Must Be a Musician...Probably in a Band

WELL the weather today was rather miserable. Nothing out of the ordinary for March in New England. After getting some lunch with my dad and walking with him through the financial district I made my way back home to The North End. Puddles were infesting the streets, Chris Connelly would have been in debate about which one to dive into. This abundance of H2O did not bother me until something that I have only seen in cartoons and other comedic films happened...to myself. I was speed walking home walkin' to the beat of "Jazz is Like the new coke" by The Erg's (FACT) which meant I had a brisk skip in my step until a car made a sharp turn into an urban tide pool. Oh sure fine, but the vehicle's tires sparked a minor tsunami that collided with my clothes and hair. Denial of this occurring set in for a second until some old man walking by me chuckled. It was then I realized I was sincerely clowned by some mysterious driver.


Yesterday I had a flashback to these dawgs:







William Wegman, what a guy, what a catch.

SOX tomorrow night @ Oakland. Matsuzaka vrs. Blanton on the mound, same match up as last Tuesday when the teams played each other in Tokyo. Hopefully Matsuzaka finds his rhythm earlier in this game, he cut it a little close last week. Despite the fact I really really really do not like Manny's attitude on the field and his lackadaisical style I do have high hopes for him getting it done this season. If Pedroia's half as good as he was last year and Ortiz stays consistent, things should be out of control (in a good way) offensively. We'll see, I could be wrong.

Home

Oliver

& Jack

Not much has been happening. I went home a few days last week for spring break. Quality time with some dawgs and quality time with B Cliff. You know this.


The boy's are back in town (or will be April 9th). But Baseball season has begun and now I'll have a reason to pay my comcast. I'll finally be watching something besides Law & Order and MTV reality shows. Sup Rem Dawg.

Tickets for this season are clearly a challenge to get, my advice is to wait till the season actually begins and a little bit of hype diminishes. Craigslisters are greedy and will put most tickets (unless they are selfless idiots and rock the face value fee) up a few hundred over what they got them for. Ace Tickets is pretty much doing the same thing. When bleacher seats are going for over 50 you know it's gotten out of control. The cheapest ticket prices I've seen are on stubhub.com. As well as having the lowest price it's by far the easiest way to search for seats in whatever price range you're looking for. Of course I'm eager to know that I'll be attending one of the games early in the season just because. Chances are good that I'll be putting a nice dent in my wallet sometime this week in exchange for a seat most likely behind a pole and it certainly won't belong to Mr. Pesky. Thanks Mom.



I need to get here ^^^^ by the end of this year. J4L.

I'm 22 now, but I won't be for long.

I've got mixed up memories and I've got favorite places:











People should attend this:


Spring Break Oh Eight begins for me tomorrow at 1. This "break" will consist of lots of tutoring, observations, babysitting, research on intellectual disabilities, NOT seeing The Dropkick Murphys, Raging Saint Patrick's Day, dance parties, bike crew in NYC, and friends I haven't seen in a while. Possibly new ink if I get an appointment. We shall see, getting tattooed without JC just isn't right, perhaps I'll wait for her return to MA.

Is It Wrong to Wish on Space Hardware?

Kate Nash and Billy Bragg at the NME 08 Awards. Foundations and A New England Ma$hEd. Two great songs.

ANYWAYS. This morning I had the pleasure of having a surprise guest speaker in my 8 AM Spanish Class. Needless to say I would have been pissed if I slept through my alarm this morning. It was a close call, but I made it. June Carolyn Erlick, author of "Disappeared"is in Boston and will be speaking at Harvard later this week. Erlick shared her story of being assigned a 20 year old case in Guatemala in which a young female journalist with a political column was taken away and "disappeared." I'm about to go out and buy the book will review when done. Erlicks passion for the tragic happenings of the Impunity project and the generations effected by it resonated and remained genuine for all 60 minutes she spoke to my class. She certainly has a great sales pitch.





Props to my sister blog (Fact) Her Movez on getting her 1 second of internet fame with her shot of the fire this morning at the Mandarin Hotel. This Hotel blocks her view anyways, too bad it didn't go down to the ground bringing back the nice full view of the Charles she once had.






Comm ave & Exeter last Friday just for creeping.






Jackie Cooper I made you a playlist BTW....If You'd like me to mail you an actual copy shoot me an address:

And Here's the Cover

and here's the track list...

Stars Hide Fire- Still Breathing
The Format- Janet
The Starting Line- Hello Houston
Vanessa Carlton- White Houses
Saves The Day- Jessie & My Whetstone
Blink 182- Dammit
Comeback Kid- Partners in Crime
Boys Night Out- Punched in the Nose
Mariah Carey- Always Be My Baby
Le Tigre- Keep on Livin'
Juliana Theory- Top of the World
Taking Back Sunday- You're So Last Summer
Dropkick Murphys- Dirty Glass
LFO- Summer Girls
BB Mak- Back Here
Le Tigre- TKO!
HelloGoodbye- Touchdown Turnaround
Hanson- Yearbook
New Found Glory- Hit or Miss
Alkaline Trio- Hell Yess
Allister- Somewhere Down on Fullerton
Yellowcard- Ocean Avenue
The Get Up Kids- Mass Pike
TREOS- Dead Men Tell No Tales
Tegan & Sara- Walking With The Ghost
Beyonce- Check On It
Fall Out Boy-$@turday

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$WAY