Saturday, July 30, 2005
Evil Brian: The Returnening
It has been a fine 14 days in Steel City, but it's nice to be home. I didn't end up seeing too much of Pittsburgh, as I had 8 hour classes to attend 5 days a week, but what I did see I was quite impressed with. I'll definitely have to come back. I actually spent much of my time in Moon Township, one of what I would estimate would be about 150 townships that surround Pittsburgh. Moon Township is where FedEx Ground Headquarters is located, and my classroom was next to what appeared to be an oil refinery on Neville Island. It was quite a boring trip, though I DID get to watch the Pirates lose a game to the Rockies, which was immediately followed by one of the grandest fireworks displays I've ever been privvy to. Seriously, I had no idea you could set fireworks to a Richard Cheese song...or that there was such a song as the 'Pittsburgh Polka', for that matter. It was a fortnight of learning, is what I'm trying to say.
There was, however, one shining pinnacle of awesomeness in these past two weeks. One that I had no idea was going to happen when I landed at Pittsburgh Airport, but one that I am inifinitely grateful for having occurred. The stars indeed were aligned in my favor.
OZZFEST.
Review forthcoming.
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It has been a fine 14 days in Steel City, but it's nice to be home. I didn't end up seeing too much of Pittsburgh, as I had 8 hour classes to attend 5 days a week, but what I did see I was quite impressed with. I'll definitely have to come back. I actually spent much of my time in Moon Township, one of what I would estimate would be about 150 townships that surround Pittsburgh. Moon Township is where FedEx Ground Headquarters is located, and my classroom was next to what appeared to be an oil refinery on Neville Island. It was quite a boring trip, though I DID get to watch the Pirates lose a game to the Rockies, which was immediately followed by one of the grandest fireworks displays I've ever been privvy to. Seriously, I had no idea you could set fireworks to a Richard Cheese song...or that there was such a song as the 'Pittsburgh Polka', for that matter. It was a fortnight of learning, is what I'm trying to say.
There was, however, one shining pinnacle of awesomeness in these past two weeks. One that I had no idea was going to happen when I landed at Pittsburgh Airport, but one that I am inifinitely grateful for having occurred. The stars indeed were aligned in my favor.
OZZFEST.
Review forthcoming.
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Internets, Hooray!!!
Indeed, strike up the band and get the parades in order, the new apartment finally has the Internets! It is bittersweet, however, since today I will be travelling to lovely scenic Pittsburgh, PA where I will stay for two goddamn weeks of retarded-ass job training at FedEx World Headquarters. I will be in a hotel and, unfortunately, I am not opulent enough to own a laptop computer to take with me. So this poor little webpage will be barren and empty for much longer than I would ever had hoped.
If anyone knows the closest movie theater (and pub/bar) to Park Lane Drive in Pittsburgh, that would be most appreciative.
Hopefully, you will not all forget about me as I take my two week boring ass classes/vacation.
Ad majorem Evil Brian gloriam!
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Indeed, strike up the band and get the parades in order, the new apartment finally has the Internets! It is bittersweet, however, since today I will be travelling to lovely scenic Pittsburgh, PA where I will stay for two goddamn weeks of retarded-ass job training at FedEx World Headquarters. I will be in a hotel and, unfortunately, I am not opulent enough to own a laptop computer to take with me. So this poor little webpage will be barren and empty for much longer than I would ever had hoped.
If anyone knows the closest movie theater (and pub/bar) to Park Lane Drive in Pittsburgh, that would be most appreciative.
Hopefully, you will not all forget about me as I take my two week boring ass classes/vacation.
Ad majorem Evil Brian gloriam!
Friday, July 08, 2005
A Warning
Well, it's been 7 weeks since I started my charts, but it looks like I'll finally be missing one. The Big Move is tomorrow, and I've been packing all day. STill got a lot to do, and haven't finished typing up my new useless Top 10, so, until the new townhouse gets internet, you all shall have to go Listless. Words with double meanings are fun.
Here's hoping we get internet soon!
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Well, it's been 7 weeks since I started my charts, but it looks like I'll finally be missing one. The Big Move is tomorrow, and I've been packing all day. STill got a lot to do, and haven't finished typing up my new useless Top 10, so, until the new townhouse gets internet, you all shall have to go Listless. Words with double meanings are fun.
Here's hoping we get internet soon!
Friday, July 01, 2005
Meaningless Top Ten List: Volume 6
You can tell it's been a tiring and busy week when I have two meaningless list posts in a row. And July is just going to get worse and worse. Here's what the following month looks like for The Evil One.
July 2: Work from 1:30 AM until about 9 or 10, then back home to shower, finish packing, and then trying to navigate my way to my friend's apartment in Bradley Beach, NJ. Then, drinking until Monday.
July 5: Into work for an hour or two to clean up anything that might have been left behind by the drivers.
Sometime between the 6th and the 8th: Signing the lease to my new apartment.
July 9-10: Moving in with 2 of my friends to our awesome apartment.
July 17-29: FedEx Ground job training in scenic Pittsburgh, PA.
And of course, every weekday in between those are 10 hour workdays (at least) in a poorly-ventilated warehouse. Fun fun fun.
Any-hoo, I believe it's time once again for a meaningless top 10 list. I used to have a backlog of these things, but due to my own complacence and/or insane work schedule, this is the last of my backlog. Looks like I'll have to try and be creative come next week. But until then, here is my most favorite (and most frustrating to determine) meaningless Top 10 List:
10. "American Pie" Don McLean. I think it's an obscure law that every college student in America know the words to this song. Believe me, it's a lot easier to memorize 9 minutes of lyrics than it is to memorize a handful of stupid physics theorems.
9. "Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen. Isn't it obvious?
8. "Don't Let's Start" They Might Be Giants. What? It's only the GREATEST POP SONG EVER.
EVER.
7. "Paradise City" Guns N' Roses. No matter what your feeling towards Axl Rose or metal in general, nobody can deny how badass this song really is. The perfect song for the summer and impossible to resist singing along to.
6. "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" Otis Redding. It is clinically impossible not to love this song.
5. "Today" The Smashing Pumpkins. The most awesome song recorded during the 90's. Don't even try to argue.
4. "Thunder Road" Bruce Springsteen. [explanation deleted; deemed not necessary]
3. "What's Going On" Marvin Gaye. The man was a genius. Everything that R&B music should be; meaningful, soulful and damn near heartbreaking.
2. "With God On Our Side" Bob Dylan. The most meaningful song in history. Still just as powerful now as it was 30 years ago. The greatest lyricist America has ever produced.
1. "What A Wonderful World" Louis Armstrong. This is the single absolute pinnacle of human achievement in recorded sound. Everything after this has just been pretending. The perfect song; simple, catchy, hopeful, mournful and timeless all at once. Nothing else even comes close.
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You can tell it's been a tiring and busy week when I have two meaningless list posts in a row. And July is just going to get worse and worse. Here's what the following month looks like for The Evil One.
July 2: Work from 1:30 AM until about 9 or 10, then back home to shower, finish packing, and then trying to navigate my way to my friend's apartment in Bradley Beach, NJ. Then, drinking until Monday.
July 5: Into work for an hour or two to clean up anything that might have been left behind by the drivers.
Sometime between the 6th and the 8th: Signing the lease to my new apartment.
July 9-10: Moving in with 2 of my friends to our awesome apartment.
July 17-29: FedEx Ground job training in scenic Pittsburgh, PA.
And of course, every weekday in between those are 10 hour workdays (at least) in a poorly-ventilated warehouse. Fun fun fun.
Any-hoo, I believe it's time once again for a meaningless top 10 list. I used to have a backlog of these things, but due to my own complacence and/or insane work schedule, this is the last of my backlog. Looks like I'll have to try and be creative come next week. But until then, here is my most favorite (and most frustrating to determine) meaningless Top 10 List:
Top 10 Greatest Songs Ever Made (That Weren't Made By The Beatles)
10. "American Pie" Don McLean. I think it's an obscure law that every college student in America know the words to this song. Believe me, it's a lot easier to memorize 9 minutes of lyrics than it is to memorize a handful of stupid physics theorems.
9. "Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen. Isn't it obvious?
8. "Don't Let's Start" They Might Be Giants. What? It's only the GREATEST POP SONG EVER.
EVER.
7. "Paradise City" Guns N' Roses. No matter what your feeling towards Axl Rose or metal in general, nobody can deny how badass this song really is. The perfect song for the summer and impossible to resist singing along to.
6. "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" Otis Redding. It is clinically impossible not to love this song.
5. "Today" The Smashing Pumpkins. The most awesome song recorded during the 90's. Don't even try to argue.
4. "Thunder Road" Bruce Springsteen. [explanation deleted; deemed not necessary]
3. "What's Going On" Marvin Gaye. The man was a genius. Everything that R&B music should be; meaningful, soulful and damn near heartbreaking.
2. "With God On Our Side" Bob Dylan. The most meaningful song in history. Still just as powerful now as it was 30 years ago. The greatest lyricist America has ever produced.
1. "What A Wonderful World" Louis Armstrong. This is the single absolute pinnacle of human achievement in recorded sound. Everything after this has just been pretending. The perfect song; simple, catchy, hopeful, mournful and timeless all at once. Nothing else even comes close.
