Does the Lion City Still Roar?

One of my favorite bands finally released a single from their new album that is due out June 23rd. The band I am talking about is Less Than Jake and the new album is titled “GNVA FLA” which is being released on their new label “Shout It Out Records”. The single is titled “Does the City Still Roar?” and I have to say that I’m going to enjoy this new album. A lot of people claim that they’re last album “In With The Out Crowd” sucked or was a flop, I however happen to disagree. I’ve been a fan of LTJ since I was 7 (you can thank my older brothers) and I honestly have to say that the album is no different then the album before it titled “Anthem”. I have noticed that each record is different and “Anthem” and “In With The Out Crowd” have differences (less horns in IWTOC) but if your a true fan you’ll have respect for the album, which many people don’t. But hey everyone is entitled to their own opinion right?

Anyways check out the new single on their website (http://lessthanjake.com) or on myspace (http://myspace.com/lessthanjake). Let me know what you think of the new single.

Things have been going pretty well so far for me. Over the weekend I went to at least 3 BBQ’s for Memorial Day Weekend. I went to one on Saturday, another on Sunday and then another Yesterday. I love food especially burgers and hot dogs on a nice warm day, I swear I had to have eaten at least 20 total over the weekend. Either way it was great to spend time with friends and family, especially the ones you haven’t seen in months. How was everyone elses weekend? Enjoy good food, friends and family?

I have determined that my band is on hiatus. We haven’t practiced in over a month, due to everyone’s schedule in the band whether it be for work, family plans, etc. Were planning on recording this summer and playing shows but till then nothing new is coming out of the band. I’ve written some material on my guitar that I’m eager to share with everyone, but till the hiatus is over no one will be hearing anything.

No comic for the ending post today. I will make up for it some time this week though!

Rainy Days Aren’t So Bad

I always thought that Rainy Days were the worst, for most people however these kind of days usually start off bad because of how the weather affects your mood and then more stuff just builds on top of it. Though this may be true, usually what you consider is going to be a bad day turns out to be good. When I woke up this morning the first thing I thought was “Oh crap it’s raining” mainly because I knew the drive into work would be hell. What happens on Rainy Days in the area work is usually people are slamming on they’re brakes last minute because they either weren’t paying attention or were riding some ones bumper. On top of that usually the traffic gets bad in a certain area which just makes matters worst.

The drive in today wasn’t too bad and I probably could have gotten in a bit earlier had I just taken route 78 to the Springfield exit and worked my way over to Route 22 in Union, so next time I’ll do that instead. But today so far hasn’t been so bad after all. I walked in and everything was at peace and everything is going smooth. So if your encountering a Rainy Day and it’s all muggy out. Just take a step back, a deep breath, grab a cup of coffe or tea and just relax because even if you just walk into an office or a house and things haven’t start off right it’s not the end of the world. And only you can control your mood and you feel, definitely try to make the best of it, even when something goes wrong.

So how have I been over all since my last post? Pretty good, even though classes are over I still feel like I have to do work for them and that I’m going to do poorly if I don’t. I’m sure that feeling will go away soon. Speaking of college, I want to quickly talk about the whole grading thing at my college. For those of you who don’t know I go to a Community College and yes my degree and the professors at my school are of the same quality as those so called “Real Colleges”. The grading policy might be slightly different then most schools as Julie was quite surprised to hear that I’m considered passing the class with a D. For whatever reason there are certain courses in my school where D is considered passing and obviously F is failing. However in other courses such as the Mathematics anything below a C is considered Failing. Again I’m not sure why this was done but it was. Now as for the class I got a D in I’m retaking it when my last semester for the college comes, I’d rather get done all of my advance courses first and then retake a prereq course for an easy A at the end of college.

Oh btw I turned 21 this past Sunday. I still feel the same and I don’t understand why people are asking me if I feel any different. Am I suppose to feel different? If so then how? Anyways I spent Saturday afternoon in Wildwood, NJ with my friends. We got a motel room, spent the night on the boardwalk and then celebrated. It was a great weekend and I couldn’t have asked for more. I plan on going down again in a few weeks if I’m able to, and this time I’ll take my cousin so we can both take some awesome photography down there. Well I’m off for now so I shall leave you with this small comic that stumbleupon threw at me. I think from now on I’m going to close off each post with a comic, enjoy!

College is out and I’m back!

Ah the lovely feeling of summer break and being able to go back to your original daily schedule for work! There is no sarcasm in that I really do mean it.  College this year was definitely ten times better then last year, my studying habits are better and I didn’t go out as much, however my grade in my math class says other wise.  I’m also quite concerned what my grade is in my programing class. I’ll be happy with a C or even a D just so I can move forward to get my other classes done and then come to back it and retake the class for an easy A later on. So this summer if I can I’m going to be retaking my math class, so I can take the last Mod once classes start back up in the fall. If I can’t no worries it wont set me back entirely.

So I’m back and I can now finally focus on the projects I’ve been working on during school. The Mixxing Bowl Theme is finally going to be completed, learn how to properly code in Java on my own time (being force fed isn’t fun), get CompTIA Certified, second job just to make some extra cash, continue play testing my card game, continue fleshing out the video game I presented in class(I would really love to see it get built), get work done on my cars back and front bumper as well as the one side skirt replaced. I’m sure there will be more to come, but having this free time now is allowing me to do what I need to do. Oh and I also plan on getting my own domain name soon and hosting wordpress on it’s own server. When I’m not sure but it will happen. So till then give me some idea’s on the name of the blog/site/domain name!

My laptop is still out for repairs but they are just waiting on one more part and it will be shipped back to me. There’s also more to the story then I’m currently telling you guys, but I’m saving it till I get the system back so I can tell it in full and not in broken bits and pieces. It will be more of like a review on my experience with the support call, the critical issues contact I have and my experience with them, the quality of repair, if any compensations were given, and of course my overall experience since day one (June/May 2006) with my system from Alienware. So sit back, relax, grab some coffee, tea or a drink of your choosing as things are just starting to slowly take off.