In recent months, it has come to my attention that many people accuse me of being environmentally unfriendly, making absurd claims like "you drive two blocks" or "you leave all your lights on all the time." Maybe some of these things are true, but it's a new year so maybe it's time for a new, green me. Couple that with the fact that we now have leaders in Washington who will pursue a sane environmental policy, I'm starting to think that if the government is willing to make macro changes for the greater good it might also be time to make some personal eco-friendly decisions.
Here's how I'm being green so far:
- Rechargeable batteries in everything. Always have been a fan, no more land fill batteries for me.
- Halogen/eco light bulbs. I'm never buying another regular bulb. I know I have a bad habit of leaving lights on... at least this way it'll be killing the planet at a much slower pace.
- I'm drinking out of the same cup of water for days at a time. Fuck it. Why fill up the dishwasher faster or throw away paper cups at work? Also, this'll help immunize my body against the super-bacteria of the future.
- Oh what's this? A blue recycle bin at my apartment now? Every Wednesday, paper, plastic, and glass are getting recycled properly.
- Hmm what else... oh yeah... I TAKE THE FUCKING TROLLEY TO WORK EVERY DAY. This electrically charged beast is keeping my car parked on most weekdays.
Any other suggestions?
Going Greenzo
Mike, 1/28/2009 11:40:59 PM
this is very inspirational! i am gonna do that too! oh and supposedly gov't is gonna phase out regular bulbs by 2012, so we're just ahead of the trend!
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Justin, 1/18/2009 01:31:35 AM
Wednesday night. 9:00 PM. ABC.
L O S T Season 5 Premiere.
Thats right...I've NEVER been this excited for a TV show so much in my ENTIRE life. And I've watched a LOT of TV over the past 27 years. More than average I'd wager. I'm practically giddy with excitement though. And to put all you other people in the mood I've compiled a little list....
Top 5 Reasons I Can't Wait For L O S T to come back!
5.Theres a lot of new characters floating around that Sawyer can give new and exciting nicknames to. Faraday for example. I can't wait to see what his nickname will be. Or Richard Alpert. Maybe Abbadon. I just don't know whose going to get nicknamed by that charming rogue con-man this year!
4.I'm mildly interested in seeing where (or when) The Island disappeared too. And by mildly, I mean INSANELY. And also if Lapidus makes it back there or not.
3.International intrigue. You might say Sayid Jarrah is a cockeyed optimist who got himself mixed up in the high stakes game of world diplomacy and Benjamin Linus. Lets just hope Hurley can reign in his unbridled enthusiasm. Who else is gonna get capped?!?!?!?!?
2.Jack shaves his EPIC beard off in some of the commercials I saw (not the one with the great song from The Fray, I heard that tonight though and MAN it put me in the mood so much I decided to write this list.). Anyway, what would drive a man who grew such an insane beard to SHAVE said beard? Maybe the Dharma Initiative had something to do with it...
1.Evangeline Lilly. Taut. Nubile. Proud. The sexiest woman on television. We're all just praying she will have to go swimming at some point this season.
L O S T Season 5 Premiere.
Thats right...I've NEVER been this excited for a TV show so much in my ENTIRE life. And I've watched a LOT of TV over the past 27 years. More than average I'd wager. I'm practically giddy with excitement though. And to put all you other people in the mood I've compiled a little list....
Top 5 Reasons I Can't Wait For L O S T to come back!
5.Theres a lot of new characters floating around that Sawyer can give new and exciting nicknames to. Faraday for example. I can't wait to see what his nickname will be. Or Richard Alpert. Maybe Abbadon. I just don't know whose going to get nicknamed by that charming rogue con-man this year!
4.I'm mildly interested in seeing where (or when) The Island disappeared too. And by mildly, I mean INSANELY. And also if Lapidus makes it back there or not.
3.International intrigue. You might say Sayid Jarrah is a cockeyed optimist who got himself mixed up in the high stakes game of world diplomacy and Benjamin Linus. Lets just hope Hurley can reign in his unbridled enthusiasm. Who else is gonna get capped?!?!?!?!?
2.Jack shaves his EPIC beard off in some of the commercials I saw (not the one with the great song from The Fray, I heard that tonight though and MAN it put me in the mood so much I decided to write this list.). Anyway, what would drive a man who grew such an insane beard to SHAVE said beard? Maybe the Dharma Initiative had something to do with it...
1.Evangeline Lilly. Taut. Nubile. Proud. The sexiest woman on television. We're all just praying she will have to go swimming at some point this season.
Lets go get em.
You're forgetting something else to look forward to: all those hours a night reading and updating Lostpedia. Brace yourself for the dynamic return of:
http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:Beardedjack
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Wonderment
Justin, 1/15/2009 11:51:04 PM
Smash Mouth
Gin Blossoms
The Wallflowers
3rd Eye Blind
Spin Doctors
Toad The Wet Sprocket
4 Non Blondes
Butthole Surfers
Crash Test Dummies
Green Jelly
The 90's. Strange time.
Gin Blossoms
The Wallflowers
3rd Eye Blind
Spin Doctors
Toad The Wet Sprocket
4 Non Blondes
Butthole Surfers
Crash Test Dummies
Green Jelly
The 90's. Strange time.
However all these bands seem comparatively normal when considering what came out of the 70s and 80s. Well, "came out of" may not be the most appropriate nomenclature...
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Mike, 1/13/2009 10:35:42 PM
A long time ago, Justin lent me the 13 X-Men comic books that comprise the story arc "Messiah Complex." Like anyone who pretends to have better things to do, I threw them in a pile in my room and they sat. The past two nights, I endeavored to right this non-readage and indeed, found the storyline to be an above-average X-Men adventure. However, it left me with a few questions that I'm hoping Justin can fill in:
1) You know that guy who could teleport... uh what was his name?
2) Is Xavier still dead? For that matter, Jean Grey is still dead? What happened to the Phoenix egg?
3) The future seems different than the ones Bishop and Cable came from... what future is Cable from now? What future did he go to?
4) What's the deal with this kid? Do we know who she grows up to be?
5) Is Sinister really dead?
6) When did Rogue get her powers back?
7) Why was Gambit in the Mauraders? For that matter, who are the Mauraders?
8) Why do sentinels guard the X-Mansion?
9) Where's Psylocke these days?
10) Who leads these Purifiers? It's a mutant in disguise, isn't it?
11) What's the big deal about assembling X-Force?
12) Who was that girl who got stuck in the future with Multiple Man? Is she dead now?
13) How do so many people have access to time machines?
1) You know that guy who could teleport... uh what was his name?
2) Is Xavier still dead? For that matter, Jean Grey is still dead? What happened to the Phoenix egg?
3) The future seems different than the ones Bishop and Cable came from... what future is Cable from now? What future did he go to?
4) What's the deal with this kid? Do we know who she grows up to be?
5) Is Sinister really dead?
6) When did Rogue get her powers back?
7) Why was Gambit in the Mauraders? For that matter, who are the Mauraders?
8) Why do sentinels guard the X-Mansion?
9) Where's Psylocke these days?
10) Who leads these Purifiers? It's a mutant in disguise, isn't it?
11) What's the big deal about assembling X-Force?
12) Who was that girl who got stuck in the future with Multiple Man? Is she dead now?
13) How do so many people have access to time machines?
I don't have time to answer these all right now... but as for #9.Psylocke is one of the Exiles currently... so shes busy sliding between dimensions with the Tallus. More answers later.
Rogue got her powers back naturally during the ReLoad event a couple years ago...apparently they were just kind of fried after the whole Vargas battle in X-Treme X-men.
2.)Jean Grey is still dead...but don't worry, I'm sure she will be back soon enough. Professor Xavier didn't actually die at the end of Messiah CompleX. Apparently being shot in the head isn't deadly to the "Worlds Most Powerful Telepath TM".
Turns out the Acolytes stole his body and Exodus used his telepathic powers to fix him and restore his mind...but he couldn't restore his memories after he fixed him up, so Xavier went off in search of self...this is all depicted in the issues of X-Men (re-named X-Men Legacy) following Messiah CompleX.
As for the Phoenix Egg, that was just in an alternate reality story (a sucky one) that Grant Morrisson used to wrap up his New X-Men run that I hated so much.
Turns out the Acolytes stole his body and Exodus used his telepathic powers to fix him and restore his mind...but he couldn't restore his memories after he fixed him up, so Xavier went off in search of self...this is all depicted in the issues of X-Men (re-named X-Men Legacy) following Messiah CompleX.
As for the Phoenix Egg, that was just in an alternate reality story (a sucky one) that Grant Morrisson used to wrap up his New X-Men run that I hated so much.
3.)See current issues of the new Cable ongoing series to watch Cable and Bishop battle across time. Or just pick up the first TPB...not a bad read actually. Or you could just borrow all the issues from me, but first I will need back all my Messiah CompleX issues. Course I wouldn't expect my Cable's back for 7 months going by your current pace.
7.)Back when he was a kid, Gambit couldn't control his powers. He went to Sinister for help, who proceeded to operate on his brain, removing the "volaitile mutant power" part (it's very scientific. . . and awesome). In return, Gambit had to assemble to Marauders and lead them to the Morlocks, leading up to the mutant massacre.
11.) No big deal in assembling X-Force - it's just another title with Wolverine to sell. They're pretty much a black ops team that's given permission by Cyclops to kill people.
8.) Couple years ago, during the House of M event, Scarlet Witch got rid of all the mutants (most lost their powers)so there was only 198 left. It was a way for the editors to make being a mutant special again. Anyways, they were all sent to Xaviers School but now Sentinals had to keep them under surveillance by order of Shield.
12.) Layla Millers was first introduced in House of M as one of the few people who knew Scarlet Witch had warped the world. She stays in continuity and it's later learned she's from the future and her whole purpose was to set certain events in motion which lead up to the Summers Rebellion of mutants in internment camps in Bishop's future.
Thanks for helping me wrap my head around this one, guys.
Add Comment PermalinkBangs The Drum Slowly
Justin, 1/11/2009 03:56:08 PM
Attention Jordana Brewster, Selma Blair, Zooey Deschanel, Kate Hudson (especially you), and other assorted actresses. The "Bangs" look is just astonishingly awful. Completely unattractive. You all look horrible. Having those severe bangs framing your face makes for a ghastly look. Clearly you would be better with even a Peggy Bundy like bouffant. Or maybe a Sinead O'Connor. I don't know. Anything else. Bangs are horrifying though. Stop the madness.
I'd just like to point out that the side-bang look on the other hand, is pretty cool... an example courtesy Emma Stone of Superbad fame:
Agreed. That is hot. The other look is far too severe.
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Steve, 1/4/2009 11:32:02 PM
Per Mike's request, here's what I liked. Too lazy to rank'em but the (*) denotes my favorite
Albums:
Death Cab - Narrow Stairs
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
Kings of Leon - Only by Night
Los Campesinos - Hold On Now, Youngster
Los Campesinos - We are Beautiful, We are Doomed
Ra Ra Riot - Rhumb Line
Santogold - s/t
*Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
Vampire Weekend - s/t
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Songs:
Airborne Toxic Event - Innocence
Chairlift - Bruises
Hold Steady - Sequestered in Memphis
Katy Perry - Hot and Cold
MGMT - Kids
*Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon
Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes
Sigur Ros - Inní mér syngur vitleysingur. . . uhm, the second track on their new album
Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Wolf Parade - Language City
Movies (yeah, nothing good comes by delaware):
Cloverfield
*Dark Knight
Iron Man
Pineapple Express
Slumdog Millionaire
Son of Rambow
Stepbrothers
27 Dresses
Concerts
Explosions in the Sky - 4/10 @ the Troc
*I'm From Barcelona - 4/24 @ the Unitarian
My Chemical Romance - 5/6 @ Electric Factory
Stellastarr - 11/10 @ Johnny Brenda's
Ting Tings/ATE - 12/7 @ TLA
Albums:
Death Cab - Narrow Stairs
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
Kings of Leon - Only by Night
Los Campesinos - Hold On Now, Youngster
Los Campesinos - We are Beautiful, We are Doomed
Ra Ra Riot - Rhumb Line
Santogold - s/t
*Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
Vampire Weekend - s/t
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Songs:
Airborne Toxic Event - Innocence
Chairlift - Bruises
Hold Steady - Sequestered in Memphis
Katy Perry - Hot and Cold
MGMT - Kids
*Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon
Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes
Sigur Ros - Inní mér syngur vitleysingur. . . uhm, the second track on their new album
Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Wolf Parade - Language City
Movies (yeah, nothing good comes by delaware):
Cloverfield
*Dark Knight
Iron Man
Pineapple Express
Slumdog Millionaire
Son of Rambow
Stepbrothers
27 Dresses
Concerts
Explosions in the Sky - 4/10 @ the Troc
*I'm From Barcelona - 4/24 @ the Unitarian
My Chemical Romance - 5/6 @ Electric Factory
Stellastarr - 11/10 @ Johnny Brenda's
Ting Tings/ATE - 12/7 @ TLA
TV (saturated with guilty pleasures. . . but that's what TV's for)
30 Rock
*American Dad
Frisky Dingo
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Man vs. Food
RR/RW Challenge: The Gauntlet 3
Top Chef: Chicago
Ultimate Fighter 7
Venture Brothers
30 Rock
*American Dad
Frisky Dingo
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Man vs. Food
RR/RW Challenge: The Gauntlet 3
Top Chef: Chicago
Ultimate Fighter 7
Venture Brothers
Its nice to finally get someone back on here to vary things up a bit with different opinions! I also loved that Panic At The Disco song, and the other single off their new CD, "That Green Gentleman". And also 27 Dresses. I liked that movie. I like Katherine Heigl ('s ass).
Good call on Cloverfield, wish I had seen that in the movies...
Add Comment PermalinkLiving On A Decade Of Borrowed Time
Justin, 1/2/2009 12:52:59 PM
So today marks the 10 Year Anniversary of the time Mike, me, and our friend Brian got in to a car accident in my big ol' silver 1988 Beretta.
If you never heard the story, then sit back and I'll tell you a tale of one harrowing night.
So it was going to be icy out the night of January 2, 1999. Marcy said I couldn't drive my car anywhere. Naturally I told her she was being ridiculous. So she yelled at me. So I walked to Brian's house over on the next block. A call was made. We decided to go see The Waterboy with Mike. So we just walked back to my house and took the car without telling Marcy.
3 hours later we exited the movie theater to find everything covered in a layer of BLACK ICE. We chipped the car free and proceeded back towards Mike's house.
Accounts differ as to what happened next, but this much is known. At a stop sign about 1 minute from Mike's street an Asian woman skidded out and stopped in the middle of the street. When we hit the stop sign we also skidded out. With Rob Zombie's "Dragula" playing on the radio and time standing still long enough for Mike to consider jumping out of the car, we hit her car head on. My car was scratched minorly. Her car was near demolished (if I remember correctly). So we had to leave the car there and walk the rest of the way to Mike's house and stay there the night.
Luckily no one was seriously injured, but Marcy was none too pleased.
The lesson my friends, is listen to your mothers. Don't risk life and limb for Adam Sandler films.
Add Comment PermalinkIf you never heard the story, then sit back and I'll tell you a tale of one harrowing night.
So it was going to be icy out the night of January 2, 1999. Marcy said I couldn't drive my car anywhere. Naturally I told her she was being ridiculous. So she yelled at me. So I walked to Brian's house over on the next block. A call was made. We decided to go see The Waterboy with Mike. So we just walked back to my house and took the car without telling Marcy.
3 hours later we exited the movie theater to find everything covered in a layer of BLACK ICE. We chipped the car free and proceeded back towards Mike's house.
Accounts differ as to what happened next, but this much is known. At a stop sign about 1 minute from Mike's street an Asian woman skidded out and stopped in the middle of the street. When we hit the stop sign we also skidded out. With Rob Zombie's "Dragula" playing on the radio and time standing still long enough for Mike to consider jumping out of the car, we hit her car head on. My car was scratched minorly. Her car was near demolished (if I remember correctly). So we had to leave the car there and walk the rest of the way to Mike's house and stay there the night.
Luckily no one was seriously injured, but Marcy was none too pleased.
The lesson my friends, is listen to your mothers. Don't risk life and limb for Adam Sandler films.
And I always recycle. But maybe I will make more of an effort to turn the lights off from now on.