I Got an A in Public Soeaking, Futurama, Calc Sucks

    Yeah, I got an A in my Public Speaking class.  I emailed the teacher a couple days ago and asked her what my grade is.  She emailed me back and said:

Oh Jeffrey,  I guess you earned something like an A plus; BUT we don’t add the “plus” at WSC.  I thought grades were public by now.  You did an amazing job and were such a positive energizer; thank you so much.  Weird is good.

Helena

That was sweet. 
    The new Futurama DVD came I the mail today.  I'm watching it now.  It's pretty good. 
    I studied for my Calc final for several hours today.  Calc is a bitch.  My final is Wednesday.  I have to get a at least 67 on it to get a 70 in the class.  I'm going to go into school to get help from the math lab.   

 

Yet Another Article on Carlin

    There was yet another article in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette remembering George Carlin.  I must of read at least ten articles remembering him over the past seven days alone.  However, everyone of them so far has been really really well written and really good.  Today's article was by Ty Barr.  It was a really good article.  There was a line in the article I really liked, that goes as follows: 

“Richard Pryor, roughly [George] Carlin’s peer, employed four letter words as percussion; he swore like angry jazz.”

That quote is awesome.  I love the comparison to jazz. 

 

Yard Saleing, Calculus, and Carlin on SNL

    Today was ok.  Dad is at the Nascar race in NH.  Me and mom have to hang with Jen all weekend.  We yard saled for most of the morning.  I got a present for Jessie, Hellcat Records The Give 'Em the Boot II CD,  The DVD Thank You For Smoking, the CD Elephant by the White Stripes and Tony Hawk Pro Skater II for N64.  I also the CD split Piebald did with River City High in like 2000 for $.50.  People keep posting that on eBay for between $2 and $4.  It is one of the last Piebald albums I don't have.  Then we went shopping around at different stores.  We went to the Christmas Tree Shop in Shrewsbury.  They didn't have what we wanted, so we went to the one in Natick.  Then we shopped Natick.  
    When we got home I checked my email and I got a 93 on my 5th and last Calculus quiz.  My current average in the class is a 73 I think.  I figured it it out mathematically and if I can get at least a 67 on the final I will get a 70 in the class.  I have to have at least a 70, so I hope I get that.  I really really don't want to take the class for a third time.
    To honor George Carlin NBC is replaying the first episode of Saturday Night Live, which he hosted in 1975.  Although back then it was only called Saturday Night.  It's really interesting.  Some of the sketches are weird.  Some sketches aren't that funny.  But you can definitely tell how revolutionary the show was at the time.  It seems so awesome that Carlin hosted the first episode of SNL.  He and SNL are so important to modern comedy and modern comedy would never have been the same without either.  They both radically changed comedy forever.

Reggie and the Full Effect Announced Their Last Tour

Ok, WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Reggie and the Full Effect just announced the tour dates for their last tour. WHAT? THEIR LAST TOUR!?!?!?!? There was an online rumor a few months ago that they had broken up. Then they just put out a new album. Today I see on MySpace that he has announced his last tour. And I look at the screen for a couple minutes, then I said, "Wait, his LAST tour?" Oh, yeah, his last tour. Than I became angry. That will be two of my favorite bands breaking up in the same year, Piebald broke up in April. Their last MA show ever is on Tuesday September 9, 2008 at the Middle East in Cambridge. Which really really sucks because on Mondays and Wednesdays this fall I have class at 7:00 am, so if I go I have to be at school at 7:00 am the next day. I really really want to go though. We'll see. I'll have to take to Jessie and Mom about it. If I go I really hope he plays a lot of his older stuff because I don't really like the new CD that much.

Less Than Jake Played Newbury Comics (and I was there)

Today I saw Less than Jake at Newbury Comics in Leominster. They played a free acoustic set and did a met & greet. They were pretty good. I was a few minutes late though so I couldn't really find a really good spot to stand to see them. Their were like fifteen kids there who were between the ages of say 9 and 12. That was weird. They started playing at 5pm and they were doing a concert at the Palladium in Worcester at 7pm, so they had to hurry at Newbury Comics. They only played like 4 , maybe 5 songs. The weird thing was they are a five piece band and only two of them played. All the members of the band were there, they just didn't play. Their horn player taped the whole show on a camcorder and he said he'd post it online. After they stopped playing the did a meet and greet and signing. A few kids asked them to sign the arm which I thought was really really dumb. The band agreed. I saw like 3 or 4 kids ask for the band to sign their arm and the band refused every time I saw. I had them sign the booklet for their album Losing Streak, which is the only album of theirs own. I almost bought their new album GNV FLA, thats just came out, but didn't.

I made the Dean's List and CALC SUCKS

Well I get a big certificate in the mail, I made the Dean's list for the Spring Semester. Mom keeps hanging it in the fridge, I keep taking it down. I really don't find it that important.
I was trying to do my Calc earlier and I am very lost, really lost. I am going to go into school tomorrow and get help. I am really hating Calculus!!!! The teacher's notes are so incredibly horrible it baffles me. I really don't like this guy.

I Went to the Cape Today

I went to Cape Cod today with my family. It was OK. Me, Bun, Jen and Ma went shopping and such and dad and Grampy went fishing at on the Canal. I got Meet the Fockers on DVD and The Royal Tenenbaums on VHS at this crappy thrift store that smells. I also got a CD by The Sleeping at a Salvation Army. In the new issue of AP it said Sebastian Bach played a set with them at Bamboozle, that's weird. That one always has cool stuff you wouldn't expect to see in a thrift store. When we finished shopping we went back and watched Pa and Gramps fish. My dad caught a 30" fish and a shark that was about 21". It started to rain when they were finishing raining. Then it started to rain hard, really hard. Grampy jumped in the truck, dad didn't. He just sat out there. After a couple minutes Grampy gave dad his raincoat, but he was already pretty wet. When it stopped raining he packed his stuff up and got in the van. On the way home me and mom went into Wal*Mart to buy dad some shorts because the raincoat didn't cover his lower half and he was completely saturated. I read some more of I Am America (And So Can You). I am now on page 184 of 227. It has taken me since Christmas to get that far.

Wipeout is Dumb

I'm watching the new show Wipeout on ABC. This show is wicked dumb. It is a total rip off of shows like MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, but it isn't really funny at all. It is extremely similar to MXC, but that show is funny. The hosts on this show suck, they aren't funny or creative at all. The contestants are really dumb. Most of them are extremely out of shape, which usually would be funny, but this show sucks. I should turn the channel, but you know I won't.

I Will Never be Able to See George Carlin

    CRAP!!!!!  I was going to go see George Carlin on July 24 at the Hampton Casino Ballroom, but he died yesterday.  That sucks!!!!  I've wanted to see him for so so long.  I almost saw him in Boston in April, but ended up not going.  Then I was going to see him in Worcester in May, but I ended up going to see Zach Galifianakis that night.  Now I can't see him.  He is one of the greatest comics of all time.  He was a comedic hero.  An article I read about him earlier called him "Lenny Bruce with a sense of humor." (If you don't know who Lenny Bruce is click here).  I really liked that.  Now obviously Lenny Bruce had a sense of humor, he was an extremely important stand-up and comedy would be very different today without him.  A lot of people consider Carlin to be Lenny Bruce's successor, as he died in 1966 and they are both very similar.  Comedy Central ranked him #2 on their list of the 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comics of All-time, #1 was Richard Pryor and #3 was Lenny Bruce.  I am sad, not just because I can't see him, but because he died.  George Carlin will be greatly missed.

I Bought a Nintendo Game Cube, Jen had Fun at Park, I want to see Be Kind Rewind

    So I went yard saleing today and bought a Nintendo GameCube.  I paid just $15 for a Nintendo GameCube, a controller, a wireless controller, a bag for it, and the game Super Smash Brothers Malee.  It was good.  I played it for a while when I got home.  It was fun, but after like two hours I realized it would be a lot more fun to play if I had more friends.  Sunday morning I am going to the flea market, it should be fun. 
    Yesterday me and Jen and Jessie hung out for a while.  We went to the playground, then Burger King, then another playground.  It was fun.  Jen had a lot of fun.  It was nice to get here out to have fun.  I told Jessie we have to take her to Davis's Farmland sometime.
     Yesterday me and Jessie went to get the movie Be Kind Rewind out of the RedBox, but it wasn't in there.  I was sad.  I was there again today and checked and it wasn't there still.

Ocean's 13 was Pretty Good!!!

    I just finished watching the movie Ocean's 13.   It was pretty good.  If you liked the first two in this series or really any movies in this , you'll like this movie.  Definitely better than Ocean's 12.  (I didn't like Ocean's 12).  WARNING THE FOLLOWING MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS, BE PREPARED. The new additions to the cast in this one were interesting.    I like Eddie Izzard, but I don't know, I just didn't love his character.  Al Pacino was awesome as Billy Bank, as was expected.  The heist in this one was...different.  The main point of it was to kind-of rig all the games so a lot of patrons would each will a multi-million dollar prize.  It was cool and interesting how on the major ways they did that was by using a huge underground drill to fake an earthquake.  The heist wasn't really about the payoff, it was about fucking with the hotel because the owner screwed their very good friend. Overall, the movie was pretty good. 

I am Bart Simpson

    This video is awesome.  This kid gives one of the best graduation speeches ever and best of all it's musical.  This is really funny.   

I really want to see George Carlin

I really want to go to George Carlin at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom on 7/24.  Tickets are $36, which is less than the $50 tickets for his show in Worcester in May.  I've wanted to see him for a while.  The only thing is I don't know yet what the added "fees" will be.  There are always added fees that you don't see until you buy tickets.  Except, tickets aren't on sale until this Friday.  It's also the day after Warped Tour.  You can check out the show at http://www.casinoballroom.com/event-detail.php?event=227. 

I am the Punisher

My Calc Teacher Sucks

   Mom had been bitching at me for a couple weeks to email my Calculus teacher for help and I kept telling her he won't.  She kept saying that he has to offer some kind of help.  I finally emailed my teacher today and asked if we could maybe meet, possible at WooState, for some help.  He responded and said he's retired and no where near Worcester.  I was actually surprised my that response.  My mother's mouth dropped.   

WHY DOES NO ONE COMMENT ON MY POSTS?????

Why does no one ever comment on my posts??? I know not many people read this, but come on, at least three people must. COMMENT ON MY POST, PLEASE!!!!! It isn't hard.

Really cute dog costume

I had to post this picture.  It is funny and cute.  

 

Hot Fuzz was Funny

    Earlier me and Jen watched the movie Hot Fuzz.  It was really good.  I didn't think I'd like it that much, but it was really good.  It was funny in the same why Shaun of the Dead was.  There were very little real, traditional jokes.  The script was really funny.  Jen liked it to, he likes violence.  In the beginning of the movie I started eating some Goldfish, I offered Jen a couple.  Jen apparently now likes Goldfish, she ate a lot of it. 

Calc Sucks & Stupid Teens love AP

    UGH I HATE CALCULUS!!!!   The teacher for my online Calc I class I'm taking posted horrible notes online and we are supposed to learn Calculus ourselves from his notes and the book.  He keeps saying to use the math computer programs Maple and Converge.  However, he never really goes into much detail on how to use these programs.  He relies way to much on these programs.  If someone takes his online Calc I class and then tries to take Calc II in a real classroom they'd be screwed.  I have to take Calc II so I'm hoping I do OK.  I sent a message to Jill P. to see if she could help me tomorrow.  She didn't respond yet.  I'm really really hoping she will help me.  I tried calling her house at like 7:30 but she wasn't home.
    I had an issue of Alternative Press for sale on eBay.  I listed it for $.99.  It just ended at $10.  These people are crazy.  The issue got 18 bids.  Why do people pay so much for issues of AP?  I've sold issue for $15 and $20.  Why?  I get a year subscription of AP every year at warped tour.  I've sold most of the issues I have.  I am making a huge profit on these issues of AP.  With the sale of this issue I have enough to buy a new two-year subscription of AP.  Most of the high bidders on my AP issues are teenagers, who 9 times out of 10 only buy it because their favorite band is on the cover.

Power of Attorney

   
    His costume really isn't that good, but nice effort.  I love the idea.  I mean any effort at a Harvey Birdman costume is right by me.

Today was OK, Birthday OK, This movie isn't that Good

    Today was my birthday.  Today was ok.  I ate lunch at Val's for like 3 hours.  That was boring.  My mom gave me a card.  Bun & Grampy gave me a card.  Jessie gave me a card.  She also gave me the Stooges glass from Newbury Comics I wanted.  I just told her I had wanted that like four days ago.  I had a feeling she'd buy me the glass.  She also gave me the Blue Brother's 25^th Anniversary edition DVD, which I told her I was going to buy.  Haha.  After eating at Val's we came hour shortly.  While we were home mom said she wanted to put the air conditioner in.  She said she wanted to put it in my room.  Its a new one gram gave us.  It even has a remote.  Then went to Jill's Graduation Party, we were there for like an hour and a half or so then I had to leave to bring Jessie to work.  On the way to bringing Jessie to work I was thinking about calling Abiola.  I had messaged her online and asked if she wanted to hang out sometime, she called me yesterday and asked if I wanted to today.  I told her I'd probably be busy today.  After I dropped Jessie off I parked and called Abiola.  She said she couldn't today, she was cleaning.  Apparently she had a party yesterday, because she graduated yesterday.  She said we could hang out tomorrow and to call her in the morning.  I don't know I've heard that before and we didn't hang out.  I hope we do though.  Usually I only like to hang out with her if we are in a group, she never shuts up and if other people are around she shuts up more.  After I got off the phone with Abiola I drove back to Jill's party.  We stayed there another like forty five minutes.  Then we came home.  I cleaned my room some.  I cleaned up my desk and floor some.  I finally hung the Piebald poster in my room.  I hung about the art print Tom gave me.  I also moved some stuff on my bulletin board around.  I also found the small dreamcatcher, which I used to really like, in my closet and hung above the DVD stand by my window.
    Right now I'm watching the movie Yours, Mine, & Ours.  Don't judge, There wasn't really much else on TV.  The movie really isn't that good.  The beginning was stupid.  The speed of the parents relationship was way to fast.  They dated for like two days then he proposed.  They went to High School together.  They movie didn't really get OK until like an hour in.  It's really predictable though.  It has an interesting cast.

It's HOT and Weezer is Awesome

    OH. MY. GOD.  I AM HOT!!!!  I of course mean temperature wise, not attractiveness wise.  Today is so insanely hot.  I'm sitting in my room with both my windows open and my ceiling fan on and it feels like its 102 in here.  The heat is making me really tired. 
    I finally watched the second disc of the third and final volume of Harvey Birdman.  Its been sitting on my desk for like three weeks.  I also read like thirty pages of I Am America (and so can you) by Stephen Colbert while yard saleing today, that's a lot pages for one day for me (I don't read). 
    For some reason joined the Weezer Online Street Team: Our Name is Jonas.  I've been really starting to like them though.  Well they have this awesome new video for their song "Pork & Beans".  The video is hilarious, really.  It stars some of the biggest stars of YouTube.  You can see their video by clicking either of the two banners below. 

Doktor CocacolaMcdonalds SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!

    Hahahahaha!!!  I'm watching Last Comic Standing and they were counting down their 10 worst auditions and they voted Doktor CocacolaMcdonalds their 4^th worst.  Hahahahaha!!!  I love it.  When I went to the Alt Comedy Festival a few weeks ago and he was there and he was horrible.  He was just really stupid.  Below is a video clip of him at the Alt Comedy Festival.

 

Wonder Bitch

 

This poor dog.  My mom dresses our dogs in costumes at Halloween, but I'd kill her if she ever put one of our goods in this.

Seth has a new Challenger on Yo Gabba Gabba!

 

It looks like Seth has a new Challenger on Yo Gabba Gabba!  Julia is quite the young dancer, but I still think Seth beats her.  This show is awesome! I am refeering to Yo Gabba Gabba!  not The Soup, although that is good too.  I watched the last couple minutes of Yo Gabba Gabba! yesterday morning, that show is funny.

Some Funny Pictures

Inventor of the Pringles Can Buried in One

    This morning I was reading online that the inventor of the Pringles can died recently.  His family cremated him and buried him in a Pringles can.  That isn't some kind of sick joke.  It is actually true.  Apparently he told his family a couple years ago that when he died that is what he wanted to happen to him.  Is that not just awesome?  That is my new favorite story.

My Public Speaking Teacher is Cool and 30 Days is a Good Show

    My Public Speaking class ended on Friday.  I sent my teacher an email on Sunday to say how much I liked her class and her.  She sent me a reply this morning it said:

    Thanks Jeffrey, and you are definitely one of my favorites.  Weird is good as we both know.
--Helena

That was nice.  The weird comment is in reference to all the times in class I stated I was weird, haha.
    The new season of the show 30 days started tonight.  I am really starting to like this show a lot.  I think it is a very important show.  I know that sounds dumb, but it is a fun show that is funny at times but it can also be deep.  Last week I watched an episode where a guy who is a computer programmer who lost his job to outsourcing to India.  He went to India for thirty days to work there to see why all the jobs are being sent there.  It is really interesting seeing how all the people in India think about outsourcing.  After that I watched an episode where a Christian guy from the Mid-West who believes that homosexuality is immoral was sent to live with a gay man in the Castro district of San Francisco, which is literally the gayest place on earth.  Tonight is the season premiere and show creator Morgan Spurlock is working as a coal miner for 30 days.  It is sad how there are so many different ways for these guys to die underground.  Their wives freak out if their they are only a couple minutes late.  The percentage of coal miner who get black lung is sad, almost all of them get some degree of it.  The guy Morgan Spurlock was staying with was tested for Black Lung seven years ago and was negative.  He claimed he was still healthy.  Morgan Spurlock challenged him to get another test with him at the end of the month.  They both got tested.  Morgan Spurlock was negative, he had no signs of Black Lung, probably because he was only in the mines for 30 days.  The other guy wasn't as lucky.  He wasn't as healthy as he claimed.  He had small particles of dust in each lung, which means he is in the starting of Black Lung.  It was sad. 
 

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets and Strange Wilderness were OK

    Over the weekend I rented National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets.  It was ok.  It definitely weren't as good the first one.  The plot definitely wasn't as strong or exciting as the first.  I'll give it a B-.
    Last weekend, as in the weekend before the one that just ended, I rented the movie Strange Wilderness and I was disappointed.  I'd wanted to see it since it was released in theatres.  I almost went to see it in January with Abiola, but of course we didn't go because she is a turd.  It really wasn't as funny as I thought it would be.  A lot of the jokes were weak.  All and all I'd give it a C+.