstone sporting a new tattoo on his chest featuring (drum roll) kurdt cobain and elvis. i guess fred durst is rock n' roll after all. so after a long night and a few hours of sleep, i'm here at work...

2003-05-27T14:45:00.000-07:00

good to see a post from brett! and a non-porn related post from jeff! boo-yaa indeed!

2003-05-27T10:51:00.000-07:00

boo-yaa!

2003-05-23T06:59:00.000-07:00

2003-05-21T09:08:00.000-07:00

2003-05-20T11:43:00.000-07:00

the blog is broken or something!

2003-05-01T09:36:00.000-07:00

Funny SNL Skit about terrorists

2003-04-02T07:32:00.000-08:00

Brett!! Monday night, April 7, shows Lucinda appearing on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Can you tape it?

2003-03-26T18:20:00.000-08:00

hi guys. miss you brett. miss you kai. *hope i see you soon!* jeff, you're still a perv.

2003-03-21T09:25:00.000-08:00

These are the best spoof ads I've ever seen:

2003-03-20T23:04:00.000-08:00

so, yes, i am employed. finally! i first got a job at this place called west, which is an inbound telemarketing job. you know all those infomercials on tv for products and "operators are standing by"? well, that job was the operators. it was such an easy job, but you'd be on the phone all day long. it was way too irritating at the training because the fucking morons couldn't grasp the

2003-03-17T20:59:00.000-08:00

dudes, read this. mike moore couldn't have put it better.

2003-03-17T08:11:00.000-08:00

<-- this one is super interesting.

2003-03-13T11:30:00.000-08:00

jukebox: the nips - "vengeance" it's great that our country is so stupid.

2003-03-12T12:47:00.000-08:00

<-- on Rancid web page.

2003-03-12T10:55:00.000-08:00

Roots Radicals PT. 1 Roots Radicals PT. 2 Roots Radicals PT. 3

2003-03-11T15:54:00.000-08:00

haha, isn't that the jewish dude from many a movie? is he like white trash now or what.

2003-03-10T12:47:00.000-08:00

Who does this guy think he is?

2003-03-06T12:50:00.000-08:00

jukebox: david bowie & queen - "under pressure" so a couple of weeks ago we went to pick up mario from work. jeff showed me this, and ever since then me ears have felt really gross. so one of these days i'm going to do it.

2003-02-25T09:14:00.000-08:00

Speaking of hooligans, this one is painful to watch.

2003-02-23T11:18:00.000-08:00

oh yeah, mike. have fun at buno's. really, really wish i could be there. i miss that a lot. "hey, where'd all the pillows go?"

2003-02-23T11:15:00.000-08:00

jukebox: nine inch nails - "get down make love" really stoked on my recent vinyl purchases: the jam - snap! nine inch nails - sin jane's addiction - ritual de lo habitual all in excellent condition. so friday night was the 7" release party for our roommate's band, the marriannes, which also happens to be jeff's record label's first release. show was quite the success. the first band wasn't

2003-02-18T07:12:00.000-08:00

Q: What do you call a mexican with a rubber toe? A: Roberto!

2003-02-10T11:04:00.000-08:00

picturebox: pulp fiction vincent just got shot... kai, i can't say much for oregon, but omaha's fun. we've got, uh... a good happy hour down the street. predictions for tonight's raw: at the end of the episode, bischoff will have failed to sign austin. vince will call out bischoff and val to the ring to fire them... but just when you think it's over, *crash* (sound of a bottle breaking)

2003-02-10T04:23:00.000-08:00

shit, i'm not sure if i'd rather move to portland or omaha. give me reasons dudes. tell me why one place is better than the other. it would probably be better if i could take trips to both places and compare... but you know, a visit isn't the same as living there.

2003-02-07T18:25:00.001-08:00

jukebox: faith no more - "everything's ruined" today's been such a long day. i haven't left the house yet, but it seems as if i've been up for days. we saw this the other day. very dice! the guy playing chuck barris looked like kramer at times.... what's with the rock? he's not really pulling off being a heel too good. this is the weather... this is cnn... i'm very bored... all work and

2003-02-07T18:25:00.000-08:00

jukebox: faith no more - "everything's ruined" today's been such a long day. i haven't left the house yet, but it seems as if i've been up for days. we saw this the other day. very dice! the guy playing chuck barris looked like kramer at times.... what's with the rock? he's not really pulling of being a heel too good. this is the weather... this is cnn... i'm very bored... all work and no

2003-02-04T10:10:00.000-08:00

Work is starting to stress me the fuck out! Not only am I busy from the moment I come in to the moment I leave, but nothing seems to go right when I'm doing whatever the hell I'm doing. So we got this computer in last week some time that we were supposed to fix. After spending hours on the machine and nothing worked, we realized it needs a new processor. But with a new processor, we'd need a

2003-02-03T14:29:00.000-08:00

jukebox: smiths - "bigmouth strikes again" i am one unemployed mofo. it's cool for now, though, because i still have some $$$s, but i need to get some work soon before next month's bills. so i got this bill from a collection agency for the amount of $538 from the superior court of los angeles. apparently, it was regarding my "fix-it ticket" for no front license plate that i got in september.

2003-01-27T16:22:00.000-08:00

tomorrow we get cable (stoked!).

2003-01-26T14:26:00.000-08:00

dude, somebody needs to fix the ITA. it's so much easier to just go look at it than have to log in to blogger and all that jizz.. jazz? hype, williams. um.... yoink!

2003-01-24T11:51:00.000-08:00

dear baby, welcome to dumpsville. population... you!

2003-01-21T21:30:00.000-08:00

picturebox: party of five

2003-01-21T11:05:00.000-08:00

Hot!

2003-01-20T22:02:00.001-08:00

dr. agon!

2003-01-20T22:02:00.000-08:00

"you're taking me, to the point of no return."

2003-01-20T22:01:00.001-08:00

it may have been directed into an alternate 2003. somewhere in the future, biff must have gotten ahold of the time machine, went back...

2003-01-20T22:01:00.000-08:00

blogs aren't posting.

2003-01-20T22:00:00.000-08:00

i just blogger something, but it didn't post. uh... get you!!!!

2003-01-20T21:56:00.000-08:00

picturebox: twelve monkeys just got back from mario's watching twin peaks. anyway, one of the housemates, andy, was looking for a copy of the recently purchased red roses for me that i just won the other day. anyway, i found another one online, and this one apparently has an extra track on it: "pair of brown eyes." though that song is on rum, sodomy, and the lash, it apparently is a rare

2003-01-20T14:50:00.000-08:00

that was humurous... sort of. jukebox: aerosmith - "dream on" lyrics of the day comes to us courtesy of aerosmith from "draw the line": "no dice honey, you the salt, you're the queen of the brine."

2003-01-20T12:47:00.000-08:00

This is humorous in a sick and twisted way!

2003-01-19T18:55:00.000-08:00

jukebox: civ - "set your goals" just watched from dusk till dawn and swingers. funny shite!! i'm super stoked. i just won this. i've been trying for this for a long time, but it always goes for ridiculous money. i went on last night and saw that this was on it, and it had no bids yet, and there was only about and hour and 56 minutes left. hence, i placed bids and won... at the opening bid.