Sam's Blog

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Am I excited about the new NIN album? Of course. Have I heard it yet? Nope. But I will probably still buy it. I do hope that it is a fantastic album because there hasn’t been many lately. If you know me at all, you know that I don’t listen to the radio much. I know that I will hear the new song soon. I know it’s out there. Maybe I’ve already heard it before and didn’t realize it? I highly doubt it, but there is still a slight chance. In any case, I will hear it soon and I will probably hate it at first. That is usually my reaction to his music. Then I grow to like it, or in some cases, fall absolutely in love with it. Damn, now I want to hear the song. My unhealthy obsession with Trent Reznor started my freshman year of high school (1994). It was during band camp [insert chuckle] and I was totally in love with Jason (my friend, Alison’s brother). It was just a small crush, especially since he was a junior and totally popular. It’s funny to type that because I know Alison reads this sometimes, but she knows about my crush on him. I believe many of her friends had a crush on him, so she is used to it. It’s even weirder now because he just got married this past October. Anyway, he would blast the song “Closer” all of the time in his truck while we loaded and unloaded all of the percussion from the field. Ah, good memories. So Trent and I have had a love affair for over ten years. He’s been such a recluse lately, but I know that he will be out to promote his new album. I still want to go to Coachella to see him. I am debating because I want to go to both days and I am not sure if I can afford the time or the $$.

Earlier today, Angie asked for our top 5 movies. I couldn’t decide. I thought of 10 off the top of my head, which actually impressed me. So I will post them up here. I can already think of a few that I forgot and some that I would take off, but it was spontaneous thinking on my part and I was surprised that I could even come up with those, given that it was such a horribly busy and awful day. Here they are: The Big Chill, Reality Bites, In the Mood for Love (or any other Wong Kar-Wai film for that matter), American History X, The Royal Tenenbaums, Casablanca, The Usual Suspects, Roman Holiday, Office Space, & Amelie.

I met up with Lisa at lunch. She is feeling better physically, but not so much mentally. I hope that things get better for her soon. That’s all that I can say. I like having actual conversations with her. It’s swell.

So I was finally able to solve my random spam problems. It appears that the couple that is getting married listed an email address and people got confused and replied to my email address. Slight mix-up, but no harm done. The only reason why I know this is because one of the people that replied still had the original email invite attached to his response, so I was able to read what they sent out. It’s nice to finally know and also to know that it wasn’t spam that I’ve been getting.

I met up with one of my favorite professors from college. He is doing great and we were able to discuss so many things like current events and programs, research, graduate school, politics, and why he decided to stay in LA instead of moving back to Canada. It was a refreshing conversation and I was really comfortable around him. I hadn’t seen him in over two years and I was afraid that he had forgotten who I was. It was pleasant and I am volunteering to help him with his research and anything else he throws at me. It’s nice to be in the academic mindset again. I kinda missed it (but not too much).

Josh and I went with some of his animation friends to Philly West, a local restaurant bar near my old apartment. Excellent cheese steak sandwiches and cheese fries. Yum yum. It’s a cool place to sit and relax and watch whatever game is on at that time. It's pretty rad.

Two of my good friends are out of town right now and I miss them dearly. I can't wait for them to get back...M will be back tomorrow (yay!) and Angela will be back in about 10 more days hopefully. My life feels incomplete without them here, especially since they're gone at the same time.

S&TC quote of the day:
“Philadelpha. Just a hop, skip, a cab, a metroliner and another cab away.” – Carrie (Season 4 - My Motherboard, My Self)