These are my thoughts right now

I like this blog 'cause it may as well be a private journal. Only like 3 people besides me have seen it.
So I finally figured out why I love Punk Rock so much. My emotional spectrum is very limited; mostly I'm sad, sometimes I'm happy, usually I'm a pretty pissed off individual, rarely I can love but it's hard for me to admit it. Now, music can pretty much only make me feel sad, or pissed of and self righteous. I prefer the latter so I will blast Black Flag, Crass, old school Against Me!, before I listen to The Smiths, The Cure and the like.
Back to me being a sad person. I've done something I never though I would: kept a relationship "long distance." I didn't think it could ever work, but I don't want to end it with this lady. I've known her forever, and she's been my favorite person for a long time and blaaah Blogs are lame, and I like her a lot so there.
No more to say tonight, besides Punk Rock Anarchy.

Release the Bats!!

I'm sitting at my desk, smoking a joint, and listening to The Birthday Party; it's a really great combo. I just started listening to The Birthday Party, Nick Cave is a powerful singer. The song "She's Hit" is wicked; the whole song is lead by Cave hardly singing and backed by intense, haunting music. Check it out if you have a soul, and are into post-punk.
I woke up extra early today in order to go to work. It was seven o'clock, I had my cereal and coffee, and I just put on an episode of Strangers With Candy to watch while I ate. I wasn't five minutes into the show when my dad pokes his head into the door and tells me not to come in today.
"We'll get 'em tomorrow" he says as he shuts the door, now officially departing for this working day. It's snowing and very slippery out so he didn't want me to risk it. I'm okay with not going in today. Don't really know what I'm going to do today; I'd like to get some reading done and play more Chrono Crusade. We'll see.
T-T-F-N

God knows I've Got To Live Mine

Haven't written anything on this for a while.

I've been switching between books a lot lately. My "primary" book has been "The Once and Future King" by T.H. White. It's really enjoyable, and I like that I'm finally reading a book in the Arthurian Legend. I've only got through the first three books; my favorite so far has been the third, "The Ill-Made Knight." The one where Lancelot shows up and screws Guenevere. In between reading that I've taken to brushing up on Lovecraft. I just finished his novella "At the Mountains of Madness" which is really engrossing. "The Dunwich Horror" is still my favorite Lovecraft story. Been making my way through two comic series as well: "Buffy Season Eight" and "Chrono Crusade." The former is a continuation of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" T.V. show, and the latter is a manga. Both are pretty enjoyable, although the Buffy comic is a tad disappointing.

After a break in working, I've taken up to running a CNC again. Still working for Dad, but I have the possibility to be earning a real paycheck soon. Interesting...

Video games! The new Pokemon games come out soon, and I'm beyond excited. Introducing more new Pokemon than any other generation? I'm all about that; I already preordered my copy of White. Started playing Chrono Trigger, and I'm really enjoying it. I love NES-SNES era RPGs.

I'm never any good at concluding shit, so I'll just say good-bye.

Moving On

As of yesterday I no longer attend Salem State University. The process of withdrawal was so easy it was almost a let down; after all the bullshit and red tape that institution has put me through, a simple two minute phone call was all it took to get out of it. The only thing I plan on doing in concerns of that school is pay off my debts and get a transcript. If all goes according to plan I'll be attend UMASS Amherst this fall, and after completing my bachelors I'd like to go to Hampshire College to finish my schooling. I hope to one day be a librarian; not at your local public library, I want to hold a position in an academic library. Doing research and assisting others and such. I think I'll really enjoy aiding others in their quest for knowledge.
Lately I've had a dithyrambic pursuit of all things Joss Whedon; I've just finished watching all seven seasons of Buffy (have now moved onto the comics), and am about half way finished with the first season of Angel. I watched both series sporadically when they were on the air, but never really got into them. In high school I watched Firefly, which I loved, and of course I've always been a Toy Story fanatic. There's something about the way he writes and the characters he creates that has sucked me in. I can't get enough.
In other news, I've been reading (and am almost done) with Moby Dick. It's a very good book, but I didn't really enjoy it that much. Herman Melville is a wonderful author who has a real command of the English language, however he has a tendency, like most of his contemporaries, to prattle on and on about nothing much. Now, I know there is more to a book than just story, and I appreciate all the background he gives on the whaling industry, but if you removed everything not pertaining to the plot, the 500 plus page novel would probably only be about 200. It is interesting, however, that Ishmael (who I thought would be the main character) is really nothing more than a silent narrator. All the action of the story is mostly controlled by Ahab. I would say that the main character of the novel is either Ahab or the whale Moby Dick. My favorite part of the novel (so far, I only have about 30 pages left) is when Ahab refuses to abandon his quest for Moby Dick to help his fellow Nantucketer and whaling captain search for his son. This scene really show how mad and devoted Ahab has become in his adventure for revenge. Apparently there's an anime that was made based off the book; I'd like to check it out.
Still looking for a job, nothing promising yet. Still hopeful.