Well this kinda fell apart like I thought it would. As of right now, I've decided to get this thing back up to date, get it a new look, and try to do some more interesting things with it. The summer came and went without much to say about it really. After Bonnaroo I didn't really do anything special in particular. And with this amount of time past, I can't recall anything of epic idiocy to report. Although I did go to a Phillies game over last summer with a few friends which ended up interesting. Firstly, we were in the upper level of Citizen's Bank Park, and not many were around us. I think when we went to the game the Phillies were doing pretty terribly, so not many were in attendance. Before the game, cameramen were all around the stadium getting people on the big screen to waste time. After a few different groups appeared on the screen, a bunch of familiar faces showed up. All the friends I was with were on the screen, except for me. The cameraman had decided to fit everyone into the picture besides me, which seems to be just like my luck.

Soon after, the pre-game activities began, which started with the throwing of the opening pitch. Someone not much younger than myself goes up to the mound to throw the first pitch to the Phanatic. The ball makes it about halfway to him before hitting the ground and rolling to a stop. I began to laugh and mock the guy, claiming it to be "the worst pitch I have ever seen". Well I soon came to regret those words, as I soon later found out that it was Down syndrome awareness night. All I can say is thankfully we were almost alone in the upper level. I felt really bad about that, and only reflecting on that long after does that seem funny.

Beyond that, there hasn't been much of anything good to report. A semester or nothing great has come and passed, and I'm close to finishing another. The only news is in regards to the future, which includes the concerts I plan on seeing over this summer. Firstly, I am very interested in Lollapalooza. They have an amazing lineup(The Raconteurs, The Black Keys, Radiohead, and Wilco to name a few), although I'm sure that a decent amount of bands I want to see will have conflicting times. As long as I get a summer job with a good salary, I will be more than willing to head out to Chicago for an extended weekend of great music. Besides that, the other concerts I'm looking forward to are The Flaming Lips, who are playing May 24th at Penn's Landing, and Pearl Jam, playing at the Susquehanna Bank Center (the old Tweeter Center in Camden). I overslept the morning Pearl Jam tickets went on sale, so all I could find were lawn seats. I think I'm going to risk not getting a ticket to try and score some from a radio contest though.

In other news regarding the future, I'm still looking forward to get some sort of band together for the summer. I've had the drive more than ever just to play music recently, and I don't even care if I get to do another open-mic night or not. I just want to sit down with others that I know and play something, anything. In that regard, some form of the Stiffly Stiffersons are due to come back, whenever Dave is home I'll be looking forward to practicing.


That seems long enough. I'll leave you with one of the best videos I have found in a while. This is a parody of a car dealership, which is very well done. Welcome to Big Bill Hell's (NSFW):