Your shower shoes have fungus on them. You'll never make it to the bigs with fungus on your shower shoes.

Last month, I watched the Bull blow at 33 point lead in the 3rd quarter against a really awful Sacramento Kings team. It really got me into those, "Why do we invest so much in these teams, what have they ever done for us?" moods. And that made me mad, because I hate being in those moods.

I haven't watched one of my favorite sports teams lift a trophy since 2005. That was when Arsenal beat Man United in the FA Cup on penalties, which was terrifying enough. But, that wasn't even in this hemisphere, let alone the city of Chicago. I've had to live through the White Sox, Cardinals, the freaking Arizona Cardinals, who came within 1 play of winning the Super Bowl, Man United, Chelsea and Boston sports teams win every major championship since then. Fuck Boston.

Since then, the Cubs have lost 9 straight playoff games, the Bears let Rex 'Sex Cannon' Grossman throw away the Super Bowl, the Bulls took the Celtics to 7 games in possibly the greatest playoff series ever, only to lose it, Arsenal finished out of the top 3 in the EPL for the first time in 20 years, the Blackhawks made it all the way to the Western Conference Finals only to lose in heartbreaking fashion to Detroit (sucks).

Do I just have terrible luck in picking teams? Do I blame my parents or location? Let's face it, I'm a Cubs/Bears/Bulls/Hawks fan because my Mom grew up in Chicago and followed those teams her whole life. My Grandma was the biggest Cubs fan I had ever met until she passed when I was 7. I got into English football because of my Dad, but I picked Arsenal on my own, can't blame him on that one.

Cubs: Don't even get me fucking started.

Arsenal: They've had a really bright future for the last 3-4 years, and it's about time we started seeing some results from that, but I don't think it will happen for another couple years. However, you never know in the EPL, a couple dropped points from Chelsea and Man U and we're right on top.

Bears: Possibly the most disappointing season I've ever experienced as a Bears fan. Pre-season: We got a QB! We're gonna be good! We can throw the ball! Post-seaon: Fuck Cutler. Interception machine. At least they fired Turner today, and Marinelli will take over the defense.

Blackhawks: If it weren't for the Hawks, life would be miserable, but man the Hawks are fun to watch. This post is not about the Hawks.

Bulls: Like I said, they blew a 33 point lead last month. They've got a bit of talent and they could probably contend for a middling spot in the East if they had a competent head coach, but they don't, so they suck.


I'm not going to stop caring, because I don't know life without sports, and I don't want to start. I would probably just sit in my apartment and stare at the wall until someone came over to play beer die, or it's time to go to UncFats. Not a fun existence.

Awesome Video of the Day:


Awesome Song of the Day (this goes out to Marcus):

Sorry I'm Away So Much

So, in the words of Michael Jordan, "I'm back."

Don't really know what happened this summer, I wasn't especially busy, could have easily kept this going. But now I'm back with a vengeance, and I might even have opinions to express (doubtful)!

First, the obligatory "My Top Albums of the Year"

Hip hop came back huge in '09, and that's something that really makes me smile. It was only a couple years ago everyone was saying/yelling/screaming/blogging that hip hop was dead (and after Kanye's last album, who can blame them).

There really was nothing between my top 3 albums, so I made it a 3-way tie for first. Had any of these albums come out in a different year, they'd be a clear cut #1. Any coincidence that they're all Rhymesayers releases? I think not. Year after year, the little giants from MPLS continue to show why they're the best in hip hop. Next year looks to be good too, with Evidence's Cat's and Dog's due out.

I'm awful at describing why I pick things, it always sounds good in my head, but never translates to paper (or blog), so I'm just going to post a couple videos from each album to help me state my case. Maybe I'll get to it later, when I'm bored at work.

1. POS - Never Better



1. Brother Ali - US



1. BK-One - Radio Do Canibal



4. Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon



5. Jay-Z - Blueprint 3



6. Mute Math - Armistice



7. Mos Def - The Ecstatic



8. Clipse - Til The Casket Drops



9. The Grouch & Eligh - Say G&E!



10. Taintstick - 6 lbs of Sound
(The album kind of sucks, but the videos are too good to pass up... red dragons)

Times, They Are Changing

Boy, over a month with no posts, sorry about that folks.

I wish I could say lots of things have been happening and I've been to busy to post, but that's clearly not the case. Been on the road with FUZE a lot recently. Went back up to Minneapolis, great time as always. Been to Lansing and St. Louis since the last post also, nothing too exciting to write home about. Heading up to Madison this coming weekend, also.

It's getting kind of weird around the apartment recently. Everyone's leaving, and a whole new crowd of people are moving in. The last of the guys on the first floor next door are moving out this weekend, and it's going to be sad to see them go, I had a great time with them for the last 13 months. Some new guys already moved in the 2nd floor apartment next door, and apparently were blasting death metal within a few minutes of being moved in, which already is quite the change of pace from is usually played around here. Should be interesting. Super excited for the 2nd floor in our building to be moved out, they were Nazis for a while about our partying.

We've officially taken over The Scoreboard, which is pretty cool. From now on we'll be known as 'The Scoreboard House,' or 'The Scoreboard Guys.' Which I suppose is better than 'The Guys Next Door To Those Guys With The Scoreboard.'

Things are getting hairy for the Blackhawks, not thrilled about how this series went. It made me realize how much work this team has to do to to really be one of the elite teams in this league (even though being in the final 4 would say they already are). And call me bandwagon if you want (Martin), but during my life the Hawks home games weren't even on TV. It's kind of hard to follow a team you can't watch. All sorts of props go out to Rocky Wirtz, who realized what his Dad did wrong and fixed it. He turned this franchise from what ESPN called 'The Worst Franchise in Professional Sports' only 3 years ago, to what Forbes now calls 'The Greatest Turnaround In Sports Business History'. Most importantly though, Rocky and John McDonough made believers out of the entire city of Chicago. The Winter Classic changed EVERYTHING. That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen, and living across the street certainly helped. Right after the national anthem, there was a flyover that went right over my apartment. Once in a lifetime.

I'll try and keep the posting more regular, and check my other blog, Wrigley's Back Yard, for most posting. Greg and I promise we'll get it going eventually.

Awesome Video of the Day (Super excited for this movie)



Awesome song of the day

I've Met Someone Else...

I'm starting another blog. Wrigley's Back Yard. It's going to be what this blog was supposed to be; stories about the Cubs and our drunken debauchery on the weekends.

Running Into Street Poles will become the Official DrewTang Blog

Bring The Mother Fucking Ruckus

3 amazing dude-bro's I know are taking a trip around Lake Michigan on their Ruckus' (Ruckai?) for a good cause. They're riding around in support of The Inland Seas School of Expeditionary Learning which is a not-for-profit organization established to serve as a dynamic educational community for the academic and character development of adolescent youth through marine education programs. Check out their site, follow them on Twitter, donate to the cause. Help a couple brothers out.

They're actually riding up to The Good Land tomorrow to see the school and meet the students there.

Seriously, it's a good cause, help them out.



By the way,
I'm on Twitter now also, so you can follow me in my travels and pointlessness even more.

2009 MLB Predictions Sure To Be Wrong

Well, it's opening day, my favorite day of the year, and before I continue with my Opening Day Traditions (Watching the Sandlot), I'll make my predictions.

Awards:

AL
Rookie of the Year: David Price (Rays)
Cy Young: Jon Lester (Red Sox)
MVP: Mark Teixeira (Yankees)

NL
Rookie of the Year: Pablo Sandoval (Giants)
Cy Young: A healthy Rich Harden (Cubs) or Brandon Webb (D'Backs)
MVP: David Wright (Mets)


Division:

NL East: Mets
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: D'Backs
NL WC: Phillies

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Angels
AL WC: Yankees

Playoffs:

NLDS:
Cubs vs Phillies: Cubs in 5
Mets vs D'Backs: Mets in 3

ALDS:
Red Sox vs Twins: Red Sox in 3
Angels vs Yankees: Yankees in 4

NLCS:
Cubs vs Mets: Cubs in 6

ALCS:
Red Sox vs Yankees: Red Sox in 7



World Series:
Cubs vs Red Sox: Red Sox in 7


So there you have it. Against my better judgement, I pick the Cubs to finally make to the World Series (I originally had the Mets). However, I think the Red Sox are just too strong this year to be ignored. It's going to be a helluva race in the AL East this year.

Hopefully I'm wrong, and the Cubs can take it all.


Baseball themed Awesome Video Of The Day (My favorite Conan bit... ever)

Conan O'Brien 1864 Baseball
Uploaded by Youpinadi

Song Of The Day

Not So Serious Anymore Are We?

This was too good to not share with you

Why So Serious?

Incoherent rambling and repeating myself begins now:

When I was 21, I used to look back at my life when I was a freshman in college and think of just how much of an idiot I was and how far I've come. 2 years later, I look back to when I was 21 and think the exact same thing. I'm sure in 2 years I'll look back and think, "Man, how did I ever live like that?" I always think I'm where I need to be to live my life. But looking forward now, I realize I still have a long way to go. This became much more evident after meeting with a councilor at the school I'll be going to (Yeah, I'm going back to school. Took me long enough right?). I need to turn my life around.

The biggest inspiration for this is my next door neighbor Dirty. No offense Dirty, but I don't want to turn out like you. If I'm 34, living with 24-26 year-olds, working retail for $8.50 an hour, there's a serious problem. But every time I examine my life, I see myself turning down the Path Of Dirt. Every time I find myself playing beer die on a Monday or Wednesday night, there's a little part of me that says, "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING WITH YOURSELF?" So thank you, Dirty, for hopefully changing my life.

I think being 23 and living with a 20 and 21 year old for the last year who are so much more mature than I was then (and more than I am now), and ahead of me (by leaps and bounds) in school, finally got my head straight. I can't keep fucking around like I do now, forever. I know I've still got some time to figure it all out, but it's finally time to start the process. And I went through this exact same thing a few years ago when I lived in my parents house for that one God awful year. I told myself then that I was going to change; start doing better in school, stop drinking so much, get in shape and get my life in order. So here I am, 3 years later, telling myself the exact same thing. The good news is that I've got one step down, I'm back in school. Now, I just have to break all the bad habits I've been forming since I got to college.

This isn't to say I'm going to quit playing beer die on Monday or Wednesdays or move somewhere where I can get a fresh start (although the thought has crossed my mind). That wouldn't be fair to you, my loyal reader who no doubt is waiting for baseball season to start so I can write about our drunken shenanigans. No, I'm going to be here for a while, but living a different lifestyle. I realize that right before baseball season starts is probably not the opportune time to have a life changing blog post, but it's something I have to do so I can not feel like a complete failure. I feel if I don't do something now, I'll be Dirty Jr. before you can say, "Just living the dream."

This isn't going to happen overnight, it's a gradual process, and going back to school is step one. Step two is world domination. Obviously.


Next post: 2009 Baseball Predictions Sure To Be Wrong

Awesome video of the day


Awesome song of the day

And You Say Chi City

In the last year, I've been all over the Midwest for my job. I can't help but notice that every time I come home, it's the best part of the trip. That's not to say that I don't love going to all these places, and have incredible amounts of fun on these trips; but these trips make me appreciate being from Chicago even more. It's just so much better than everywhere else I've ever been (yes, this includes London). For FUZE, I've been to Peoria IL, Bloomington MN, St. Louis MO, Madison WI, Indianapolis IN, Cleveland and Cincinnati OH, Galena IL, Eau Claire WI, and of course my favorite, Minneapolis MN. Big cities, small bum-fuck towns, metropolises and hick towns... and St. Louis. And seeing as I've been in Chicago my entire life, I compare all these cities to Chicago.

Sometimes town are too small (Galena, Eau Claire), sometimes they're just shit-holes (Peoria, St. Louis), sometimes I think they suck because I didn't go in the right time of the year (a student-less Madison), sometimes they're flat out boring (Indianapolis, Cleveland), and sometimes the biggest storm of the decade hits and the entire city is out of power, causing me to miss Zambrano's no-hitter against the Astros last season (Fuck you very much, Cininnati).

But sometimes, there's that one city that is just like a smaller Chicago (Minneapolis). Maybe it's because I grew up listening to my favorite MC rap about Minneappleseed for the last 10 years, or because we had a great guy show us around (Thanks Chad!), or because they play host to the best English Pub I've ever been in, and the Worlds Best Selling Jameson Bar (Big Ginger like WHAT!?!).

Minneapolis to this day is the only FUZE location in which I was disappointed to be leaving. I even floated around the idea of moving up there. It's still kind of floating around in there.

Anyway, the whole point I'm trying to make, and I'm sure have failed miserably, it that Chicago is better than all those places. There's no place that can offer all the things that Chicago can. Where else can I live 50 yards from one of the oldest ballparks in the country? All the things this city has to offer; amazing museums, crappy sports teams, amazing food, great shows, dozens of music venues, hundreds of festivals, the Sears, I mean Willis? Tower. Walk out to the Shedd Aquarium (another favorite of mine) at night, turn around, look at the skyline in July and tell me you don't love this city.

Filler: Music is a Safe Kind of High

So there's been another thing on Facebook floating around that has people commenting on the 15 albums that have changed their lives. So, naturally, I have to do it. This isn't my favorite albums of all time, although that may come at a later date.

Outside of the first 3, this is in no particular order

1. Please Please Me by The Beatles
The first album I can remember listening to. Throwing on the vinyl my dad brought over from England when I was maybe 5 or 6. I was hooked, singing 'Love Me Do' from dusk till dawn. Singing so much, my mother, the biggest Beatles fan I've ever met, even told me to stop. Of course, this may have been due to my pre-pubescent voice. I'm pretty sure I'd want my kid to stop ruining my favorite album too. None the less, this album started me on my oldies trip, which still stands to this day.

2. Definitely Maybe by Oasis
This was the album that finally got me into modern 'popular' music. I still remember the first time I heard this album. I was at school early in 5th grade for Patrol Guard duty (the kids that helped you cross the street before school), and Vernon Smith told me he had the 'New Beatles.' A rather unknown British band called Oasis. When the first track played, Rock n' Roll Star, I was done. It was a sound I had never heard before, and I liked it, I wanted more of it. I started listening to Q101 when I got home and making mix tapes from my favorite songs on the radio.

3. The Lucy Ford EP's by Atmosphere
The album that turned me onto underground hip hop, and turned me onto an entire new world. Up until I heard this album in winter of 2000, my hip hop consisted of Ludacris (who I still love), Big Tymers, Cash Money Millionaires and the like. I had no idea there was hip hop out there that was actually insightful, and wasn't about the typical drugs, guns, and murder. I started searching for new rappers that I'd never heard of, and it turned my world upside down. This record turned me onto so many other great MC's and inspired me to read up on the history of hip hop. Every hip hop artist who's album I've bought since 2000 can thank Slug. This is definitely in the top 10 of my favorite albums of all time.

4. Interrupting The Scenery by NOViCE
These guys had a new sound (pattern here?) that I absolutely loved. I wasn't big into the whole 'emo' and 'my life is so much worse than yours' scene, and I'm still not, but these guys did it differently. It was... so much better. My roommate at the time, and my current boss Evan found out about these guys from a relatively unknown website called MySpace. So not only is this an awesome album, but it got me into MySpace, which lead to Facebook, which apparently leads to Blogspot.

5. The Slim Shady LP by Eminem
The first time I heard this album was the spring of '99. I was in England of all places on a school trip and I was hooked. I never thought music could be so funny/vulgar/cruel. This album had everything. It had tracks to make you laugh, make you cringe, and make you wonder 'What the fuck was that?' This album really opened me up to more hip hop, got me into Dre, which got me into Snoop, and so forth.

6. Indecent Proposal by Timbaland & Magoo
Not to say this album really changed my life, but I was always associate this album with the England Christmas trip I took with my family in winter of 2001. You know when you listen to something so much during a span of time, that it will always remind you of that time? That's what this is. I put this album on and immediately think of myself walking across the Stray to the shops in Harrogate. So it did change my life in the sense that I will never not listen to it and not think of England, which is fine by me.

7. 40th Anniversary Collection by James Brown
My dad grew up on The Hardest Working Man In Show Business, and he made damn sure I did too. So I was already heavy into old soul music when I got this album, but I played the shit out of this record non-stop for most of my middle school years. To this day, whenever I'm feeling a little down, I'll put on some James Brown or...

8. Live at the Wetlands by Robert Randolph & The Family Band
There are 2 live albums I've come across that do justice to the band's performance. Live at the Wetlands is one of them. Back in '03, a couple buddies and myself went to the Sprite Liquid Mix Tour, which stands to this day as being the single greatest show of my life (Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Talib Kweli, The Roots, OAR and NERD for 10 bucks? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?). They put on the 3rd most energetic and amazing performance I've ever seen (following #1 Mute Math and #2 The Roots). And this album is just as energetic, and it's so damn happy! If you don't move around or put a smile on your face when listening to this... you are one miserable fuck.

9. The Roots Come Alive by The Legendary Roots Crew
It saddens me that The Roots have become Jimmy Fallon's house band, but at the same time, that's freaking awesome. Anyway, this is the other live album that does justice to their performance. You really have to listen to it, it's got to be up there on the list of 'best live albums of all time.' I had already liked The Roots a lot by the time I heard this album, but it made me appreciate live-hip hop even more (the whole instrument thing, no produced beats). ?uestlove is too dope.

10. Mute Math by Mute Math
As soon as Typical starts playing on this record, the energy doesn't slow down. Even their slow songs are relatively up tempo (for slow songs)! I'll say this album changed my life in the sense that I'll never look at another live show the same way after seeing these guys live, and I saw these guys live because I fell in love with this album. So thanks for ruining every concert experience I'll have from now on guys. Thanks a bunch. And fucking come out with your album already!!

11. Final Straw by Snow Patrol
I can say that Snow Patrol are a band that I found about, by myself. Most bands I listen to these days have been recommended to me by various people. But this one I found out about (and before anyone else did, which I take great pride in). I remember the first time I heard 'Run,' I was sitting in Richard Mack's studio, helping him with his new book (plug!), and I had Virgin Radio UK on, it came on and I was floored. Such a nice chill vibe but with a build up towards the end.

12. Class Clown by George Carlin
Never said it had to be music albums did we? I remember the first time I got my hands on 'The 7 Things You Can't Say On Television,' my buddy Matt and I must've listened to it 6 times in a row, crying because we were laughing so hard. I started to suddenly care about comedy and actually look for new comedians.

13. That Thing You Do Soundtrack
Don't even get me started...

14. Spice by Spice Girls
The first album I ever bought with my own money. Yup. I said it.

15. Original Pirate Material by The Streets
Another artist I can proudly say I found out first and by myself. The Streets opened me up to the UK Hip Hop scene, and even became some inside joke fodder for me and some of my friends.

There is one last thing...

My buddy Ben has a blog up for some of his photography. He's got some great stuff. Do us both a favor and ch-ch-ch-check it out.


Accidently Blogging

Quit trying to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring and besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. They're more democratic.

So baseball season is quickly approaching, and it makes me extremely happy.

Baseball season in Chicago is a very special thing, and it's even more special when you live where I live. It means drinking all day on the weekends and playing beer die for 12 hours until you decide it's time to stumble on over to Donkey or Bacci for some late night eats. It means counting down the days till 'Hot Girl Day.' It means making really stupid comments and seeing if people walking by react. It means saying 'Sup' and 'You gonna eat that?' all day long. It means people walking by asking what the score is, even though there's a huge scoreboard hanging next door. It means grilling all day from lunch to dinner. It means tricking girls into hanging out with us by asking them to comment on absolutely absurd situations.

But most of all, it means taking entire days just relaxing on the front porch listening to Pat & Ron call the game while you enjoy a couple beers with your friends, meeting new people and making new stories.

I'm excited this year because competitive baseball starts earlier, instead of sitting through meaningless spring training games, we'll be treated to the World Baseball Classic, which I enjoyed in '06 (even if there is no England team).

As for the Cubs, I'm not pleased with how this off season went. We let one of my favorite Cubs of all time go (Kerry Wood), we traded one of my favorite current Cubs (Mark DeRosa) for 3 pitching prospects from Cleveland, and we heard all winter about how Jake Peavy was going to be a Cub. For all you people who believed the Peavy hype, let me ask you this, has there ever been a trade that Jim Hendry pulled off that you heard about for more than 1 week? Other than trading away Sammy Sosa, there isn't. We went through the exact same situation last year with Brian Roberts.

The Aaron Miles signing really gets me, along with Parker Brothers, no wait, Milton Bradley. Now granted, if Bradley stays healthy, he can play ball. But the odds of that happening are not good. But Aaron Miles is no Mark DeRosa, and he was signed essentially as his replacement.

I'd love for the Cubs to go out and get a proven 5th starter. I like Sean Marshall, and if he can eat innings and win a few games for us, great. I just think there's better options. We also need someone for when Rich Harden goes down, cause you know he will. I'm not sure Samardizja is ready to start in the big leagues. I don't want to see what happened to Joba Chamberlain happen to Samardizja. Joba was great as a set-up guy, but kind of faded into obscurity last year when he moved to the rotation.

2 awesome videos of the day today, cause I couldn't decide which one I wanted to post. They're Favrellous!





Awesome song of the day:

The Entire British Empire Was Built On Cups Of Tea, and if You Think I'm Going to War Without One Mate, You're Mistaken

So I'm in England right now, and many people over the years have asked me what my fascination with this country is.

And I tell 'em... it's not about drums, drugs, and hospital drips, oh no. There's more there than that, my friend. We all like a bit of the good life - some the money, some the drugs, other the sex game, the glamour, or the fame. But a RocknRolla, oh, he's different. Why? Because a real RocknRolla wants the fucking lot.

(2nd Guy Ritchie movie quote of this post so far)

Actually, I'd have to attribute my love for England to my Dad (for those of you who know me, this is fairly obvious), who was born in England, Hull to be exact. My entire life I heard stories of him growing up with his buddies and the fun they had. It was all so different from when I was growing up (again, obviously). But I finally started to appreciate England when he took me to Kenilworth Castle. He would tell me about how when he was a kid, his brother and he would sneak in there when it closed and just messed around all night there. I couldn't imagine how much fun that would've been. I was 7 the first time I went there, I'm 23 now, and I still want to sneak in there after hours.

Then I went to my first football match; or as you might say, "soccer" match. Leeds United v West Ham United, August 17, 1993. 2 days before my 8th birthday. This is what really did it in for me. Gary Speed scored the only goal that game for LUFC, then my favorite team (I've been an avid Arsenal supporter since '98). They won on that lone goal, and I was forever a football fan. The culture surrounding a football game in England is like nothing you'll ever find in the States. Sure you can watch Green Street Hooligans, Football Factory and even Goal! to get a slight feel for it, but nothing, nothing, comes close to actually going to a game.

Later on in life, 5 years to be exact, Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels would come out. I thought I couldn't be any more English than I already was, but this movie made me want to be even more English. I'd never seen that side of England, the 'gritty' side as they call it. All I had seen is what my Dad wanted me to see, which was usually the historic places, the tourist places, and the inside of my Grandparents house. I wanted to talk like they did, do the things they did, have a dad who owned a bar, know a guy named Barry The Baptist who worked for a guy named 'Hatchet' Harry who owned a sex shop. But no, I was stuck in little ol' Evanston. At that point in my life (13 years of age), I had probably been to England 16 times, and never, not once, did it even cross my mind that the England of LSa2SB even existed. Then of course Snatch hit, and I was done.

A few years ago, I actually started reading books about the history of England. It's fascinating stuff, I tell you. Romans, Vikings, Saxons, French kings, Mel Gibson. Did you know, that King Richard The Lion Hearted (the one from Robin Hood lore), was actually French, didn't speak a word of English, and only spent about 2 months in England during his reign? Bet you didn't. King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table wasn't real either, but I'm sure you knew that.

Every time I come to this country, I discover something new about it. Actually, that's a lie, I haven't found anything new this time around, but I've only been here 2 days, and I leave tomorrow. So jog on.

Looking at my passport now, which was renewed in July of '04, I've been to England 11 times. I'm being told that I'd been to England 23 times on my old passport, which I had from birth. If you'd been to a foreign country 34 times in 23 years, and 11 times in less than 5 years, I'm sure you'd be proud of it too.

For the record, I'm probably the only Englishman you'll ever meet who doesn't drink, or much like, tea.

No Youtube videos today folks, my grandpa's computer is too old to watch them. Deal wif it.

Filler: Burnt Offering

So, in the music industry, they call this 'filler.' When you can't put anything else on a album, you put in a throw away track to fill up space on the record. So for this blog, I'm in the process of writing the next post, but this caught my eye, and I figured it's been a while since I've posted anything. So here's my filler, stupid little facebook survey, but some of the answers were pretty fantastic. Leave a comment and do it yourself if it should strike you as something to waste a few minutes with


What does your music library say about you?

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1. Put Your iTunes on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write down the name of the song no matter how silly it sounds!
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
5. Tag at least 10 friends
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What do your friends think of you?
'Happy Jack' by The Who "The kids couldn't hurt Jack, They tried, tried, tried. They dropped things on his back, They lied, lied, lied, lied, lied." [Yeah, this one could have worked out better]

If someone says, “Is this okay?” You say?
'Love You Like This' by Living Legends [Yeah, this really doesn't apply at all]

How would you describe yourself?
'Tell Me What You See' by The Beatles "Open up your eyes now, tell me what you see." [Perfect, since I'm awful at describing myself]

What do you like in a girl?
'Bowie' by Flight of the Conchords "Does the space cold make your nipples go pointy Bowie?" [This one strangely works, since any girl who likes Flight of the Conchords immediately gets another 50 points in my book]

How do you feel today?
'Essaywhuman?!!!??!' by The Roots "Now what we want is ya'll to do is sit back ya'll and just relax ya'll." [Works for me]

What is your life’s purpose?
'Give Me' by Atmosphere "Give me the money, Don't you dare stop there, Give me the mic, That's the tool, and I play it cool, Give me the life, I've seen things that used to be dreams, Give me the love, My name's Slug, give me a pound or a hug" [I'll take the pound and a hug, but as far as life purposes? I'm not much of a rapper.]

What is your motto?
'Paint the Seconds' by Chevelle "I'm about to give rise, Like the sun never could." [Probably should be my motto, but it's more like 'meh']

What do you think about very often?
'Three MC's and 1 DJ' by Beastie Boys "Three MC's and one DJ, We be getting down with no delay" [I do love hip hop, but I don't think about 3 Jewish guys from New York too often]

What is 2 + 2?
'Thunderstruck' by AC/DC [Yeah... not so much]

What do you think of your best friend?
'The Proud' by Talib Kweli "We survive, it's more than pride, We stay alive, ready to ride" [Haha, alright, ready to ride?]

What do you think of the person you like?
'Tramp' by Blueprint [It's really too good, so I'll link to the entire song: HAHAHAHAHAHA]

What is your life story?
'Just to Get A Rep' by Gangstarr "His time ran out his number came up and thats it, Ya know the rest so dont front the plan has been upset, Some brothers gotta go out, just to get a rep" [As well as the title of the song works, getting shot to get a rep from stick-ups and homicide isn't what I'm going for]

What do you want to be when you grow up?
'Shake Those Windows' by Athlete "In two seconds the beat was recognised, And all the old school heads nodded back in time, And though we just met i've known you all my life. Shake those windows, Songs and songs and beats and rhymes in life, This blackout it just helps to love those clear night skies" [An English bands song about old school hip hop, I can deal with it]

What do you think of when you see the person you like?
'Feather' by Nujabes ft CYNE "So I'm Driftin Away Like A Feather In Air, Lettin My Words Take Me Away From The Hurt And Despair" [Well, it certainly keeps the theme from Tramp, haha]

What will you dance to at your wedding?
'Last Living Souls' by Gorillaz "Are we the last living souls? Are we the last to get away to a song another day? Or do we know why we love, it doesn't seem to be conveyed that way!"


What will they play at your funeral?
'Lost!' by Coldplay "Just because I'm hurting, Doesn't mean I'm hurt, Doesn't mean I didn't get what I deserve, No better and no worse. I just got lost. Every river that I've tried to cross, And every door I ever tried was locked, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off" [Wow]

What is your hobby/interest?
'Can't Leave Rap Alone' by Apathy ft Celph Titled and Ryu "The Rubix Cuban's at your door, but I ain't singin' no carols, I'm like Donkey Kong, I got you 'ninjas' dodgin' my barrels, Don't give a fuck where your label's from, We runnin' up in your office, holdin' your CEO hostage with a staple gun, And ain't no stoppin' this don; I got soccer moms Puttin' glocks in their palms and wildin' out to opera songs"
[Yup, that's me, getting soccer moms to wild out to opera songs with glocks]

What is your biggest fear?
'Blinded By The Lights' by The Streets

What is your biggest secret?
'Bad Moon Rising' by CCR "I see the bad moon arising. I see trouble on the way. I see earthquakes and lightning. I see bad times today." [I can see the future... just don't tell anyone]

What do you think of your friends?
'But, Honestly' by Foo Fighters "And tonight I thank the stars, As I count my lucky scars, For everything you've given me"

What will you post this as?
'Burnt Offering' by Blue Scholars


Awesome Song of the Day: Serengeti - "Dennehy"


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Here We Go

For months now, I couldn't figure out what I wanted this blog to be about. Be it sports, life, women, movies, music, whatever. But as I was laying in bed the other night, I thought I'd just start it off with a recap of my 2008.

In the last year:

• I've met some incredible people who have influenced me in ways I could never imagine. I moved out of an apartment with my best friend, and moved 3 blocks north into an apartment with, when I think about it, 2 dudes I didn't really know that well. But I easily had the best summer of my life, which I'm sure was due to living across the street from Wrigley Field, my roommates, and the guys next door. I always thought being drunk at 3 o'clock in the afternoon on a Saturday was a bad thing, but these guys showed me it's perfectly OK to pass out by 4, wake up at 7, and start it all again.
• I have the best front porch view in Chicago.
• I started a new job which I absolutely loved, but didn't commit myself to 100% like I should have, and it eventually hurt my time working. I got to travel around the Midwest and work with 2 of my best friends and I got paid for it. 2009 is going to be The Year of FUZE.
• I updated the "Official Wrigleyville Scoreboard"
  
• I turned 23, and realized that I've still got some time to grow up. I had a good conversation with my neighbor last night about this; he's a few years older than I am and he's starting to realize that he can't keep living the life he does now forever. Sadly, this conversation ended with him saying that barring unforeseen circumstances, all the guys next door will move out come May, thus I shed a tear. But the point is, he said he wishes he had more time, and that it was OK for me to still have no idea what I want to do with my life.
• I sang "Go Cubs Go" A LOT
  
• I had one of the best days of my life
• I had one of the worst days of my life
  
• I got my heart broken, again.
• I played a lot of beer pong, eventually got sick of it, and...
  
• I played a new drinking game that consumed my life for the remainder of the year, and continues to this day
• I fell in love with hip-hop again
  
• I visited both Motherlands
• I saw some fantastic movies [The Wackness, Slumdog Millionaire, RocknRolla, Dark Knight, Iron Man, Wall-E, Tropic Thunder, In Bruges, and Son of Rambow]
• Most of my favorite artists came out with new outstanding records [Atmosphere, Oasis, Snow Patrol, The Streets, The Roots, Coldplay]

And last but certainly not least,

I ran into a street pole. Sorry, no link for that one.

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