My SXSW Notes

So these are just my notes about events during SXSW that I will or want to attend. They will obviously change as the days go by. This way people can see what I have in mind and maybe you guys want to join me for something??? Say yes!! I don't want to be alone ALL the time!!!


Important websites/ links:

www.donewaiting.com/sxsw
http://sxsw.com/music/shows/schedule
http://sxsw.com/film/screenings/films/
http://sxsw2009.sched.org/
http://sxswblog.sched.org/
Austin Showlist
SXSW Music is sponsoring some official day parties
SXSW, Baby!
http://sxsw2009.do512.com/bands
Myopenbar.com - Austin


Official SXSW Music shows: You will need a badge or wristband for these shows. If you do not have one, at certain venues you will be able to buy an entrance fee of $20-35.

Wednesday, 18 March 2009
[X] 11:11AM Glasvegas (Vice)
[X] 09:00PM M Ward (Central Presbyterian Church)
[X] 11:00PM Voxtrot (Volume)
[X] 11:30PM Dananananaykroyd (Dirty Dog Bar) (After midnight, Thursday morning)
[X] 12:00AM Aqualung (Latitude 30)
[X] 12:00AM Eli Paperboy Reed & the True Loves (Continental Club)
[X] 12:30AM Echo and The Bunnymen (Emo's Main Room)
[X] 12:30AM Mark Olson & Gary Louris (Victorian Room at The Driskill)

Thursday, 19 March 2009
[X] 07:00PM Cold War Kids (Auditorium Shores Stage (Lady Bird Lake))
[X] 08:00PM Katy Perry (Stubb's)
[X] 08:15PM M Ward (Auditorium Shores Stage (Lady Bird Lake))
[X] 09:30PM Sam Roberts Band (Cedar Street Courtyard)
[X] 10:00PM Hatcham Social (Latitude 30)
[X] 10:00PM Aqualung (Elysium)
[X] 10:00PM Gomez (Stubb's)
[X] 10:00PM The Thermals (Red Eyed Fly)
[X] 11:00PM Andrew Bird (Stubb's)
[X] 11:00PM These Are Powers (Mohawk)
[X] 11:30PM Black Lips (Cedar Street Courtyard) (After midnight, Friday morning)
[X] 12:30AM Primal Scream (Cedar Street Courtyard)
[X] 01:00AM Bearsuit (Rusty Spurs)
[X] 01:00AM Peter Bjorn and John (Emo's Main Room)
[X] 01:15AM Gomez (The Parish)

Friday, 20 March 2009
[X] 11:11AM Black Lips (Emo's Main Room)
[X] 08:00PM Motel Motel (Maggie Mae's)
[X] 08:30PM Dananananaykroyd (La Zona Rosa)
[X] 09:30PM These Are Powers (Club de Ville)
[X] 10:45PM Peter Bjorn and John (Cedar Street Courtyard)
[X] 11:00PM The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (Emo's Jr)
[X] 11:30PM Glasvegas (La Zona Rosa) (After midnight, Saturday morning)
[X] 12:00AM The Black Hollies (The Independent)
[X] 12:00AM The Hold Steady (Mohawk Patio)
[X] 12:00AM Mark Olson & Gary Louris (Momo's)
[X] 12:10AM The Shys (Red Eyed Fly)
[X] 12:30AM New York Dolls (Smokin' Music)
[X] 12:45AM Primal Scream (La Zona Rosa)
[X] 01:00AM Sam Roberts Band (El Sol y La Luna)

Saturday, 21 March 2009
[X] 11:11AM The Whip (La Zona Rosa)
[X] 11:11AM Daniel Johnston (Emo's Main Room)
[X] 11:11AM The Octopus Project (Emo's Main Room)
[X] 07:40PM White Lies (Stubb's)
[X] 08:00PM Explosions in the Sky (Auditorium Shores Stage (Lady Bird Lake))
[X] 08:40PM Razorlight (Stubb's)
[X] 09:00PM The Little Ones (Maggie Mae's)
[X] 09:00PM The Warlocks (Club de Ville)
[X] 10:00PM The Laughing (The Music Gym Patio)
[X] 11:00PM The Proclaimers (Creekside at Hilton Garden Inn) (After midnight, Sunday morning)
[X] 12:00AM Echo and The Bunnymen (Rusty Spurs)
[X] 12:00AM The Shys (Prague)
[X] 12:30AM Third Eye Blind (Stubb's)




THE UNOFFICIAL SXSW SHOWCASES: This is what makes SXSW the best experience of the year.


*I can't emphasize how much you guys need to check Austin Showlist . It pretty much has EVERYTHING im posting.

TUESDAY MARCH 17TH

IFC Crossroads Pre- SXSW Party (must get tickets at Waterloo Records)
-When:Tuesday March 17th
-Where: Pangea
-Who: The Decemberists and Gomez
-That's crazy: OPEN BAR
-Instructions: In order to get in you must pick up your free tickets on Monday, March 16th at Waterloo Records at 10am.
-ultra8201: SXSW 2009: IFC Crossroads Pre-SXSW Party (3/17) :: FREE

British Music Biz (Multiple Days and RSVP here )
Tuesday 17th March 2009From 8pm
British Inter-Music Party
The British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30, 512 San Jacinto
The Proclaimers, Alice Russell, The Post War Years, The Webb Sisters(open to both SxSW Interactive and SxSW Music badge holders)

City On Fire, Beauty Bar, Fanatic Promotion, and Toyota Matrix present Art Disaster no. 8
with Y-Love, Eprhyme and Diwon (1am), Belaire (midnight), Scorpion Child (11pm), The Soldier Thread (10pm), Pomegranates (9pm), The Laughing (8pm), Evol DJs (between sets) at the Beauty Bar [+] [outside stage, free with RSVP]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 18TH

British Music Biz (Multiple Days and RSVP here )
Wednesday 3/18 12.30 - 3.30pm
The Belfast Nashville Songwriters Party
The British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30, 512 San Jacinto
Lost Brothers, Ben Glover, Bap Kennedy, Eilidh Patterson, Ken Haddock, Anthony Toner plus Nashville artists
+ some fine food and drink for party guests.

HearYa.com and Quinnstorm.com present Stimulus Package (Open to public)

Who: Danny Malone, Ferraby Lionheart, The Henry Clay People, Elliot Brood, Tom Schraeder & His Ego, Joe Pug, Justin Townes Earle, Motel Motel, Gringo Star, Tigercity, Morning Benders, Harlem Shakes, Red Cortez, BLK JKS, Tallest Man on Earth
Where: at Paradise (401 E. 6th St.) [11am-2am, open to the public, free beer]
What: Free booze
When: Wednesday


Flatbed Press (No RSVP)
Where: 2832 East M.L.King Dr.
When: Wednesday March 18th
Who: I dont know
What: Free PIZZA!! Free Drinks!!!

Little Radio (Don't know about RSVP)

Where: Red Eyed Fly

Who: God Knows

What: Free bloody Mary's!!! Free Beer!!

When: Wednesday the 18th

Real Ale and Lovejoys present (No RSVP)
Where: at Lovejoys
When: Wednesday at noon
What: Free Booze
Who: IHNFC

7th Annual Florida Fandango [RSVP here]
Where: Yard Dog Gallery (1510 S. Congress Ave.)
What: Free Florida Alligator Chili, Black Beans & Yellow Rice, Cuban Bread, Cuban Coffee, lots & lots of cold beer — and some hand-rolled Ybor City cigars (with RSVP, first come, first grab). Free raffle drawing for framed original art print of “Tales of Lust & Longing” CD cover and CDs by performers too.
Who: there are bands playing?? i think so
When: Wednesday

Terrorbird/Force Field Day Party (No RSVP)
Who: Vivian Girls, Beach House, The Thermals, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Themselves, Yoni Wolf (of Why?), Max Tundra, Wavves, Loney Dear, Shout Out Out Out, Fol Chen, Lake, Rainbow Arabia, DMG$, Larytta
Where: Red 7 [noon-6pm, free, all ages, no rsvp]
When: Wednesday

Beauty Bar (RSVP http://www.beautybar.com/sxsw/index.html)

Paste Magazine Party!! http://www.pastemagazine.com/app/rsvp/new/17

Pure Volume
Asahi Beer, no cover w/ RSVP / 3pm-4am
RSVP here.

Fader/ Levi's Party (RSVP here)
1101 5th Street between San Marcos and Waller
http://www.thefader.com/articles/2009/3/13/the-levi-s-fader-fort-returns-to-texas

THURSDAY MARCH 19TH

British Music Biz (Multiple Days and RSVP here )
Thursday 3/192.00 - 5.00pm
New Music From Northern Ireland
The British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30, 512 San Jacinto
Fighting With Wire, In Case Of Fire, The Beat Poets, General Fiasco, Skibunny
+ some fine food and drink for party guests.

Rhapsody Rocks Austin 2009 (RSVP)
-Who: …Trail of Dead, Glasvegas, School of Seven Bells, The Vivian Girls. Inter-set jammers provided by DJ $mall ¢hange. Additional surprises TBD.
-Where: @ The Mohawk, 912 Red River
-When: Noon. Thursday. March 19th.
-http://blog.rhapsody.com/2009/02/rhapsody-rocks-austin-2009-the-as-promised-official-announcement-post.html

Gorilla Vs Booze III (No RSVP)
Where: The Peacock- 515 Pedernales St
When: March 19th Thursday
Who: Vivian Girls, White Denim, Wavves, etc...
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmscCLZ9_kufXQNUKb0mxpk6wn6v7kvhuxxog8Goyaw4s3rQl1Smg-rFcqJeX5ody7TFN7xuXUv0Jj5aIvOhAPAp_RcoRDl6faJYtd968eHCGAcWOKYTW9b8q_5u8zzGveTa0bxK5Xb8DG/s1600-h/gvb.jpg

Birds Barbershop presents Space Camp (no RSVP)
Nasa (5pm), Cut Off Your Hands (4pm), King Khan and the Shrines (3pm), Busdriver (2pm) at Bird's Barbershop East (1107 E. 6th St.) [outside]
Say Hi (6pm), Magnificent 7 (4pm), Amplive (3pm), Jason Hammel (Mates of State, 2pm), special guest (1pm), Prince Klassen at Bird's Barbershop East (1107 E. 6th St.) [DJ sets, inside]

Little Radio presents (no RSVP)
bands TBA at the Red Eyed Fly [free, free bloody marys and beer]

Brooklyn Vegan party (no RSVP)
Cursive, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Avett Brothers, Daniel Johnston at Radio Room (508 E. 6th St.)

Starcleaner Big Texas Party 2 (no RSVP)
Vivian Girls, more TBA at the Typewriter Museum (1306 E. 6th St.) [noon-10pm, free, all ages]

The Medieval Reslayathon(no RSVP)
Microfiche (8:45pm), The Roller (8:05pm), Fiasco (7:25pm), Over the Hill (6:35pm), Coathangers (5:55pm), Diagonals (5:15pm), Wildildlife (4:30pm), Pillow Queens(3:40pm), Eat Skull (2:50pm), Crime Novels (2:20pm), The Mae Shi (1:40pm), Rat Bastard & Doug Ferguson (members of To Live and Shave in LA, 1pm) at 610 Vermont Rd. [free, free beer]

Found Magazine and Quackmedia (no RSVP)

Present The Hold Steady, Lucero, No Age, The Hard Lessons, The Tallest Man on Earth, Great Lakes Myth Society, Javelins, Human Highway, Adam Stephens (from Two Gallants) at Red 7 [noon-6pm, free, all ages, RSVP]

IAMSOUND & 'Sup Magazine Party (RSVP- email to: allthatsparklesparty@gmail.com)

Where: Malverde at 2nd and Guadalupe

Who: Little Boots, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Telepathe, Suckers, Micachu and the Shapes, etc.

What else: free booze!!!

My Old Kentucky Blog and Aquarium Drunkard present Vaya Con Tacos [free with RSVP]
The Rosebuds (7:30pm), Eli Paperboy Reed and The True Loves (7pm), J. Tillman (6:30pm), Le Switch (6pm), The Grates (5:30pm), Henry Clay People (5pm), Megafaun (4:30pm), Dark Meat (4pm), Those Darlins (3:30pm), Port O'Brien (3pm), Reverend Payton's Big Damn Band (2:30pm), Roadside Graves (2pm), NewVillager (1:30pm), The Bones Royal (1pm) at Peckerheads (402 E. 6th St.)

What else: We’ve got free Red Stripe, Sailor Jerry’s Rum, Sweet Leaf Tea (all while it lasts), Ancient Cellars Wine and a free Southern Comfort Happy Hour. We’ll also have free goodies from Gelaskins and, of course, free breakfast tacos from Taco Cabana (while they last).

Filter Party: (rsvp@filtermmm.com)

at Cedar Street starting at 12:15- 6pm

what: bbq from noon to 1pm

whos playing?? :00pm Idle Warship4:00pm Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears3:15pm Annuals2:30pm Great Northern1:45pm Other Lives1:00pm Hockey12:15pm Zee Avi

Auditorium Shores (no RSVP)
5:00 pm Gates open
6:00 pm Elvis Perkins In Dearland
7:00 pm Cold War Kids
8:15 pm M Ward

Beauty Bar (RSVP http://www.beautybar.com/sxsw/index.html)

Paste Magazine Party!! http://www.pastemagazine.com/app/rsvp/new/17

GreenOwl

Budweiser, no cover /
8pm-2am902 East Cesar Chavez St., at I-35 East

Fader/ Levi's Party (RSVP here)
1101 5th Street between San Marcos and Waller
http://www.thefader.com/articles/2009/3/13/the-levi-s-fader-fort-returns-to-texas

FRIDAY MARCH 20TH
British Music Biz (Multiple Days and RSVP here )
Friday 3/201.30 - 5.30pm
Showcasing Scotland
The British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30, 512 San Jacinto
Come On Gang, Found, My Latest Novel, The Pictish Trail, Twin Atlantic
+ TexMex finger food and drinks for party guests.

4th Annual Pitchfork/ Windish Austin Bash (No RSVP)
-When: Friday March 20th
Where: Emo's/ Emo's Jr.
Who: 2:00 pm - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (Emo's Jr.) and more...
-4th Annual Pitchfork/Windish Austin Bash

Little Radio presents
bands TBA at the Red Eyed Fly [free, free bloody marys and beer]

The A.V. Club & Canvas Present (No RSVP)
Where:Radio Room - located at 507 E. 6th Street
When: Friday March 20th
Outside Stage: Cuff The Duke 12pm The Thermals 1pm Gentleman Reg 2pm Cut Off Your Hands 3pm Ra Ra Riot 4pm ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead 5pm
Inside Stage: Ohbijou 12pm Chikita Violenta 1pm Young Galaxy 2pm Dappled Cities 3pm Parenthetical Girls 4pm Future Of The Left 5pm https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc21b8XIhJdfr70kSVs2Vfg3VKBPBV1O94jaxjPcmBblPzKKRU5rXTS_XSxPTxor09ZKmMjTx2r5hZ2sn5Qe1ZbYnHXB8nfV_e0rFqJ6-by-kNbZjxT1LDgQIO1nhNfbbJdNAfCeSZXOUG/s1600-h/AV.Decider.jpg

Fader presents (no RSVP)
Peter Bjorn and John (6:30pm), Tinted Windows (5:30pm), Micachu (5pm), Women (4pm), We Have Band (3:30pm), Pains of Being Pure at Heart (2:30pm), Hatcham Social (2pm), Coupleskate (1pm), The Love Language (12:30pm), Kidz in the Hall (noon) [location TBA]

Spin Magazine presents (no RSVP)
Echo & the Bunnymen, Hot Leg (Justin Hawkins from Darkness), Black Lips, Glasvegas, Passion Pit, Cut Off Your Hands, DJ sets by NASA and Crystal Method at Stubb's [invite-only]

Filter Party (rsvp@filtermmm.com)
at Cedar Street from noon to 6 pm
what else?? free bbq from noon to 1 pm
who's playing: 5:00pm White Lies4:00pm Razorlight 3:15pm Late of the Pier2:30pm The Whip1:45pm Wild Light1:00pm Anya Marinanoon Bat For Lashes (listening event)

Beauty Bar (RSVP http://www.beautybar.com/sxsw/index.html)

GreenOwl

Budweiser, no cover /
8pm-2am902 East Cesar Chavez St., at I-35 East

TOTALLY BADICAL!

Club Primos 1700 E. 6th Str.

PLUS!!! THIS IS 18+ ya'll!!!!!!!!!!

the beer is super free....Sam Adams and Pabst till it runs out!!!

Fader/ Levi's Party (RSVP here)
1101 5th Street between San Marcos and Waller
http://www.thefader.com/articles/2009/3/13/the-levi-s-fader-fort-returns-to-texas

SATURDAY MARCH 21ST

Rachel Ray Party (no RSVP, Entrance is based on a first come, first serve basis. Once the venue reaches capacity, management will institute a “one out, one in” admission process.)
-Who: Rachel Ray live!!!, The Hold Steady, New York Dolls, The Thermals...nuff said
-When: Saturday, March 21st- noon to 5pm
-Where: Maggie Mae's
-her site

British Music Biz (Multiple Days and RSVP here )
Saturday 3/21 11.30 - 2.30pm
Yorkshire Launch Party
The British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30, 512 San Jacinto
Wild Beasts, Sky Larkin, Rolo Tomassi, Paul Marshall, Talk To Angels
+ some fine Yorkshire themed food and drink for party guests.

Saturday 3/213.00 - 6.00pm
Liverpool Sound City / The Best Of The Northwest
The British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30, 512 San Jacinto
The Hot Melts, Wave Machines, The Whip + Liverpudlian
themed food and drink for party guests.

Tee Pee Records presents (no RSVP)
Annihilation Time (6:15pm), Year Long Disaster (5:20pm), The Warlocks (4:30pm), Night Horse (3:40pm), Tweak Bird (2:50pm), Black Math Horseman (2pm) at Club 1808 [free]

AP Presents Kick Up Your Spurs (RSVP at: backissues@altpress.com)

Who: Anberlin, The Used

What: free alcohol

Where: Emos; noon to 6pm

??: I personally dislike these bands but if my friends want to go ill join them anywhereif there is free alcohol

Filter Party (RVP: rsvp@filtermmm.com)

at Cedar Street from noon to 6 pm

what: bbq from noon to 1 pm

whos playing?? 5:00pm Rye Rye4:00pm N.A.S.A.3:15pm Flosstradamus2:30pm Asobi Seksu1:45pm Obits1:00pm Chairlift12:15pm Black Gold

Beauty Bar (RSVP http://www.beautybar.com/sxsw/index.html)

The Stereofame SXSW Party and Stage

free food, drinks, no cover / 1pm-6pm

The Vortex
2307 Manor Rd.

Fader/ Levi's Party (RSVP here)
1101 5th Street between San Marcos and Waller
http://www.thefader.com/articles/2009/3/13/the-levi-s-fader-fort-returns-to-texas






Everything on Austin Showlist!!!! Check it OOT!!





Films:

The Two Bobs
-I worked on this film.
-March 13th at Austin Convention Center at 6:45 pm
-http://sxsw.com/film/screenings/schedule/?a=show&s=F14987

New World Order
- The fact that I have been very interested in this subject, the plan to take over the world, and everything that comes with it like Illuminati and the Freemasons fraternity makes me really want to see this documentary. Will probably check it out someday.
-7:00 PM, Friday March 13th - Alamo Ritz 1
-11:30 AM, Tuesday March 17th - Austin Convention Ctr
-http://sxsw.com/film/screenings/schedule/?a=show&s=F13755

I Love You Man
-Paul Rudd will be present
-March 13th at Paramount at 7:30 pm
-http://sxsw.com/film/screenings/schedule/?a=show&s=F16555

Adventureland
-Jesse Eisenberg (the older brother from the squid and the whale), Kristen Stewart (GORGEOUS!!!), Ryan Reynolds (stole Scarlett Johannson from MEEEEEE!!!!)
-7:00 PM, Sunday March 15th - Alamo Lamar 1
-http://sxsw.com/film/screenings/schedule/?a=show&s=F16549

Women In Trouble
-Carla Gugino, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
-10:00 PM, Sunday March 15th - Paramount
-http://sxsw.com/film/screenings/schedule/?a=show&s=F16463

Observe and Report
- Seth Rogen and Anna Faris will likely be present.
-March 16th at Paramount at 9:30 pm
-http://sxsw.com/film/screenings/schedule/?a=show&s=F16556

500 Days of Summer
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel. I read on the newspaper that Sexy Zooey will be there.
-7:30 PM, Saturday March 21st - Paramount
- http://sxsw.com/film/screenings/schedule/?a=show&s=F16649



Special thanks to the beautiful and grandioso David Burns.

Because I play videogames and Im a Nerd

So my bro and I always play the same season of NCAA football and I am always Texas and he is Florida. Anyways, it took until the 2013 season for Texas to win a national championship. And how??? With a little help from my friends. Once I recruit players I change their names to one of my friends making the game a little more interesting and exciting. Here are the stats. Nobody should care about this but its fun to see your name and see how well you did.

Starters:

Offense:

QB: Sean Neesley
HB: Angelico Rosales
FB: Heather Murray
LT: Noor Manahan
LG: Larissa Tater
C: Carson Mobley
RG: Cesar Calderon
RT: Drew Carls II
TE: Graeme Drummond
WR: Weston Carls
WR: Matt Doeckel

Offensive subs:
QB: Ricky Arreola
QB: Jeremy Maurer
HB: Santi Calderon
FB: Craig Lauck
WR: Wade Floyd
WR: Travis Weber
WR: Liam Gallagher


Defensive Starters:

DE: Don Nguyen
DT: Brian Truex
DT: Bobby Ausman
DE: Linh Ong
LOLB: Yvan Huerta
MLB: Chris Fulton
ROLB: Stephen Buchanan
CB: David Burns
CB: Travis Henning
FS: Chris Balto
SS: Eric Schoppe

Defensive Subs:

DE: Stephane Targac
MLB: Julian Monceaux III
CB: Jesus Arreola
CB: Allen Henning
CB: Gerardo Fernandez


Special Teams:
Kicker: Kurt Huerta
Punter: Jose De Haro

Passing: Rating Comp Att Yds TD Int Comp%
Nessley 293 396 463 5680 82 18 85
Arreola 139.4 15 23 196 2 3 65
Maurer 0 1 5 11 0 1 20

Rushing: Att Yds TD
Rosales 88 574 7
S. Calderon 4 21 0
Neesley 11 13 3
Murray 2 3 0
Arreola 1 1 1


Receiving: Rec Yds TD
Rosales 111 1630 21
Drummond 94 1336 24
Murray 71 1244 16
W. Carls 43 449 4
Doeckel 32 339 7
Floyd 32 471 8
S. Calderon 15 195 3
T. Web 6 114 1

Awards:
Heisman
1. Neesley
2. Rosales
4. Drummond

Maxwell
1. Neesley
2. Rosales
6. Drummond

Bednarik
1. Burns
4. Schoppe

O'brien
1. Neesley

Walker
2. Rosales

Best TE
1. Drummond
2. Murray

Thorpe
1. Burns
2. Schoppe
3. J. Arreola

Best Punter
1. De Haro

Best Returner
1. Gallagher
2. W. Carls


Nerdy Nerd

(SXSW music is pumping me up!!!)

"Here we fuckin GOOOOOOOOO!!!"- Glasvegas

Dear Prudence...

It has come to my attention that I may be the most prudent person I know. But that may be because I don't know anybody else better than myself. I mean, I try too hard to maintain a clean image. Never act on strong instincts. I think too much of the consequences. If I like a girl it is quite likely that I won't make the first move, not even when I am drunk. I dont go to places where I may not be welcomed. Don't call a person twice, except if its an emergency of course. Too discreet for my boring sake of being.

When I was in HS i fell in love for the first time, I think, beautiful and amazing girl but she had a boyfriend. I NEVER made a strong move on her but somehow we ended up going to an important party where the boyfriend didn't come. That night I thought I would tell her how I felt but who was to know that I boy that I had never met had the same idea and confessed to her first than me. What happened next?? Well first off, I ended up not saying anything to her that night. But what happened the week after made me sick. She broke up with her boyfriend of two years and started dating this other boy. What the fuck?? Why was I so shy about not confessing first?? Maybe I could have been that other boy but instead I found myself in a spot where I didnt wanted to speak to her again. I still remember listening to Fight Test by Flaming Lips. LOL. Not her fault, though. I guess I was just afraid that if she rejected me she would stop being my friend.

prudent: careful in providing for the future; provident

In college I liked this girl that I never told her how I felt. How did it all ended?? She fucked my best friend. What did i do about him?? Nothing, I stopped talking to him.

prudent: more prudent to hide than to fight

There was this other girl who I also had a crush on. We hung out for like four months. She is a very shy girl who had never had a bf. What did I do to make her my gf?? Nothing. Years later we had a drunk conversation where she confessed to me that she had the biggest crush on me but I never made a move. Her answer to my shyness, fear and prudence of not asking her out was that I was probably gay.

prudence: caution with regard to practical matters; discretion.


Or last week when I was in this room where lots of strange things were happening. Things that I had never seen in person. And I was with this girl who I barely know, but knowing that two of my closest female friends would come. We all wanted to see these "things" but when I actually found myself there I just panicked thinking that my two female friends were about to come in and see me seeing these things with them. I felt so uncomfortable and thought it would be imprudent for me to be there. So I left, they stayed there for like 30 mins. Of course, I regretted this later and when I tried to come back I wasnt allowed to.


Anyways, why am I telling you this?? I been listening to this song that may describe more than one episode of my life.

OK, this pretty much sums up the story of my life. So here are the lyrics to the song:

Girl Afraid

Girl afraid
Where do his intentions lay ?
Or does he even have any ?

She says :

He never really looks at me
I give him every opportunity
In the room downstairs
He sat and stared
In the room downstairs
He sat and stared
Ill never make that mistake again !

Ill never make that mistake again
Ill never make that mistake again

Boy afraid
Prudence never pays
And everything she wants costs money

But she doesnt even like me !
And I know because she said so
In the room downstairs
She sat and stared
In the room downstairs
She sat and stared
Ill never make that mistake again !


And just for the record, people may think that being prudent is a good thing. But the truth is that it has only stopped me from doing the things in life that I wanted to do. So, it may not always be a good trait. And why lie, my definition of prudence might as well be translated to fear.


Lataz,
Boy Afraid

P.S. YES!!! Morrissey with flowers in his back pocket.

Oscars Night

I will probably be watching this tonight. Unlike the Grammys, I believe in the Oscars and the integrity of the Academy. I actually believe that they get it right most of the time. The Grammys are a joke, for realz. Anyways, Im bored so I am going to predict the awards. I got almost all right on the Golden Globes (75%) but this are the Oscars. Quite different. Not.

Anyways, here are my predictions for tonight. Curious Case or Slumdog???? I dont know... fuck it... Slumdog

Best picture
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire" right

Actor
Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"
Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"
Sean Penn, "Milk" right
Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"

Actress
Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"
Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep, "Doubt"
Kate Winslet, "The Reader" right

Supporting actor
Josh Brolin, "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"
Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight" right
Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road"

Supporting actress
Amy Adams, "Doubt"
Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" right
Viola Davis, "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"

Director
Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire" right
Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"
David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"
Gus Van Sant, "Milk"

Animated feature
"Bolt"
"Kung Fu Panda"
"WALL-E" right

Adapted screenplay
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," screenplay by Eric Roth, screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
"Doubt," written by John Patrick Shanley
"Frost/Nixon," screenplay by Peter Morgan
"The Reader," screenplay by David Hare
"Slumdog Millionaire," screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay
"Frozen River," written by Courtney Hunt
"Happy-Go-Lucky," written by Mike Leigh
"In Bruges," written by Martin McDonagh
"Milk," written by Dustin Lance Black right
"WALL-E," screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon; original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Art direction
"Changeling," James J. Murakami; set decoration: Gary Fettis
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Donald Graham Burt; set decoration: Victor J. Zolfo right
"The Dark Knight," Nathan Crowley; set decoration: Peter Lando
"The Duchess," Michael Carlin; set decoration: Rebecca Alleway
"Revolutionary Road," Kristi Zea; set decoration: Debra Schutt

Cinematography
"Changeling," Tom Stern
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Claudio Miranda
"The Dark Knight," Wally Pfister
"The Reader," Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
"Slumdog Millionaire," Anthony Dod Mantle right

Costume design
"Australia," Catherine Martin
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Jacqueline West
"The Duchess," Michael O'Connor
"Milk," Danny Glicker
"Revolutionary Road," Albert Wolsky

Documentary feature
"The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)"
"Encounters at the End of the World"
"The Garden"
"Man on Wire" right
"Trouble the Water"

Film editing
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"The Dark Knight," Lee Smith
"Frost/Nixon," Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
"Milk," Elliot Graham
"Slumdog Millionaire," Chris Dickens right

Foreign language film
"The Baader Meinhof Complex," Germany
"The Class," France
"Departures," Japan
"Revanche," Austria
"Waltz with Bashir," Israel

Makeup
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Greg Cannom right
"The Dark Knight," John Caglione Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army," Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Original score
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Alexandre Desplat
"Defiance," James Newton Howard
"Milk," Danny Elfman
"Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman right
"WALL-E," Thomas Newman

Original song
"Down to Earth" from "WALL-E," music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, lyrics by Peter Gabriel
"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire," music by A.R. Rahman, lyrics by Gulzar right
"O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire," music and lyrics by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Sound editing
"The Dark Knight," Richard King right
"Iron Man," Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
"Slumdog Millionaire," Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
"WALL-E," Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
"Wanted," Wylie Stateman

Sound mixing
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
"The Dark Knight," Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
"Slumdog Millionaire," Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
"WALL-E," Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
"Wanted," Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Visual effects
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
"The Dark Knight," Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
"Iron Man," John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan



I actually think that it will be the night of Benjamin Button but my heart is with Slumdog.



Toughest decision= Film Editing


16 of 21. Not bad.




Rockin the house,
Dread Romeo


(Paul Weller is my hero!!)


""IIIIIIIIm wasting my time with YOU!!! My baby BABY bluuuuuuuuuuuuue."- The Warlocks

My One Month Early What I Want To See Live @SXSW List

Since the moment I saw the first SXSW I started doing my homework since I really have nothing else to do. So I racked up a good number of bands that Ive enjoyed. So here they are, if you wanna check em out thats cool but my final list will be due a few days before SXSW begins. Im gonna leave The Vaselines, The Raveonettes, and The Courteeners but they have been taken off the original list, so sad, im crossing my fingers in hope that they will pop back up somehow.

Akron/Family (Williamsport, PA)
Asobi Seksu (Brooklyn, NY)
Ben Kweller (Austin, TX)
Chris T-T (Brighton, ENGLAND)
Crystal Stilts (New York, NY)
Dananananaykroyd (Glasgow, Scotland)
Eli Paperboy Reed & the True Loves (Boston MA)
Explosions in the Sky (Austin, TX)
Future of the Left (Cardiff, WALES)
Hatcham Social (London UK-ENGLAND)
Port O'Brien (Cambria, CA)
Primal Scream (Glasgow, Scotland)
The Sonics (Seattle, WA)
Thee Oh See's (San Francisco, CA)

Aqualung (London UK-ENGLAND)
Melissa Auf der Maur (Montreal QC)
Bang! Bang! Eche! (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)
Bearsuit (Norwich UK-ENGLAND)
Chris Bell (Austin TX)
Ben Harper & RELENTLESS7 (Los Angeles CA)
The Black Angels (Austin TX)
Black Lips (Atlanta GA)
The Brunettes (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Cashier No.9 (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND)
Connan Mockasin (London NEW ZEALAND)
The Courteeners (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Cut Off Your Hands (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Danny And The Champions Of The World (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Decemberists (Portland OR)
The Drones (Melbourne VIC)
Echo and The Bunnymen (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Gomez (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Tim Finn (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Rodney Fisher (New Plymouth NEW ZEALAND)
Adam Franklin (of Swervedriver) (New York NY)
Glasvegas (Glasgow, SCOTLAND)
The Grates (Brisbane QLD)
Grant Hart (South Saint Paul MN)
Hatcham Social (London UK-ENGLAND)
Hey Negrita (London UK-ENGLAND)
Lady Sovereign (London UK-ENGLAND)
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness (Austin TX)
The Laughing (Austin TX)
Longview (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Lovetones (Sydney NSW)
Ian McLagan & the Bump Band (Austin TX)
New York Dolls (New York NY)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (New York NY)
Patty Hurst Shifter (Raleigh NC)
Peter Bjorn and John (Stockholm SWEDEN)
Kate Perry (CALIFORNIA)-----call me a pervert but im gonna take soOOOOoo000ooo00oOo many pics of her!!
The Proclaimers (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)
The Raveonettes (New York NY)
Razorlight (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Reaction (San Francisco CA)
Red Red Meat (Chicago IL)
Red Riders (Sydney NSW)
Eli Paperboy Reed & the True Loves (Boston MA)
Scribe (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)
Samantha Shelton (Los Angeles CA)
Soko (Paris NY)
Starsailor (Wigan UK-ENGLAND)
The Thermals (Portland OR)
Third Eye Blind (San Francisco CA) LOL
Those Dancing Days (Stockholm SWEDEN)
The Tutts (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
The Vaselines (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
M Ward (Portland OR)
The Warlocks (Los Angeles CA)
White Lies (London UK- ENGLAND)
Youth Group (Newtown NSW)


best name EVER!!!
Huevo Atomico (Bogota COLOMBIA)

Briana's MUST see band:
The Homopolice (Houston TX) LOL

Ricky WANTS to join this band:
The Greencards (Austin TX)

My band:
El Jesus de Magico (Columbus OH)



i may be missing some bands but ah well

El Tax Payer

(listening to Ryan Adams)

p.s. im obsessing over Ocean Colour Scene at the time

"I still don't know what I was waiting for A big love to fall down from the sky She took my hand and picked me up off the floor She put an apple in my eye."- Oasis

Sorry....

Really??? Way overused my friends. Way too fucking overused. People bombard me with this word throughout the day. It really bothers me soooo much.

I mean, Im walking down the hall and this gorgeous girl rubs her breasts on my back and she says, "Im sorry." Really, do you think it bothers me?? You should be telling me, "You're welcome." Not Im Sorry. Really!!

Or the other day I was sitting by a round table with friends and one of my female friends touched the tip of my foot with her foot and what does she say, "Oh, sorry!!" Really?? Who do you think you are Samson?? It DIDNT hurt!! I promise. Why dont you just yell, "Awkward!!" or "I promise I wasnt trying to hit on you, it was a total accident." I know youre trying to save yourself a whole explanation about why tapping your foot against mine is an accident but just say it like it is. You will save me from getting all pissed off at you.

When I invite my friends to go out. Downtown or whatever, I normally send them a text message saying, "Dtown??" When they can't come do you know what they say?? "Can't go, sorry." Really?? Are you saying that I should I be sad that you won't be coming out?? I should be sorry that YOU are not coming out because I will have a very enjoyable time with our closest friends, meeting people and doing the crazy things that we do. So why would YOU say you're sorry to me because YOU can't come out?? ah ah?? tell me ... why?? lol

At least they don't say, "Sorry buddy." Because if you call me buddy I will PUNCH you in the nose next time I see you. The only time you are aloud to say the word buddy to me is when you tell me that I'm on your buddy list or or when you are wondering if you are in my buddy list. So please. dont call me buddy. I dont like that. Or the second time I see you, you will have a black eye. You can call me "man" I like that, it makes me feel like a man. Or friend, call me friend. Makes me feel important. But buddy?? Im not your 5 year old buddy. But don't worry if youve call me buddy before and you didnt know I hate the word, but now that you know, you better not call me that.

Anyways, back to the main subject. It bothers me when the girls talk between them and I just happen to hear this, or on MTV or whenever you hear girls talking between them and they tell each other that the word LOVE is overused. Really?? Is it really overused?? I mean, (in a girly voice), "Oh my God, (blank name) told me I love you and I just don't know what that means. Does he really love me or is he just trying to get in my pants? Oh gosh, that word is so overused." For real??? You know what word is really overused I'm Sorry. Sorry I banged your best friend. Sorry I couldn't make it to your show. Sorry Im so stupid I didnt know what I was doing. Dont you rather hear the I love you than the Im sorry?? Oh and let me give you a recommendation. Next time you break up with someone, right at the end of everything when you know everything is done and lost. And he/she is walking away dont yell "I'm sorry!!" Please dont do that!!! PLEASE!!! You know what you should say??? "I love you!!" I know it will send a very wrong message but you know what?? He/She will feel so much better later, I promise. Maybe a little confuse. But much better than if you had said "I'm sorry!!" So dont say youre sorry. I beg you.

"I don't think I love you, I'm sorry." WRONG
"I don't think I love you, love you." WAY BETTER!! confusing but better.

Anyways. I'm not trying to say that you can never say I'm Sorry but really think when you use it and don't overuse it. It bothers people like me.

Kudos,
Dr. So-Ree-Uz


P.S. Yes. Im a bit of a hypocrite 'cause I use it too so IM SORRY about that. And yes, I do lots of things that bother others so BRING IT ON.


(While watching Superbad)

"My name is McLovin chicka chika yea yea!!"- McLovin

USA vs Mexico "The Cold War"

You know what I can't get out of my head? This game!! It is not just another friendly game. This one actually counts. The hexagonal starts tomorrow and both teams have been unlucky to play each other for the first game in this round robin qualifier game. Let me explain how big this game is. There are six teams who play each other home and away for a total of ten matches. The top three teams make it to the World Cup and the fourth place plays vs 5th ranked team in South America. And yes, its almost likely that USA and Mexico will go through but you have to understand the magnitude of the game and the importance and confidence that brings the teams to beat each other.

For the first time in a VERY long time USA is favorite. We might have to go back to the 1930s when it was seen like this. The fact is this, USA has dictated a hegemony over the Mexican team. I mean, we've only beaten USA twice this decade and both victories came on a Sunday afternoon under the smog and altitude of Mexico City. Mexico hasnt beaten USA in American soil during a qualifier match since the 1970s. Fuck me

Anyways, heres my prediction and my reasons.

USA 2-0 Mexico

- Mexico wont be playing 5 of their starters due to injuries or suspensions.
-Magallon: injury, scored both goals last time both teams played each other on a 2-2 game
- Arce: suspension, easily replaceable but will need his crosses
-Guardado: injury, maybe the best player in the national team wont be playing. This is the guy who creates opportunities when the team is playing like shit.
-Torrado: suspension, our best mid defensive player. This means that Marquez will have to cover two spots. The back and the middle of the field.
-Vela: suspension. Really?? Fourth forward of the mighty powerful Arsenal of England wont be playing cause of a stupid STUPID foul he committed on the last game vs Honduras.

-The weather. Too cold for the Mexicans. But then again, I dont think the American players will be playing with any extra layers.

-USA soil. Last two games played in Columbus: 2001 USA2-0Mexico; 2005 USA2-0Mexico.

-Mexico has been playing like SHIT!!! Last five matches: 4 loses 1 win. Lost to Jamaica@Jamaica, Honduras@Honduras, Canada@Canada, Sweden@USA and victory against Ecuador @ USA.


Hope my team wins but I highly doubted. Wow im tired and I cant write but I just had to write this before tomorrow.

Viva Mexico Cabrones!!

Dr Mighty Patriot

P.S. Oh yea... why "The Cold War"??? Cause its going to be fuckin cold... i hear

(Listening to The Smiths)

"I was looking for a job and then I found a job and heaven knows im miserable now"- The Smiths

12 Years Ago Today

Twelve years ago this very day February 10th I moved to Austin, Texas from Tampico, Mexico. Maybe the toughest two years of my life began that afternoon. Moving to Austin was a very harsh change in my life. Even though I knew English, I hadn't perfected it (not that I have yet). I actually barely knew English back then, I remember being at the classroom and not talking to anyone, I would sit the farthest away from anyone who would want to speak to me. I also remember sitting on the lunch table with the "cool" guys (who had surprisingly taken me under their arm, I guess they saw my potential...lol) and not saying a single word because I was so afraid of them and of this new culture. I just couldnt get my friends and my life from Mexico out of my head. I would cry at nights and was miserable throughout the week with nothing to look forward to.

Well let me explain what I was going through before I moved to Austin. I was twelve years old but that in Mexico is like 14 years old in Austin, or at least where I grew up, Westlake. I'm saying this because when I was twelve I was already going to parties where the boys and the girls would dress up and try to make out, and Im not saying this doesnt happen in USA at that age but you have to understand, we were already driving cars, drinking alcohol, bringing girls back home and hanging out with the 18 year olds and we were just twelve!!! I used to believe that I was a grown up and my friends were going to be the people I would see often for the rest of my lives... I was going through all that before I moved to Austin. And what happens when I move to Austin??? I have no friends, except maybe my brother. My mom and dad would work all day, something that they hadnt done all my life. I used to ride the bus for over 90 minutes just to get to school because I used to live in an area where the schools were shit (Stassney and Pleasant Valley) and my mom wanted me to go to Hill Country which is the middle school in Westlake. So where in Mexico I was the king of the world, in Austin I was pretty much nobody and it really was hard. Oh did I mentioned that I was totally in love with this one girl that winter that I moved to Austin. I used to have all these dreams about her when I had already moved to Austin. haha.

Hahaha... i just remembered something about the night my dad told us that we were moving to Austin. We all gathered at my parents bedroom and the lights were off and my dad had been alone for a while, now that I think about it he had been crying and was having a very hard time thinking of how he was going to tell his 9 and 12 year old kids that we were going to move to Austin. But anyways, my mom was quiet next to me and my dad started speaking about the economy (no shit!! the economy... 12 years ago here we are talking about the economy but in a different country) and how bad his business was going and he finally blurred it out, "We are moving to Austin as soon as we can." And here is the funny thing, you know what my brother said?!?! You know what he fuckin said?!?! "Oh yes!! This has been the dream of my life!" Hahaha!! Can you believe it?!? Ah 9 year old twat!!! I was fuming!! Fuckin furious!! And he starts telling us about how it has been the dream of his life!! hahaha. Oh Ricky, how much I love that kid. But anyways, that was that. Rickys dream at 9 was my worst nightmare at 12.

Back to life when I had just moved to Austin. On August (six months after stepping foot in Austin) of 1997 I met my best friend of all my life. Kurt moved from Guadalajara, Mexico that very summer. I think we met the very first week of school but it might had been the second. We were in PE and the whole class was playing basketball and there were two kids who just couldnt play the game and that was Kurt and me. Afterwards, Kurt walked up to me and asked me if I was from Mexico. I said, "YES!! How did you know??" And he replied in Spanish, "I was looking at you as you played basketball and you suck!!" So Kurt and I became best friends that very day and we have been since. I guess it is because we went through the same change and harsh times and used each others company to make it to the end. And we really didnt have anybody else in school. I still remember being afraid of him missing school because that meant that I would be alone for the school day.

I also grew up and matured at a very young age. My parents couldnt speak English and you know who would call the phone companies?? the apartment complex?? the insurance company?? the cable?? the electricity?? ME. I became the best translator I knew back then. Through that I found out all about my parents financial problems and I would worry about it all the time. Ah man, it was hard. I was just twelve years old. And I was already worrying about money. What the fuck??

On new years eve of 1997 I told my dad as we drove alone to my aunts place, "This has been the worst year of my life." My dad broke down in tears in front of me right there. I felt good about it, I wanted to make him feel bad about bringing me into this shitty life. I really was selfish, I just wouldnt see the big picture. All the sacrifice that they were also making, everything that they gave up for my brother and my future. I really was an idiot back then, but the truth is that I really was a good kid and I payed them back that way. Big soccer star, staying off drugs and alcohol, hanging out with the good kids, or must I say good kid because from Feb 10th 2007 to September of 2008 I only had one friend and that was Kurt. I owe my dad, my mom, my brother, Kurt and his family all the support that they brought me through those harsh years of my life. The thing is, it wasnt just me, they were going through harsh times as well and I think thats why we coped so well.

Twelve years later I see my life and I am happy about it all. I did learn a lot at a very young age and that helped me mature very quickly as a person. I do have amazing friends right now and I finished college, something that at one point in my life might had been impossible. I truly believe I would had been a shit person if I hadnt moved to Austin, I truly believe that.

God bless America.... and Mexico

Sir Apple Biter

P.S. Sorry about the rambling and out of order scenario but I dont feel like editing.


(Listening to The Smiths)

"Ive seen this happen in other people's lives and now its happening in mine." - The Smiths

January 2009: I Danced Myself Right Out The Womb

So for the past thirteen months I have been making a playlist for every month of the year. I used to burn them and listen to them in my car but that whole ritual was thrown out the window the second some douche decided to steal my car's stereo. These playlists are made up from the songs/bands Ive been listening throughout the month. So theyre usually new songs or discoveries. I get about thirty albums per month and I just put them on my itunes and now and then one comes up and catches my ear and I will add the song to the playlist. I do have a rule though, no more than two songs per band per playlist. Anyways, I also like naming them because I like naming shit. The name is normally taken out from a lyric or a title from one of the songs. Ive also ordered them in a way that I think the album will flow smoothly and delicately.

I Danced Myself Right Out The Womb

1. Elbow- One Day Like This: http://youtube.com/watch?v=hooPU2mdsH4
2. Morrissey- I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
3. T. Rex- Cosmic Dancer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=33F2AF1d6j8&feature=related
4. Crazy Horse/Neil Young- Cinnamon Girl
5. Ocean Colour Scene- The Riverboat Song
6. The Creation- Life Is Just The Beginning
7. MGMT- Weekend Wars
8. Of Montreal- Gallery Piece
9. Mott The Hoople- All The Young Dudes
10. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- Howl
11. David Bowie- Wild Is The Wind
12. Bert Jansch- Courting Blues
13. The Kinks- Tin Soldier Man
14. The Cribs- It Was Only Love
15. The Dears- Hate Then Love
16. White Lies- Nothing To Give
17. The Fireman- Dance 'Til We're High: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ajC5I8tTcH4
18. Lou Reed- Street Hassle


I was completely uberobsessed with the song Dance 'Til We're High for soooooo long, love it.



Farewell,
Comandante Quesadilla Lover

"I give you nothing to doubt and you doubt me, I give you all that I have but you won't see."- BRMC

25 things... ME some ME

So you know how on Facebook everyone is making one of these?? Well I dont wanna post mine on Facebook. I dont want people who I know that I dont care about to read it. Just perfect strangers and my close friends. But I still think they're fun so Ill make mine.

1. I love my brother Ricky more than any other person in my life. My parents are a close second. I think they would be happy to read this.

2. My brother and I have a song, Live Forever by Oasis. The lyrics are too meaningful to us:

"Maybe I just want to fly
I want to live I dont want to die
Maybe I just want to breath
Maybe I just dont believe
MAYBE YOU'RE THE SAME AS ME
WE SEE THINGS THEY'LL NEVER SEE
YOU AND I ARE GONNA LIVE FOREVER"

3. Ive known English since I can remember. Ive always sucked at it... no shit.

4. I have extraordinarily good skills to remember things. I will remember everything that you can about things we've done.

5. I have an addiction, chips... jalapeño chips.

6. I watch an average of four movies per week at home. Mostly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights.

7. I used to listen to 96.7 and watch MTV on a daily basis during Middle School. My favorite songs were singles released by Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Britney Spears, Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Savage Garden, Third Eye Blind... who fuckin knows. I had REALLY SHITTY taste in music back then.

8. I listened to What's The Story Morning Glory for the first time in my life on my freshmen year of HS (Sept. 1999) on a soccer trip in Dallas. It changed my musical taste forever, not to mention my life.

9. I went to my first concert when I saw The Strokes at the Austin Music Hall on November 17th, 2002 and it changed my life forever. I had never been to a "real" concert in my life until that day and it became my favorite hobby to this day.

10. I know who will be my best man on my wedding (if I ever get married), Kurt Huerta. Sorry bro, sorry everyone else. The spot is taken.

11. I've only truly liked three girls in my life. One was a waste of time, the other turned out to be a hypocrite and the third has yet to disappoint me. #4?? BE HERE NOW

12. I have two other "siblings." My cousin Gerardo and Paola. We grew up together for thirteen years of my life and I am VERY close to them even though I only see them for one week in the year.

13. I moved to Austin, Texas on February 10th, 1997. This means that August 14th, 2009 will be the day when I have lived EXACTLY half my life in Mexico and HALF my life in USA.

14. I sleep with the music on. I normally set it on 30 sleep mins at night. I think I've heard Coldplay- Parachutes more times asleep than awake. Also, during my naps on the afternoon I blast the music so loud that I normally have dreams about the music I was listening to. Then I go back to listen to some songs I had never heard on my itunes.

15. If I could choose someone to look like I wouldn't hesitate and say I want to look like Fernando Torres. Not to mention, I wanna play futbol like Fernando Torres.

16. I don't like Mexican beer that much, I rather have European beer.

16 1/2. The Administrations still lives!!! I don't care what anyone else says. We are just in a recession due to the economy.

17. I grab my shirt (right where my chest is) more times than what I blink in a day.

18. I make a funny noise when I think I've said something awkward or funny. It sounds so natural and its so short and silent that people don't even notice it.

19. Everytime I play sports and we get numbered jerseys I ALWAYS have to be #9. But my favorite number is 27. I still don't know why.

20. I was born in Texas but I consider myself more Mexican than American.

21. I have a VERY mild case of OCD. Everything has to be aligned, perfect angles, if I step over a line with my right foot I have to step over the next one with the left foot to make it even. The most annoying one is the stairs, if there is an odd number of stairs I have to go back to walk and step with the one foot that I have step up/down the stairs the least with. People don't notice this things about me but I live with them on a daily basis. My shower is a routine: towel on rack, teeth, piss, shampoo, soap, conditioner, dry myself, stand up next to my tv and watch it for like 3 mins, get online, go back into the bathroom and change into my pijamas or whatever. I probably missed something there but I would notice if I took a shower. FUCKIN anxieties.

22. Im an observer. When I go downtown or to parties or any public places I love to sit or stand by myself alone and observe at the idiotic behaviors of human beings (not saying that I don't do them though). I do like to observe these behaviors and comment them with other people when theyre happening though.

23. The only thing I like about the cold weather is the fact that I can wear "cool" clothes. Besides that, I freaking hate the cold.

24. My biggest fear about my future is that I will be a conformist like my father. Second biggest fear is that I will be bald. I think I am FUCKED there though.

25. I like to be repetitive so people can identify me when I am not around and they won't forget me. For example, I always have the same haircut... looks almost the same when its long or short. I remember one time a friend wore a wig for a certain disco party and people were asking him if he was wearing a Jesus wig. I also will get random texts from people when they drink Stella because I speak so highly of it. When Oasis plays on the radio people will call me. I havent been able to establish an original smell though and its driving me crazy because it is the most important sense of memory since smell stimulates the memory's brain cells blablablabla or something like that.


Your's truly,
Mr. Perfect Stranger

(This post was written while listening to MGMT... still)

" There's a reason I don't win, I don't know how to begin"- MGMT