What I did this summer...

    Wow I haven't written in here since July 22.  Every time I say I'm going start writing in here I never do, haha.  Well I start school in the morning.  Its my senior year of college, wow I feel old, haha.  I haven't really done anything all summer.  I went to Warped Tour in July.  I was supposed to go see Blink-182, Weezer, taking Back Sunday and Chester French this past Saturday in Hartford, CT.  But didn't go.  I really wanted to got to show since late May.  Two weeks ago I just said fuck it (literally I was alone in my room and I actually said out loud, "Oh fuck it") and bid on and won two tickets to go to the show on eBay.  But I had no one to go with me and thus I started to freak out.  One of my old friends said he might, and then he didn't give me an answer.  I called him last Wednesday because I was starting to worry, three days before the show, and he said his grandmother was in the hospital and he couldn't go.  I freaked out.  I couldn't think of anyone else to go with me and if I wanted to see them on eBay I only had less than three days to sell and ship them.  Then at like 7:30 pm I said screw it and put them on eBay.  I was relived after 20 minutes one person messaged me saying they might want them and then another messaged me and said if I added a Buy-It-Now they would pay $75, including shipping.  I added a Buy-It-Now and sold them.  But I still really wish I could have gone.  I have been doing whatever I can think of to make money.  I sold I shit load of stuff on eBay this summer.  I listed 200 items and made more than $748.28.  That's a lot.  I started writing articles on the articles on eHow.com.  the site is full of How-To articles.  You write articles on the sites and they pay you for the views your article gets.  I wrote 14 articles on the site.  I written anymore though because the site pissed me off.  They were having problems and I sent them three messages over three weeks and the over responded to the second two, which annoyed me.  Then I started thinking about how I bet this site probably generates tens of thousands of dollars in ad revue every month.  They can more than afford to hire a few more people to work at the site and then it won't have issues.  And when they did answer my messages their answers were really crappy.  Since I started writing these articles, my 14 articles have a combined 1123 views and according to eHow I have made zero dollars off of my articles.  They are trying to tell me 1123 views equals zero dollars.  How?  I bet they made money off of ad revue of my 1123 views.  (You can read my eHow articles by clicking here).  I also had a yard sale in June to make money, or maybe it was May.  I sold stuff at the Flea market twice this summer.  I have been getting stuff and bringing to this thift store in Leominster called Cutiques, I bring stuff then and when my stuff sells they give me a check.  My mom also discovered this place in Holden where everything is free.  She got me a whole bunch of cross stitch patterns there and I sold them for between $2.5 and $20 each. 
    When upgraded to Digital Cable in mid-July and ever since I have been watching a lot of movies.  I literally have watched about 50 movies since May.  That a lot for me.  And most of them were really good.  (You can read reviews of all the movies on the Flixter application on Facebook).  I also became addicted to the show Weeds.  I bough the first two seasons at a yard sale for $2 each and I LOVED the show.  I watched the first two seasons in like three days.  I then had to go buy season three because the cliffhanger at the end of season drove me crazy.  Then I had to go buy season four.  With each season I liked the show more.  When I finished watching season four I started re-watching the DVDs.  Then when I finished watching season four I freaked because season five is on TV now and wouldn't go on sale until June of next year, I checked Amazon.  I really wish we got Showtime so I could watch the new season, but Showtime is an extra $10 a month and if I wait I can buy all of season five for like $20 next year.  Last week I was at my great-aunt's house and she gets Showtime and has On Demand so I was able to watch the first one and a half episodes of season five.  I also four books since the beginning of May.  That is a lot of books for me.  I usually read like maybe 2 books a year. You can see a list of all the movies I watched and books I read by clicking here.

My only plans all summer is to sell stuff on eBay.....

    Alls I have to do now is to sell stuff on eBay.  My mom gave me a crap load of stuff today that I have to start putting on eBay, like probably over 40 things.  So I'll be busy with that for a while.  My only plans for the rest of the summer is putting stuff on eBay and my cousins baby shower this Saturday.  That could be interesting, but probably boring.  My new friend Laura was supposed to have a pool party or something this Thursday but apparently her mom got mad at her and now she can't have it.  That sucks!  That sounded like it could be fun.  Now I got nothing.  So I'm going to spend the rest of the summer putting stuff on eBay.  This really sucks.  I REALLY wanted to go to the Blink-182, Weezer, Taking Back Sunday and Chester French show in Hartford in August but I couldn't find anyone to go with me and I really didn't have the money to buy anything but a lawn ticket.  Pretty much alls that's left for tickets to that show is lawn tickets.  I also really want to go to The Get Up Kids show at the Palladium in Worcester in October, but I can't find anyone to go with me.  I'm no TGUK superfan, I think it'd be really cool to see them.  (TGUK means The Get Up Kids for anyone who couldn't pick up on that).  Well whatever I guess I'll just stay home, sell stuff on eBay and watch TV.

My first really randon post in 2.5 months

    So over since my last post not much has happened in my mundane life.  I reorganized my room a little.  I gave my old desktop computer and desk to my grandmother.  I got a new desk.  I FINALLY  have a desk I can sit at and use now.  I got a some new shelf units to hold my stuff.  I got new CD shelves.  And all my new shelf units are black and the all match.  My room looks nice now.  My mom bought me a nice printer for my room.  I have gotten really into the artist Gus Fink, am have bought a bunch of his stuff on ebay.  I now have seven Gus Fink art prints on my walls.  I am FINALLY going to hang that sweet Sublime skateboard on won in an online contest on the wall.  I also FINALLY bought a record player, although it is a piece of shit.  I also have picked up some sweet really cheap records including by the Beatles: "Let it Be", "Magical Mystery Tour", "Revolver", "Abby Road", "1962-1966", and "1967-1970"; "My Aim is True" by Elvis Costello; "Double Fantasy" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono; and "Never Mind The Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols" by the Sex Pistols.  I am really want "London Calling" by The Clash and "Skeletons in the Closet" by Grateful Dead on vinyl.  I am watching both on ebay and will probably bid.  Speaking of ebay since I'm not currently working I am trying to sell whatever I can on ebay.  Check out my crap athttp://shop.ebay.com/merchant/ribzy12_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZ. There is a bunch of crap want to do this summer but won't.  First I want to go to the Eugene Mirman show in Boston this month, but won't.  I want to go to the gallery of the work of Shepard Fairy at the ICA in Boston, but won't.  I really wanted to go to Blink182's reunion, but I highly doubt I'll do that.  I now own a Sega Genesis, an N64 and a GameCube, but I am in no way a gamer and I rarely play any of them.  I also no own a 5' tall Homer Simpson that sings and dances.  My bought it at a yard sale.  I turned 22 this past Monday and I did pretty much nothing to celebrate.  Me, my mother and grandmother went out to lunch.   Bun is having me drive her to the cemetery to water the plants on Grampy's grave several days a week.  I don't know what else to say.  I'll try to blog again this weekend.

You should buy a pre-sale ticket to Warped Tour

    The pre-sale for tickets to Warped Tour go on sale April 1.  I strongly recommend you buy a presale ticket if you are thinking of going to Warped Tour this year.  These special pre-sale tickets are going going to be well special.  They will be special 15th Anniversary tickets.  They come with a free copy of this year's 2-CD Warped Tour compilation set.  They are cheaper than regular tickets (I am not sure how much the will cost yet, but in past year the pre-sale tickets were about about $27 and the regular tickets are about $35).  They also  will get you into the show earlier than every one else (I do not know how much earlier but trust me an amount eralier if a huge plus with the crowds that are usually trying to get into Warped every year).  You should definetly consider going this year and you should buy a pre-sale ticket.  If you click the banners here you it will bring you to a site where you can be signed up to be notified as soon as the pre-sale tickets are on sale and on April 1 they will automatically redirect to the site where the pre-sale tickets will be sold.  I posted a video below about this year's Warped Tour, watch it!

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.

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. 

Last Comic Standing at Hanover Theatre

   
    I just found out the Last Comic Standing is coming to the Hanover Theatre in Worcester this year.  I have loved this show since it first premiered, mainly because I love comedy.  I can't wait for the new season to start this Thursday.  After each season of the show the finalist all go on a national tour, much like American Idol.  Except unlike American Idol, Last Comic Standing is a good show.  This year the tour is coming to Worcester this November.  The show hasn't even started yet, we don't even have an idea who the finalists will be, and I already want to go to this.  The finalist are always really funny and talented comedians.