I've been reading about this case, and all the strangle twists and turns it's taken, and I'm really fascinated by it. The basic gist is that Bode Miller, in 2012, had a few dates with a woman named Sarah McKenna that he met on a matchmaking service. He got her pregnant. She contends that he initially wanted nothing to do with her or the baby. In the meantime, Bode Miller met and married volleyball player Morgan Beck, in a span of a few months. At seven months, Sarah McKenna left California for N
So I need a pick-me-up, and what better way than to listen to great 80's pop? Let's start!
Pop Goes The 80's Playlist, Part 1 (1980 - 1985)
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I remember seeing an interview with Madonna where she said that had she know this song would have branded her the Material Girl for the rest of her life, she might not have done it. LOL.
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This is one bat-shit crazy video.
I got pretty unsettled tonight. My friend Ethan, who was really close to our friend Steve who died, called me up to talk. Pretty soon it obvious that Ethan was completely and totally loaded, and on the phone he admitted to me that he was on cocaine, Adderall, and Vodka. We just had this ten-minute conversation- well if you could call it that- and he just kept saying these snippets of things. Like about what Steve meant to him, how I'm one of the few people that got Steve, and telling me about ho
Today, I spent time putting in job applications...a whole revamp of my CV and resume and cover letters...it's the first time in awhile I put in so many applications and the like. It felt nice.
And then...something strange hit me. I felt inexplicably sad for some reason. Part of it had to be that I had just gotten through helping my mom do home loan modification papers, and that's kind of iffy and unpleasant.
But the other thing...probably the main thing...it made me think about the fact
My friend Josh. He's 23, and since he was about 10 or 11 years old, he's been dealing with the complications from his heart transplant. He should have graduated in 2013, but he had to drop out in fall 2012 to deal with hodgekin's disease. Then he couldn't come back for fall 2013. Now it looks like he can't come back at all, and he's planning on coming back down to pack up his apartment, because health-wise it's better for him to try and finish his degree closer to home. While he's not back-on wi
Alright...the Boyband Era. Let's get started.
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It's actually debatable if you can really call Hanson a boyband, because they actually played their own instruments and the like, but I'm including them because they had a big influence in bringing pop music back to the U.S.
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I call this, "The Video That Jumpstarted Puberty For Me." Brian Littrell was my first major celebrity crush.
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Hey, guys, I just ran across this article about a young guy who became an urban pioneer in Detroit in Detroit when he was 23...check it out. It's shockingly good, because really, who expects to read something good from Buzzfeed?
Why I Bought A House in Detroit for $500 by Drew Philp
I thought the article was really fascinating- somewhere between the story of, "Look, Downtown Detroit has a Whole Foods now!" and "Ruins of Detroit." It's pretty honest- the guy came in with some very idealis
So, the year's over, and we're starting a new year...what was your playlist for 2013? Here was mine...
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It seems like for 2013, there were two trends- electronic-based, and folksy inspired stuff. Kinda diametrically opposed, but it makes sense that there'd be two trends that were
Happy New Year's everybody.
I've spent the day being massively hungover. For the most part, these days whenever I go out, I have at most 2 beers, because I'm my own designated driver. But last night, I went to a house party and they allowed us to crash there, so I went way harder than I normally do- two Yuenglings, 1 Negron Modelo, 2 Harvest ales, a double shot of Whiskey, and champagne.
At 21 in college, I could have consumed all that plus smoke a joint and felt fine the next day.
But 8 d
I thought I was going to do this in three parts, but it looks like I'll probably have to do five parts. LOL.
Part 4
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Friday I went to this alumni lunch deal at my old high school, where I get a free Bobbie hoagie and sit around and watch current students do a Holiday showcase.
I talked to some people about my friend Steve's death...when I mentioned that he died a drug overdose, almost all of them asked me, "So did they rule out suicide?"
I mean, I get the question, and on an intellectual level I get it, but a part of me just felt pissed off. Pissed off that my friend Steve is going to be dismiss
Sounds of A 90's Childhood Playlist, Part 2
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I honestly think 1994 to 1996 were the best year
Sounds of A 90's Childhood Playlist, Part 1
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It's been two weeks since my friend Stephen died. I checked out his FB page, and found a link to his obituary.
It's so strange. I've actually had this habit since I was 11 or 12 years old of reading obituaries. This guy in high school said I was morbid for doing so, but I've always liked reading about the interesting and long lives of people who lived through things like World War II or the Great Depression. I also like to visit cemeteries, check out tombstones, read the dates, and imagine
In college, I had a friend named Stephen R. I actually had a lot of friends named Stephen, but he was honestly my favorite one. We met one afternoon in Kent Dining Hall at the University of Delaware at the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year. I was eating lunch, and this tall, lanky blond kid who was pale as fuck asked if he could eat lunch with me. We ate lunch, then we hung out in his room. Stephen had this small single at the top of Sussex/Squire Hall. We got high, then spent the day walki
The memorials have already started on Steve's Facebook page. My friend Ian told me that Steve was still on life support the last time he talked to his dad, but they were basically planning on taking him off it to let him pass in his own bed instead of a hospital. It's entirely possible that he passed after Ian talked to his dad, hence the memorials.
I can't do the Facebook memorial just yet. Not until Ian confirms it to me on the phone.
There are just so many memories that I'm runn
My friend of 6 years, Stoner Steve as I've referred to him over the years, is in a coma after overdosing on heroin. He's had brain hemorrhaging and things aren't looking good for him. Our friend Ian let me know in a post over Facebook.
I'm in total shock. Complete and totally. I had just talked to him on Facebook chat November 20th. According to Ian, Steve's dad found him on the floor on Saturday morning. They took him to the hospital, put him in a medically induced coma, and things were l
I'll start out with my disappointments.
I really hated that they took out Johanna's "I don't care if you are knocked out, I'll rip your throat out" line, as well as the Second Quarter Quell. I was expecting that they would take them out, but I was hoping I was wrong. I think they should have kept in the foreshadowing about District 13 somewhere- I get why they cut out Bonnie and Twill, but they should have found another way to foreshadow them. I think they should've put in a little more abou
So, here's what happened to me. I worked a retail job for the
Holidays last year. This year, I was told by the same retail job at the
Holiday job fair that I would get to come back and do the seasonal job
again. I came in a week later and asked to leave a message with the
person who told me I was hired, but then they never got back to me.
Lo and behold, I came in today to find out what was going on and they
told me that (shocker) I wasn't hired. They told me some bullshit excuse
about
The Grunge Era Playlist, Part II
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This week marks the 5th anniversary of the passing of a very lovely online friend and member of the community, author Dan Kincaid/Sam. (He died, I believe, on either October 25th of 2008, or October 26th.) I only had the privilege of corresponding with him for a few months before he died, but I'm really glad we did. Back in those days, Adam and I were...well, let's just say that we had somewhat of a personality clash going on, and Sam was really good at being a mediator.
He was a very swe
So, I've been re-watching Saturday Night Fever on Netflix (seriously, the R-rated version is soooo much better than the one that ran on TV), and I've been in the mood for some good disco.
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The 1970's
1979: "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles. The Iranian Hostage Crisis begins. Three Mile Island. A "Disco Sucks" rally is held where thousands of disco records are burned.
1978: "Heart of Glass" by Blondie. "Halloween" is a hit movie. "Dallas" premieres.
1977: "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac. Elvis dies. Jimmy Carter takes over the presidency. Studio 54 opens in New York City.
1976: "Baby, I Love Your Way" by Peter Frampton. The American Bicentennial. Nadia
