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Slipknot: All Hope Is Gone



I managed to get a little sneak(y) peek at the new album. (Dear RIAA, I am buying the album in two days with my friend Christina, who is similarly obsessed. So stuff it.)

( At first I didn't know what to think about it... )

My Zune is being a butthole. It made a conscious decision to erase all my music and videos and won't sync any of what I used to have on there. At first I thought it just had the catfish dinner at Chicken Express, but now I think it is bulimic. I am going to call customer service tomorrow and ask them why my Zune is being a butthole. "Is there a butthole troubleshooting option?" I will ask them. "Because I've looked." Maybe they can refer me to a rehab clinic. My Zune can room with Lindsay Lohan and have well-publicized lesbian dalliances at night clubs. Oh boy!

Anyway, my air conditioner is still broken, and the earth is a'heatin' up every day. My life is one big butthole. I have crawled inside of a big butthole. I need to start taking my medication again so I can get out of this butthole. Okay, I've now said "butthole" seven times and I'm officially through. It's just a really fun word, that's all. Don't judge me.

I hope this won't be the start of another bad week. Because I really don't want to get a flat tire and a root canal again.

(knocks on wood)

But seriously, Red Lobster? I thought I could trust you. This makes two families of fish that have violently upset my digestive system - catfish and flounder. Well, fuck you guys too. OH MY GOD maybe it's because when I was backing out of the parking lot I scraped a little bit of the paint off of a red truck parked next to me. And then drove away with people looking at me. Maybe they put a gypsy curse on me. A gypsy curse for fish.

Halo 27: The Slip



Utterly fantastic. Truly surprising. Trent Reznor is becoming a machine, but he's not becoming a "The Becoming" machine, he's becoming a xylophone-wielding, Ghost-producing studio sorcerer hell-bent on transforming the industry as we know it. And boy, it's fun being along for the ride. It's been just over two months since his last release and it feels to me almost like a vocal companion for the instrumental album that was Ghosts I-IV, so that we have the best of both worlds in Trent's new Internet regime. I've read it once and I'll say it now: it's a good time to be a NIN fan.

In-depth exploration of The Slip's ten tracks still to come; I'm digesting the sparse behemoth that is "Corona Radiata" and having trouble keeping myself away from "The Four Of Us Are Dying".

( My thoughts )

Happy GTA day! It is currently 7:18am by my possibly inaccurate computer clock, and I am excited! Forgoing the midnight release because I forgot to run by the bank before work, I have been stalled until my local friendly Gamestop opens at 10. Until then, my current goal is to make sure the house is clean enough so that it won't distract me while playing videogames (please don't make fun of me, I have a serious problem) while also acquiring donuts.

8:41am: House clean, donuts acquired, donuts devoured, Livejournal accessed. OMGSH. I'm going to take a shower and then hop on over to the bank. And in about two hours from now I'll be sitting on my ass in front of a television, enjoying life.

10:11am: Game in hand, cellophaned and wonderful. I will savor this moment.

10:12am: Moment savored.

10:14am: The map is pretty. Oh hey, there are two random islands not pictured on the Rockstar website map! Look at that.

10:15am: As a side note, Portishead's "Machine Gun" is beautiful and crazy awesome.

10:20am: The radio stations! Oh my! Aphex Twin, LCD Soundsystem, Goldfrapp, R.E.M., Stevie Nicks, OH MY!

10:30am: Long upload.

Nine Inch Nails: "Discipline"



"Discipline" is a random new NIN single that emerged on various American radio stations Tuesday April the twenty-second. Trent Reznor imparted another cryptic "two weeks" message at nin.com like a blog from the grave.

Really nothing more and nothing less than a chip off the nostalgia block of With_Teeth, which, as it turns out, is not such a bad thing. It's certainly catchy, but in the pantheon of NIN tunes, I wouldn't rank it any higher than "Deep" or "The Perfect Drug."

make the bed, or wash the dishes? I do them.

But why should I?"

The good: George, Mason, Roxy, Reggie, and Joy are definitely signed on. No word on Clancy, though. I am so glad that Reggie and Joy are staying on because I loved their storyline almost more than the reaper storyline.

The bad: Rube and Daisy are definitely not signed on, even though Mandy Patinkin mysteriously departed from Criminal Minds and had to be written out sloppily. I am very upset, however, that Laura Harris will not appear because I freaking love her. Best of luck to her replacement Sarah Wynter, though, who at least resembles Daisy; I trust the casting people, they certainly did a good job on the show.

The new Daisy:



The original Daisy (sigh):



There's some new head guy sent to replace Rube, and he's a "slick businessman" who could "care less about souls." Also HENRY IAN CUSICK!!! is going to be in the movie, and seriously, who doesn't love Desmond to death.

I'm not even sure it's filming yet, but so far things are looking more good than bad. The screenplay was penned by John Masius, who did the main writing for the show, so you know it'll stay true. I don't know if Delores and Crystal and all the Happy Time people will be back, though.

If Bryan Fuller would've stayed with the show, I think it would've gone on longer. Sigh. Maybe the movie will make some notice how awesome it is and revive it?

Some edits:
- Filming wrapped a few days ago, actually, so yes it's done. It won't be released till next year though, and it's a straight-to-DVD format.
- If the movie is received well, there is a possibility they will restart the series! There is also a possibility that Showtime will not pick it back up, and if that's the case then they will have to "shop around" for networks, but there's a new head cheese at the helm over at Showtime who happens to be a big DLM fan, so we'll see.
- Bryan Fuller, as usual, was cock-blocked from his own creation once more. No involvement here, le sigh.
- "Everyone" returned except for Rube and Daisy - I'm assuming that means we'll see Delores and the Happy Time crew, Clancy, maybe even Grandma Phil or ancillary characters like Kiffany. If we can rope Delores and Kiffany back, I'll be pleased as pie.
- Ellen says the format/concept of the show will remain the same in the movie, and she'll be narrating as usual, but there are a number of small changes due to the nature of the plot, e.g. the fact that Rube is mysteriously gone, and they are accounting for the time gap from the end of season two to the movie. Go canon!

Sources: Wikipedia, Muth's Myspace

You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451; which book do you want to be?
Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak. I (literally) know it almost by heart anyway!

Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Clay, from Blair Mastbaum's Clay's Way. Nothing sexier than a closeted Hawaiian drug dealer/surfer boy. Mmm mmmm!

The last book you bought was:
Augusten Burroughs's Running With Scissors - omgosh. So worth it.

The last book you read:
I just finished up my re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-read of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Can't beat the classics, man - especially with Deathly Hallows so close on the horizon!

What are you currently reading?
I'm about to reread Tom Robbins's Still Life With Woodpecker for my junior theme. I'm quite excited for that. I recommend him!

Five books you would take to a deserted island:
Rebecca by Daphne DuMoir
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Once again, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Charles Romano Bradbury

Who are you going to pass this meme to?
sans_nuages

I dreamed Jacob's parents died when he ran the car into a creek with some water-purification human-grinding hole in the bottom that sucked them down and killed them. I got out. Jacob went crazy with grief and was loading a shotgun and singing to himself when I got back to my house. He tried to kill me. I escaped. Natalie came at me with a scalpel. Even Brooke was trying to kill me! I know there were more friends, too, but I can't remember the faces at the moment.

I don't know what the hell that's supposed to mean... but all of my friends coming at me with weapons trying to kill me over something that wasn't my fault, does not bode well in dream world or real world.

Anna Nicole Smith.

I don't really know what to say about you. I wanna say this is karma, for your money-stealing scandal. But after your son died, and you had another baby, I can definitely say that you didn't deserve this at all.

R.I.P. forever. :|

What's that? Finally a new default icon since I got the Crane Wife back in July? YES!

I want Vayne Solidor. In my bedroom. Right now.

p.s. I got the results of my PSAT. 88th percentile, 181/240 total. Not bad I guess. I hate that they changed the SATs so it's out of 2400 instead of the tried-and-true 1600 though. It would make things so much easier if everything didn't have to change when I was still at school. Yuck. One more year, though, don't sweat it.

omgosh. It's 6am. WHY THE HELL AM I UP. I'm preparing for school tomorrow with Kim. We are both stinking rotten miserable. I was actually so tired when my alarm went off this morning that I tried calling Kim on my stuffed dolphin. NO JOKE.

Rogue Wave. Pretty cool.

Dear people who make the Harry Potter movies,

Stop making Hermione so hot. She's supposed to be bookish with large front teeth and extremely bushy hair.

Love,
Sean

Today at work there were these two women. Lady #1 got her wrap before Lady #2 because Lady #2 had ordered a veggie wrap which takes longer to make because we grill the veggies fresh. So I told her, I said, "Yours is gonna take a little bit longer because we grill the veggies fresh, but we'll have that out to you as soon as possible." And #2 said, with this stupid smirky-pseudo-polite-smile, "This year?" And I laughed and tried to act like it was funny but really she was a bitch, so I told the bitch, "This year." When really I should've said "STFU BITCH."

I smell like deli meat and I need a shower and I'm looking forward to Monday's party thrown by some dude named "Dan the Man" who is a senior I don't know. I'm going with Savannah and Marishia, and a number of dramatic lesbians, I think. Fun!

Kristina, Caroline and Danielle came in last night before we closed and told me they were gonna confront Deonna and get all their shit out. Amen to that, I say! I should probably call Deonna and see if all that drama has been de-dramatized.

Oh and I was washing dishes today and Yankee Bayonet came on! :D

The new Decemberists B-side is fucking weird. I don't know whether to laugh at it or feel bad for the little kid who sings, "Please, daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas / I don't wanna see my momma cry!"

Today was a smashing day if I say so myself. Tomorrow is the last day before thank-you-jesus-thanksgiving-break.

I'm thinking about giving that failed story another try, this time using the Snowflake Method... Google it, dear readers/writers, it will help immensely.

I've decided I like the new MCR single. It isn't half bad, just... "arena-ready" maybe? Hm.

Tomorrow, I get to sleep in a little later and get my teeth hacked into. I have decided I hate the entire institute of orthodontia and want it to die.

I think I'm gonna edge off of LJ for a little while, because some of the people on it are complete assholes who sit in front of the computer and talk down to people who don't agree with their opinions, just so they can feel better about their own miserable lives. Don't you just hate that?

I should get to bed...