See you in Final Fantasy XIV Online.

College is stressful...


Full college update tomorrow.

I was planning on making an epic post about how awesome the University of Maryland is, but then tonight happened.

I'm just going to say that I don't thinkdrinking doesn't do anything for me anymore. The parties are fun but coming home and realizing how miserable people can be (namely myself) is just too much to handle. I don't need the overflow of emotions (namely anger and sadness) that come with the brief fun. That isn't to say that I get like this all the time, but if I'm in the wrong compnay or something in particular happens when I'm drinking or drunk, I'll feel like the least important person in the world.

I think I'm going to stick to seltzer from now on.

Hold your applause.

College class scheduling SUCKS.

Go see The Dark Knight this weekend (TDK in Imax was unbelievable). You owe to yourself. It's easily one of the top five movies I have seen.

I love and hate technology at the same time.



It's been awfully hard waiting for this to reach my front door.



*Refresh*
Aw. Still in Allentown.

It's absolutely lovely when you're minding your business on your computer and all of the sudden shit starts getting screwed up.A message came up saying that AIM needs to close. AIM closes, I try to boot it back up... same error. Reset my computer... same error. Uninstall AIM, install newer version... same error. Uninstall aim and attempt to install Trillian. Towards the end of the Trillian installation process.. the same fucking error occurs on Trillian. Anyone have any idea as to what's up with my computer? I'm running Spybot right now.

I would really like to order my Macbook Pro right about now.

My favorite albums as of July 3rd, 2008. This list isn't quite done.

Alice in Chains - Dirt
At the Drive-In - In/Casino/Out
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
Beck - Guero
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Circa Survive - Juturna
The Clash - London Calling
Daft Punk - Discovery
The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning of, And All Things Regarding Ms. Leading
De Facto - Megaton Shotblast
The Doors - The Doors
The Fall of Troy - Manipulator
Franz Ferdinand - Self Titled
Gnarls Barkley - St. Eleswhere
Gorillaz - Self Titled
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Incubus - Make Yourself
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
Kanye West - Late Registration
Les Savy Fav - Inches
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Couldn't pick a Led Zeppelin album...
Live - Throwing Copper
Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
The mars Volta - Frances the Mute
The Mars Volta - Amputechture
Minus the Bear - Menos El Oso
Muse - Orgin of Symmetry
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Nirvana - Nevermind
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pixies - Doolittle
Portugal. The Man - Waiter: "You Vultures!
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Radiohead - The Bends
Radiohead- In Rainbows
Rage Against the Machine - Self Titled
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Rush - Moving Pictures
Santana - Abraxas
Saul Williams - Self Titled
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
The Sound of Animals Fighting - Lover, The Lord Has Left Us

To be quite frank...

The Dutch just fucked up Italy.

Bad.

Those were some awesome goals, too. Especially the first and second ones.

I could use some album recommendations!

All genres are cool, but I'm looking for some new rock tunes more so.

Today someone said something mind opening to me. One of my enemies, turned friends (and parking buddy) came up to me today and asked me to organize a movement in our class to throw our caps in the air at graduation. I mentioned my skepticism toward the idea as I doubted that many people would go for it, and it was at that point that he kind of changed the way I looked at things. He said "Jarred, you organized the tailgating, senior skip day, the class video, and the senior prank- you're THE person to organize this. If it weren't for you, 150 kids wouldn't have skipped school. You're the man for the job.You ARE the reason those things went down/are going down." It's kind of weird to think about, but I really have made an impact on my class- more so than most class officers. I'm not going to lie, I feel pretty accomplished right now. I've gone from the scared, easily-intimidated big kid to the person that people approach when things need to get done. It really makes me smile.

Now why didn't I pull for the male vote for "Best Leader" of the superlatives again? Best leader beats the hell out of best hair.

(I'll post a real update later)

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For years, Boll has piqued the ire of the gaming community by adapting many of their favorite games into universally panned films. On April 4, 2008, Boll remarked to legendary horror site FearNet that he'd consider acquiescing to his critics and abandoning making films in this genre if an online petition reached one million signatures. As of press time, the petition is just about 234,000 names,...

Sign it.
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?RRH53888

...today's was a new Nine Inch Nails album.

Trent Reznor is a saint.

So I went out and took pictures.

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What do you think?

EDIT: I really want to go back to the spot where I took the first picture and retake it at midnight when I won't have to deal with house lights in the background.

"The White Stripes wrapped up their quirky Canadian tour July 16 with a single note in St. John's.

Following shows on boats, buses, bridges and classrooms, Jack and Meg White took to the stage on George Street in St. [John.]

John's and played a single note - reportedly a C-sharp - before announcing they have "now officially played in every province and territory in Canada" and leaving the stage.

Hundreds of fans showed up for the last minute event, but were pre-warned that the show would be just one-note long." - Ultimate Guitar

New journal, a new begining, a nice fresh start.

Frankly, I don't feel like going back and deleting all the entries on my old account. I don't feel like dealing with all the stuff I wrote up through sophmore year.