Posted July 24, 2008 at 10:21 am by Harisn
Get circumcised
(Seriously)
NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THE WORST KIND OF CANCER FTW
FINAL CONCLUSION OF THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
Posted July 22, 2008 at 12:20 am by Harisn
Today, I went to work and it lasted forever. I told myself I’d go to sleep earlier tonight so I would get more sleep for tomorrow, but I didn’t. I’m still up. Didn’t do a lot of anything productive. Oh well. Did watch the Venture Bros though… Felt sorry for myself and played video games.. Got angry at people all day. Not that angry though. Not really angry at all. Just disappointed. But I was still thinking about the day before, when I was getting a lot of support from my friends. I have some good friends sometimes.
In conclusion, Monday: FAILURE
4 successes and 3 failures
In conclusion of this week: SUCCESS
Wow, I didn’t think it’d make it. Way to go, week!
Oops sorry I was busy with having a life
Posted July 21, 2008 at 1:47 am by Harisn
Friday, saw the Dark Knight with some friends and went out for dinner. It was fun.
In conclusion, Friday: SUCCESS
Yesterday, work went by fairly quickly, as I had two of my favorite people to work with, Stephanie and Victoria. I also finished recording I song I started a long time ago. I added vocal harmonies, and it’s probably one of my most complete songs I’ve recorded. I also made sure to EQ it well. Ever since GarageBand added the visual EQ, my life has been significantly better.
In conclusion, Saturday: SUCCESS
Today was a lot of fun. Saw some musicals and had a good dinner with friends… But I did forget about The Venture Bros. Bleh. I’ll have to watch it tomorrow… That just brought the “A” grade down to an A-… Also, I don’t know if I’ve mentioned, but I did go throguh with the bullet point system. It is fun. I WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO YOU ALL
In conclusion, Sunday: SUCCESS
Posted July 19, 2008 at 9:38 pm by Crumb Bandit
that was a good book by the way. You guys might enjoy that one, if you were the sort I was in high school, (albeit drugs, perchance). Got any for me?
Posted July 18, 2008 at 12:04 am by Harisn
Well, I got my performance review today. I got a 3.2/5 and got a bit of a raise. More than Best Buy… Maybe… Well, either way, I wasn’t expecting it to be this big. Or that good of a review. But my manager made me feel good about myself. Said I always came in with a smile. Saw Chumscrubber. Ate shitty pizza at the mall…. Oh, got in an argument with my coworker about how he is pissed because I never work weekends and he always has to. Of all the people to get in an argument with at work, I never thought it’d be him. Haha. And it wasn’t really much of an argument, I guess.
In conclusion, Thursday: SUCCESS.
Sometimes I think I’m too horny for my own good.
Starting up my bullet point system!
Posted July 17, 2008 at 11:01 pm by Crumb Bandit
I pick scabs on my head that I created somehow. I think I scratched myself from itching. Its really stupid though, cause they seem kinda deep, and never go away cause I keep picking them FTL.
Blending Electronics with Nature
Posted July 16, 2008 at 10:54 pm by Crumb Bandit
In a hipster mod-art kinda way. Minus the nature. I love the way that stuff glows. I am a sucker for good lighting. I always knew it. Harison! Quickly become my friend on ILWY and we must also work out the lighting for our shows. It will be home done, and we must possibly be prude enough to bring our own lights. (I am tottaly down for being stuck-up)
This week’s special: Severed Head evaluates whether his day was a success or not
Posted July 16, 2008 at 10:52 pm by Harisn
I coud’ve sworn I wrote this somewhere already, but here it is:
Tuesday: Tried programming for many hours, and failed. Woke up at 4 AM (after going to bed at 1 AM (already later than scheduled)) thinking about programmed, and tried again. Failed… Also, earlier in the day, I went to get my car window fixed but they needed to order the motor and it turned out being too expensive, so I just taped my window, which didn’t work either… Also, my first poster fell down from my ceiling. Onto my fan. Which tore it to fucking shreds. Goodbye, KoRn poster from my childhood.
In conclusion, Tuesday: FAILURE
Wednesday: Went to work really tired. Ate at taco bell which sucked. Got along well with coworkers, didn’t get too mad at customers, time went by fast. Finished boba really fast. Won a bunch on Blockles at night… Didn’t get a single thing done from the to-do list except Laundry… This is a tough call… I think generally, these are going to depend on what kind of note I end on at night. I am mad at myself for doing nothing on my list so… Up too late writing online. Have to go to work tomorrow… Probably won’t get to bed on time. Rush is on Colbert.
In conclusion, Wednesday: FAILURE
I want to do a blog thing where I describe every day I have… That is, each day will be summed up into important bullet points… And for each of these, these are things that don’t happen every day. For example, today would’ve been •Started getting good at Blockles •Discovered car window won’t hold up with tape and •Woke up at 4 after going to bed at 1
What do you think? I think it’d be cool to look back on. And, obviously, for more significant events, it’d be even more fun to look back on?? I don’t know what I’m talking about.
Posted July 16, 2008 at 7:08 am by Harisn
I figure not everyone likes to read my rants. They are long and pissed off. But I was pissed off… and long? I think so.
But I digress… I came here to talk about something else. The secret to finding true love
Now More Hawaii: Maui Vacation Blogfest Episode 3
Fun, Life, Limb, Lists, Music, Philosophy, Pissed off rants, Plane, Things To Do Before I Die, Website
Posted July 16, 2008 at 6:57 am by Harisn
SECOND DAY CONTINUED. Um. We ate dinner at a really nice, expensive restaurant. Easily $100 a plate. And there were 9 of us. Yeah. Anyway, it was my stepdad’s birthday… I think I had some scallops and shrimp dish and holy fuck was it good.
As you might notice, I am writing at 6-7 in the morning. THIS IS NOT AN ERROR. I woke up at around 4, unable to get back to sleep, having gone to bed at approximately 1 (much later than I had originally wanted, too!)… I did sleep for 14 hours the night before, though. And the night before that, you ask? 0 hours. Before that, I went to bed at about 3 AM+ Phoenix time (midnight in Hawaii). SO AS YOU CAN SEE, MY SLEEP SCHEDULE IS PRETTY FUCKED UP RIGHT NOW…. Ugh.
THIRD DAY. Went snorkling for the second time, this time from a boat! It was pretty cool… Except that I almost threw up again. We went to ____ (Hawaiian name, hard to remember/pronounce) Crater. There were some totally cute babes there, but I guess I am bad at approaching them? It was around this time that it really started to sink in that it sucks being young and horny and single? And not ballsy enough to have anonymous sex? Also, it doesn’t help to vacation in a romantic getaway area during this period of my life??
ANYWAY. it was Mai Tai night, so I had a little bit to drink, with the aide of my parents. At dinner that night, my mom was very intent on my helping to clean up afterward. I’m fine with doing it, but I just felt like shit. I ate too much and was a bit dehydrated, I think. But anyway. My mom was really intent on helping out and being sure to thank the shit out of everyone throughout the whole trip. That got annoying fast. “Tell Dave thank you!” as I was about to. Like… It makes it seem less sincere coming from me if I say it after she tells me to out loud in front of the person, don’t you think? It is also demeaning to the point that I feel like a goddamn child!
FOURTH DAY. Didn’t do a damn thing all day! Jessie introduced me to the wonderful world that is Blockles. I would encourage all of our readers (Jake (before, I used to joke about this, but now I think the two of us may literally be the only ones that read it, due to recent events)) to sign up… It’s not a painful process and it’s a fun game. If anyone wants to add me, my name is Harisn on there. It stands for “He’s always rocking into sexalicious noise”!
We went to a Luau, which was pretty cool, and tried these fucking awesome drinks… I FOUND IT! I found the website for it. It is called the “Jackson Chameleon” and it is “made with Sierra Mist and Honeydew Melon Syrup”! WOO.
At some point, on one of these days, I bought one of those things you put… stuff on… When you’re cooking. It starts with a T. I always forget what it’s called, but then remember 5 minutes later. We’ll see if that happens.
Also at the Luau, we were standing in line to get in, and I was wearing shorts mind you (the whole vacation!! (I never wear shorts because I feel weird in them(I also wore only light-colored shirts(Again, I feel weird in them… I never have as much confidence))) and this kid drops this glass in front of me and IT EXPLODES!!! Anyway, the glass shrapnel flew straight into my leg and cut it. It was gross.
It was also around then that I noticed I was started to grow a unibrow and my confidence and self image dropped even lower.
BUT. I met this cute girl named Beth. And her sister Sarah. They were 19 and 12, respectively. Beth might’ve had implants. But she was funny, charming, good looking, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, she had a good head on her shoulders. Not into drugs or self destruction and that kind of shit. After talking for about an hour and a half at the hot tub, we went our separate ways. She’s in Maui until August, and she said we’d totally see each other at the pool later, but we never did. I saw her one time the next day, but she was with her parents, and I felt awkward approaching her in that situation.
I’m kind of mad at myself for not just talking to her anyway, because it really sucked not having anyone to talk to most of the time in Hawaii. It was rather lonely. I don’t think I said this before, but I was the only one without a partner of some sort. That is, of the people I was in Hawaii with, there were 3 married couples and a pair of sisters. I was the odd one out. And it seemed that we got along really well! Oh well. A lot of the downtime during my vacation (and I must say, a good 90% of it was downtime!) was spent being bummed about not being able to talk to/approach girls and how I felt so isolated from the rest of the world and how I missed my friends and blah blah blah.
What day are we on? FIFTH DAY. Right? Yes. Went to another beach, supposedly THE nicest one in the world (you may recall earlier that we went to the second nicest beach)… It was all right. Not so crowded. My stepdad ran into someone he knew in the parking lot, oddly enough. THIS time I brought my iPod. It was nice, but I ended up getting sunburnt. From here on, I learned to bring my iPod for the downtime where I had nothing else to do. I didn’t even bother trying snorkeling anymore after my last 2 experiences. I finished the Dr. Drew and Adam book, and started up on Kurt Vonnegut’s Happy Birthday, Wanda June, which was just a terrific read!… I am reading his stuff chronologically (see my list of things to do before I die… WHICH I UPDATED A FEW DAYS AGO BY THE WAY! A LOT!!!), but I screwed up on this one. I think I read somewhere that it was written in 1960, when, in fact, it was written in 1970. Ah well. I will just re-read it when the time comes around. It is a play, and a damn good one at that.
SIXTH DAY. …Finished the Vonnegut play…. Hung out all day… Not a lot to do, really.
SEVENTH DAY. Our last day!… My counting seems off. But anyway, we went to the volcano… I don’t remember which one. It hasn’t been active for like 400 years, but it was really cool. It was mostly driving there, so, again, more iPod-listening… And THEN we waited at the airport and blah blah blah came home. This was a red eye flight though, which means it was over night. It was one of the most torturous experiences I could’ve imagined. I just COULD NOT SLEEP. Much like now! I literally got like no sleep on the flight. At most, maybe a few minutes of really light sleep, but it was horrible. Confined to a tiny little seat for 6 hours trying to sleep… The kid behind me was such a pain in the ass too and kept hitting my chair somehow, and I would’ve said something were his dad not such a freaking dick too! Yelling at kids for opening windows and the like. I mean, I understand not wanting kids to do that, but he did it in the most dickish way possible.
I have to go to work in an hour. I’ve been programming a lot of the day, trying to get this stupid Earthbound theme to work, but alas, it doesn’t want to work. I will try again sometime in the near future, but I don’t want to waste another day. Today was supposed to be focused on taking my car to the shop to get the window fixed, but I guess it needed a new motor that had to be found and ordered. There was only one left at their “source”, and, with labor, it would’ve cost me $347. So I told him I’d think about it/wait. But I DID get to eat at my favorite restaurant, Tokyo Express, which is nearby there…. Other than that, I’d say this day (3 hours of sleep, probably somewhere around 4 hours of programming with very little progress, not getting my car fixed or getting much nearer to it getting fixed) is going to go down in the books as a FAILURE.
Pissed off rants, Propaganda, Things To Do Before I Die
Posted July 13, 2008 at 10:17 pm by Crumb Bandit
and to fight the only other posting blogger here, I post this link. FOR THE REPUBLICA!!!! (lolz c? cause its not like republicans r much better but STILL. lolz)
but seriously, More government HELP means, GASP!!! More Government. Truth.
sorry for the broken link, I think this post clarifies those comments anyway.
Now More Hawaii: Maui Vacation Blogfest Episode 2
Posted July 12, 2008 at 10:49 pm by Harisn
SECOND DAY. Snorkling! Hated it. It was fun at first, but so much salt water kept getting in my mouth. Not to the point where I was drowning or anything, but every time I’d have to put my tube thing back in my mouth, it was covered in salt water and a little would get into my mouth. Anyway, that is just really gross and it made me want to throw up and I figured I’d bear with it, but then I started gagging. So I came back to the beach, which was, by the way, supposedly the second nicest beach in the WORLD.
My stepdad grabbed a turtle while we were there, and it was cool. And we saw squid. I started the Dr. Drew and Adam book and was immediately in love with it. I’ll probably re-read it a few times. Maybe. Or pick out my favorite parts at least.
THIRD DAY. We drove for a long time and then took a helicopter ride around the islands (not all of them or anything) and general area… It was really cool. It was a bit scary, and I got a bit nauseous from time to time, but my body just fucking sucks like that. Anyway, I forgot my iPod so, in the car, it got pretty painful. I hope I NEVER get to an age in my life where I don’t really want to listen to music. My stepdad used to listen to some good stuff, but now, never EVER listens to any music while he’s in the car. If I get to that point in my life, where I’d prefer the sound of the road to the sound of a guitar, any of you can just fucking shoot me. Anyway, the more dangerous, scary part for me was the ride back, going down a one-lane highway (yes, that is, both ways!!! THERE IS ONE LANE AND CARS ARE GOING BOTH WAYS, YOU GUYS. AND IT IS A REALLY THIN LANE AND WE HAD A BIG CAR AND MY STEPDAD IS NOT EXACTLY A NON-RECKLESS DRIVER AND THIS IS AROUND A MOUNTAIN SO IF YOU SCREW UP IT’S 30 FEET DOWN)… They wanted to take the road because it was more scenic, but I fucking hated it so much.
God, hearing these Republicans complain about the democrats makes me sick. Did I mention I hate Republicans? A lot?? I mean, some of my best friends are Republicans, but I really hate that about them.
Grr. “Obama’s not even black! I mean, you can say he’s black, but he’s half white!”
I am just so mad right now I don’t know if I can continue writing! Right now they are talking about how he won’t for Obama because he’s right off the bat saying that he’s going to raise taxes, as opposed to all the other politicans who say they’re not going to AND THEN DO RAISE TAXES ANYWAY.
I AM JUST SO MAD RIGHT NOW YOU GUYS.
Guitar, Life, Limb, Music, Website
Posted July 11, 2008 at 7:38 pm by Harisn
I love Hawaii, but it is kind of boring right now. I’ve already spent most of my day at the beach and at the pool. Everyone is taking a nap. I think I’ll go do that too.
I finished 2 books. Maybe I should start the next book instead? Then I worry about having nothing to do on the plane, but it is 6 hours IN THE MIDDLE OF TEH NIGHT. HMM. SO. Oops. Anyway. so. I guess that’s not a problem. As Local H would say, “It’s no problem” LOLOMFG. I love that song. Brings a tear to my eye. Literally.
I am listening to a bootleg. God I love archive.org.
I also want to make chiptune music. And to Jake: YES. We will make DMI more like the famous harrisonstechno tune “Distress Call”. I am currently learning all these Earthbound songs and the Kraken battle song is a bit tricky, and required some programming on my part (I do want to somehow use slapbass or something though for the heavy metal version I plan on doing (entitled The Devil’s Machine(that is, the name of the Earthbound metal project is The Devil’s Machine (the name of the Earthbound re-recording project/band/thing in general is Broken Harmonica (both of these titles are references to the game (Earthbound)))))), and it has been really inspiring me to come up with some great Industrial loops and shit.
SO ALSO COMING SOON IS MORE DMI… We need to finish writing our set before summer is over so we can rock out some shows.
Wow, for a lot of text, this took a fairly small amount to write. The new bloggiest blogfest may be out shortly. Shorter than you might think. Or sooner, I guess. Maybe longer in terms of length. I tend to ramble on. I’M A RAMBLIN’ MAN.
Now More Hawaii: Maui Vacation Blogfest Episode 1
Posted July 7, 2008 at 12:32 am by Harisn
FIRST DAY. Woke up at 6:40, after going to bed at about 2 (after drinking 32 oz of my coke/energy drink specialty at QT and doing some super late night shopping at the only 24 hour store I know (a few miles off! (CVS (by myself (God, that place gives me such bad vibes)))))))))
Went to the airport and waited. Hour late flight. More waiting. 6 Hour flight. Couldn’t sleep. More waiting afterward for baggage and rental car. Finished Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs on the flight. Here’s my review:
I like Chuck Klosterman. He’s a good writer, and he’s funny, and he’s entertaining. I also love Adam Carolla. I listened to a good 6 hours or so of his material the day before I left for Hawaii so I am just as familiar with his very strong opinions that he forces onto others… kind of. But the difference between the two, aside from delivery, is that I agree with Adam most of the time… Klosterman just kind of will make these ridiculous claims, or maybe they’re not so ridiculous…. But they’re unsupported so much of the time, and he will take from his life experiences and pretend that these things that happen to him are universal, but the truth is that they never happen to me, so I guess I just can’t relate a lot of the time. With Adam I can’t relate a lot of the time too, but he seems to draw more from everyone else’s experiences rather than only his own.
Long drive in a cramped car. At some point, realized I lost some DS games. Side note: Guitar Hero for the DS is one of the worst ideas ever. Anyway, I lost I guess only 1 DS game and a few GBA games, 2 of which didn’t belong to me. The other DS game didn’t belong to me either. Neither did the DS charger I also lost. So I am going to have to buy these all for my friend, being the responsible person I am. But I am kind of pissed at myself/bummed about it.
Then we had dinner, which was pretty good, and I got some amazing pictures of the sunset.
Got sick of the parents a good 10 minutes after hanging out with them… I’ve seen them too much this week. Dinner at the greatest pizza restaurant in the US, fireworks, and some other random dinner, all in the last week. Yikes. Hawaii fucking rocks. It’s humid as hell, but I think I really like it so far.
I haven’t yet been lei’d since I’ve been here, nor laid. It has been way too long since either has happened to me.
Grammar, Life, Limb, Snakes, Uncategorized
Posted July 6, 2008 at 11:10 pm by Crumb Bandit
But I couldn’t resist! Look at the capabilities! Can you imagine making flyers that say in the readers mind : “DMI CONCERT @ 9:00 PM AT THE WAREHOUSE!”