Awesome Video Sunday

Well this video is pretty funny, probably more so if you know H.P. Lovecraft

Awesome Video Sunday

So instead of doing a funny video, i'll do one that I find awesome, cool, weird, or yes-- awesome. Here we go.

So I thought this was kinda funny. I mean there's a baby and a dog. Can't go wrong with that I suppose.

The Road

A few nights ago I saw a movie called The Road. The Road is a post-apocalyptic story about a man (Viggo Mortensen) and his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) traveling south to reach the coast. There really isn't much more to the plot than that. It's really just a basic story of survival. Survival from starvation, the elements around them, and worst of all-- cannibals. Yep. It appears in whatever disaster that took place, there's no food really left in the world. Not any fresh food anyways. So there are many cannibals within this story.
While not being the most engaging movie, The Road is an interesting tale of how the world may be if some untold disaster did in fact destroy all vegetation and stuff on earth. Go and see it.

Doug Reviews: Radiohead

Radiohead is grown on me heavily over this past semester, easily becoming one of my favorite bands. This band's music is unique to be sure, with some of their music with rock as basic as can be, while other stuff is just plain weird (and everything in between). Let's take a look at each album in order of release.

Pablo Honey (1993)
The first album released by Radiohead is one I haven't listened to as much. It is the last addition to my collection and I still am getting used to it. Probably the most well known song on here is "Creep", which is a pretty good song in my opinion. Nice and slow. I also very much enjoy "Anyone Can Play Guitar".

The Bends (1995)
Ah. How do I begin with The Bends? This album is definitely one of my favorites, although I'm not sure if it would be #1 or #2...oh well. This great album is complimented by wonderful songs like "High and Dry", "Planet Telex", and farther down the track list: "My Iron Lung" and "Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was". This particular set of songs is great at helping me get to sleep, especially in the loud dorms at night. Overall, a really great one.

OK Computer (1997)
I'd say this album is middle ground for me. Not my favorite to beOhb sure, but still a good listen. Apparently the song "Karma Police" is well-known, but before I listened to Radiohead, I've only known it by name. Whatever. Another unique song on this is "Fitter Happier", where a robot voice talks. It's interesting and even a bit funny. So there's that one.

Kid A (2000)
Oh boy. This particular album is a bit different. The whole electronic-ness of this album makes it incredibly unique...it also makes it not my favorite. Still, it's worth a listen. The song "Idioteque" is apparently a very popular one. It's pretty cool. Woot.

Amnesiac (2001)
Well. I don't have this one unfortunately. So...yeah. I just listened to "Pyramid Song" though, and it's got the usual Radiohead flair to it, so that's good. The music video for it is cool too, so yeah. Hopefully i'll be able to get this album sooner or later.

Hail to the Thief (2003)
Heh. This is my other favorite Radiohead album to be sure. The first two songs "2+2=5" and "Sit Down. Stand Up." are among my favorites. Woot x2. Again, this album is great-I mean great for getting to sleep. Many relaxing riffs make for restoring rest. And does it ever.

In Rainbows (2007)
This is another album I need to get acquainted with better, but you know...so far so good.

Overall: Good stuff here. Good band. Good music. Hopefully there will be more to come.

update: Alright, i've been listening to Pandora (radio thinger), so I heard one song I haven't heard "The Trickster". Check it out, it rocks.

Dreams

The last few nights i've been having odd dreams. I few nights ago I had one with zombies in it. I don't remember actually seeing any zombies in that part, but there was a room full of people and I threw a baseball bat to Micah Ricke. The next part of that dream was more intense with fast moving freaky creatures and stuff. So...yeah.

This morning I had one in a dream-land where I think i've been before (you know the feeling). This one was a "mall", but didn't show many mall-like characteristics...like stores. There was a church though, which is odd for a mall. The whole area was large and open, with walkway ledges. My math teacher from high school was reading this boring book aloud in a large open area, and my girlfriend was around there somewhere. The whole thing was really weird.

Crazy Icy

Man oh man. The sidewalks today were incredibly slippery. I think I almost fell a few times. This ice isn't the nice see-able ice that used to be around. MLC used pebbles to get rid of that. Yes, pebbles, not salt. yeesh. I guess I should be thankful today for those little rocks. They were actually nice. Speaking of salt, the MLC grounds crew or whatever they're called really needs to learn how to throw down salt. The only salt I saw was in large piles in random sidewalk spots. Ugh. Thats like if I threw down salt at the end of the walkway to our house, but did nothing else. Oy Vey. I guess i'm ranting a bit, but still.

New Room

So apparently the "fam" is moving me downstairs and such. You probably know this stuff already, but hey. Here's some pics of the new room colour and carpet.