So, it's been over a year since I've posted in this thing. Wow, a lot has changed in one year. I've moved in with Emily which has been a blessing and a curse all at the same time. A blessing because I get to see her every day, I get to come home to a place that feels like home, and We have a jumpstart on our lives together. A curse because it took a shit load of work to get this house nice and looking good, bills suck, and keeping the house clean really sucks. Work's been going crazy...I've been having a few problems there. I had two employees quit on me, I've had to hire replacements one of which fell asleep on the job...what the FUCK?! We've had a bunch of managers either step down or get fired because they couldn't handle the craziness...and I think I'm getting there. I've become quite the drinker aparently. I've grown to like beer a lot. Killians is probably my favorite. I've gotten a tattoo within the last year...it's a green Celtic Knot on my right forearm. I've drawn up what I want for my second tattoo, it's a Shure 55s microphone with the music to "The Fields Of Athenry" like a ribbon going around the mic and the YesterYear logo in the middle of the mic where the Shure logo is supposed to go. Speaking of YesterYear I've finished up my 2nd full length record entitled "The Good Intent". It's actually pretty good as far as I'm concerned. I've also finished up recording all of the songs for my next full length entitled "Tales From O'Connors". It's a really sweet fucking idea for a record and I can't wait to get it done. I'm really excited about it...that's why I've finished it up so quickly. 1 Year from today I'll be getting married. That's pretty crazy...not a bad kind of crazy...just an amazing kind of crazy. I've had a few friends from high school die since I last posted...it's been rough. Anyway, sorry my thoughts were all kinds of mixed up and jumbled for this entry, but I think I'll try and update this a little bit more than once a year.

So, for a while now Emily, her parents and I have noticed the slow but sure deterioration of their cat Shadey's mind. He's been walking around in circles, staring at the corner, not eating...the only thing he really does anymore is stretch out his neck when someone scratches his chin. He's not doing so well...he's very sick. So, as of tomorrow night at 9:30p.m. he'll be on his way to a better place. So we're told at least. Since I have the day off tomorrow I'm the one who gets to dig the hole...nothing I'm looking too forward to, but someone has to do it and Emily's working (and she wouldn't be able to do it anyway), Sheryl I don't think would be able to do it, and Mike...well he'd be able to but...I don't really want to put him through it. So, tomorrow's going to be a crap day.

So, it is now 11:28 in just over 13 hours I will be on my flight to Arkansas...That's right...Arkansas. I'll be gone for 2 weeks. I'm doing some manager training. I guess it's pretty cool, it's all paid for. They bought my tickets, put me up in an apartment and give me $230 for food and whatnot. It's pretty rad, but I feel like I'm selling out more and more each day. I mean FUCK! I'm going on a goddamn "business trip." Also, from now on, every February I have to go to Chicago for a week. All of this is pretty cool, but it seems as if I'm starting to grow up. New job, new car, new computer, (Emily has a new house), new clothes (I've done a lot of clothes shopping lately)...it's crazy. So anyway...I'm gone for two weeks...everyone miss me!

So...maybe "today" isn't the first day...but a week ago it was. Let me explain...As of May 1st I am the new Photo Manager at Sam's Club in Waterford. I'm now apart of the salaried members of the world. Also, as of yesterday I am now the proud owner of a 2001 Jeep grand Cherokee Lareado. That's right folks I got a new fucking car!! Only about $300 a month and insurance is $186 a month...so for less than $500 a month I have a new car. It's fucking rad too! Anyway, that's about it...

So...I just got word that my grandparents were in a severe car accident. My grandfather recieved a broken nose, a gash across his head, and a broken collar bone. He was also knocked unconcious. My grandmother broke multiple bones, too many for me to remember...what I do remember is her pelvis, both her hips, 3 ribs, one of her lungs was punctured, she was knocked unconcious, when she was found she was bleeding from both her nose and her mouth. She's keeps fading in and out and we don't know how well she is actually doing. My mom's a wreck, my sister I haven't talked to...and I'm not entirely sure how I am. My mom and sister are going to the hospital in Grand Rapids tomorrow morning at 7am. I don't know if I want to go or not. It's somewhat of a difficult decision for me...if I go I'll be missing 3 days of work...which shouldn't matter at all...and it doesn't I guess...but I don't think I want to see her or my family right now. They'll all be crying and sad, which is completely understandable...but I am EXTREMELY angry. Also, if this does happen to be the last time I do see my grandmother I don't really want to see her this way...plugged into machines, and hooked up to IV's and hoses runnning in and out of her body. This really sucks. I don't really know what to say now...

So, I realize it's been since before the new year that I've updated this, I also realize that not many people read this too much anymore. Honestly...I don't care. Not that I don't care about anyone reading this, it's just not a priority for me anymore. So here's what's going on in life right now. Next Thursday I will have my credit card completely paid off...that's a one thousand pound Monkey off my back. The house that Emily owns and I'm going to be moving into still needs a TON of work and it really sucks because the more time it takes for this thing to get fixed up...the longer it takes for me to move in. As far as I know Emily wants to be living by herself for a while before I move in with her...I don't really know how long "a while" is, but still it's longer than I want it to be. I still owe my mom like 5 grand, and I'm going to have to pay her off before I move in anyway...but I'm getting like $1000 back in taxes...so really I owe her $4000...which is still a fuck load of money...but I've been getting paid over $500 every two weeks, which means I can pay off my mom in about 4 months if all goes right. Who knows though. Anyway...for all of those of you who might not know...my birthday's coming up in a few weeks...March 4th actually...and I'm really NOT looking forward to it. I mean come on...I'm gonna be 23 what's special about that? Nothing. Anyway...this year will bring some good times though...Memorial Day weekend Emily, myself and my dad's side of the family are all going camping for like 4 days. It promises to be pretty kick ass. Next Jan. my mom is getting married...it's pretty crazy, I'm supposed to walk her down the aisle. I think it's pretty cool...I mean how many guys do you know that were their father's best man, and walked their mom down the aisle? The reception is going to have an open bar and my mom said she would get Emily and I a hotel room somewhere so I'm getting ALL KINDS OF FUCKED UP! Ummm...hopefully sometime this next year I'll propose to Emily and we'll start getting the wedding planned...we already have the date picked out and everything...just nothing else. This Sunday I'm going to a wedding show type thing with my mom, my aunt, my cousin, and my sister. I don't really know what to expect but I imagine I can figure out some shit. Anyway...getting to the present. Not much is going on right now. I mean I'm still working at Sam's Club, still not really writting too much, still collecting records...man you woud not believe my collection!! I have something like 585 records...it's NUTS! I don't know what it is man I love this shit! Lately I've been trying to venture my way out away from my conventional music genre. I've been really getting into Ray Charles, that man was a fucking genius! I picked up a few new CD's the other day...The Black Eyed Peas "Elephunk", Usher "Confessions" and Kanye West "The College Dropout". So far I've listened to the whole Kanye West Cd and it's pretty fucking good...I like it a lot. I think I'm gonna pick up the new Alicia Keys CD when I get paid next week...I saw her on the Grammy's and she was fucking incredible! Her and Jamie Foxx were Spectacular! Anyway, taht's about it for now...I'm gonna go watch Ray maybe I'll talk to you later. Peace!

500!! That's right kids 5-0-0. That is now how many recods I own on vinyl. That was my goal for these last few months of 2004. And now with the addition of Johnny Cash's "Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison" I have completed my mission for this year. Here for anyone who is interested is my complete list of 500 Vinyl Records!!

1. .38 Special “Wild-Eyed Southern Boys”
2. AFI “A Fire Inside E.P.”
3. AFI “The Art Of Drowning”
4. AFI “Sing The Sorrow”
5. Bryan Adams “Reckless”
6. Aerosmith “Aerosmith”
7. Aerosmith “Get Your Wings”
8. Aerosmith “Toys In The Attic”
9. Aerosmith “Rocks”
10. Aerosmith “Night In The Ruts”
11. Aerosmith “Greatest Hits”
12. Alkaline Trio “From Here To Infirmary”
13. Alkaline Trio “Good Mourning”
14. Alkaline Trio “We’ve Had Enough”
15. The Allman Brothers Band “At Fillmore East”
16. Anti-Flag “Die For The Government”
17. Anti-Flag “Underground Network”
18. Anti-Flag “Mobilize”
19. Anti-Flag “The Terror State”
20. At The Drive-In “Vaya”
21. The B-52’s “The B-52’s”
22. Bad Religion “How Could Hell Be Any Worse?”
23. Bad Religion “Recipe For Hate”
24. Bad Religion “The Process Of Belief”
25. Bad Religion “The Empire Strikes First”
26. The Beach Boys “Surfin’ Safari”
27. The Beach Boys “Surfin’ USA”
28. The Beach Boys “Surfer Girl”
29. The Beach Boys “Little Deuce Coupe”
30. The Beach Boys “Shut Down Volume 2”
31. The Beach Boys “Christmas Album”
32. The Beach Boys “Today!”
33. The Beach Boys “Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)”
34. The Beach Boys “Party!”
35. The Beach Boys “Pet Sounds”
36. The Beach Boys “Wild Honey”
37. The Beach Boys “’69 Live In London”
38. The Beach Boys “Surf’s Up”
39. The Beach Boys “In Concert”
40. The Beach Boys “Best Of The Beach Boys Vol. 1”
41. The Beach Boys “Little Deuce Coupe”
42. The Beach Boys “MIU”
43. The Beach Boys “Spirit Of America”
44. The Beach Boys “Endless Summer”
45. The Beatles “Please Please Me”
46. The Beatles “Introducing The Beatles”
47. The Beatles “With The Beatles”
48. The Beatles “Meet The Beatles”
49. The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night”
50. The Beatles “Help!”
51. The Beatles “Rubber Soul”
52. The Beatles “Yesterday…And Today”
53. The Beatles “Revolver”
54. The Beatles “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
55. The Beatles “Magical Mystery Tour”
56. The Beatles “The Beatles (The White Album)”
57. The Beatles “Abbey Road”
58. The Beatles “Abbey Road”
59. The Beatles “Hey Jude”
60. The Beatles “Let It Be”
61. The Beatles “1962 – 1966 (The Red Album)”
62. The Beatles “1967 – 1970 (The Blue Album)”
63. The Beatles “Live At The Hollywood Bowl”
64. The Beatles “Love Songs”
65. The Beatles “Rarities” (U.K. Version)
66. The Beatles “Rarities” (U.S. Version)
67. Chuck Berry “The Best Of The Best Of Chuck Berry”
68. Chuck Berry “The Great Twenty-Eight”
69. Chuck Berry “Golden Decade”
70. Jello Biafra “No More Cocoons”
71. Jello Biafra “Beyond The Valley Of The Gift Police”
72. Big Black “Songs About Fucking”
73. Black Flag “Damaged”
74. Black Flag “Everything Went Black”
75. Black Flag “My War”
76. Black Flag “Family Man”
77. Black Flag “Slip It In”
78. Black Flag “Loose Nut”
79. Black Sabbath “Paranoid”
80. Black Sabbath “Heaven And Hell”
81. Black Sabbath “Mob Rules”
82. Bob Marley & The Wailers “Uprising”
83. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band “Stranger In Town”
84. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band “Against The Wind”
85. Boston “Boston”
86. Boston “Don’t Look Back”
87. Boston “Third Stage”
88. The Bouncing Souls “Maniacal Laughter”
89. David Bowie “The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars”
90. David Bowie “The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars”
91. David Bowie “Station To Station”
92. David Bowie “Aladdin Sane”
93. David Bowie “David Live: David Bowie At The Tower Philadelphia”
94. David Bowie “Young Americans”
95. David Bowie “In Bertolt Brecht’s Baal”
96. David Bowie “Let’s Dance”
97. David Bowie “Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture”
98. David Bowie “Tonight”
99. David Bowie “Pin Ups”
100. James Brown “Live At The Apollo”
101. Buzzcocks “Another Music In A Different Kitchen”
102. Buzzcocks “Singles Going Steady”
103. Candlebox “Lucy / Candlebox”
104. The Cars “The Cars”
105. The Cars “Candy-O”
106. Johnny Cash “The Junkie And The Juicehead Minus Me”
107. Johnny Cash “At Folsom Prison”
108. Johnny Cash “American IV: The Man Comes Around”
109. Ray Charles “The Genius Of Ray Charles”
110. Ray Charles “The Best Of Ray Charles”
111. Cheap Trick “At Budokan”
112. Chicago “Chicago Transit Authority”
113. Chicago “Chicago III”
114. Chicago “Chicago IX: Chicago’s Greatest Hits”
115. Chicago “Greatest Hits Vol. II”
116. Circle Jerks “Group Sex”
117. Eric Clapton “Eric Clapton”
118. Eric Clapton “Clapton”
119. The Clash “The Clash”
120. The Clash “Give ‘Em Enough Rope”
121. The Clash “London Calling”
122. The Clash “Combat Rock”
123. Phil Collins “Face Value”
124. Phil Collins “No Jacket Required”
125. Phil Collins “Serious Hits…Live!”
126. The Colonel’s Mandolin Band “For The Glorification Of Christ”
127. Alice Cooper “Killer”
128. Alice Cooper “Killer”
129. Alice Cooper “School’s Out”
130. Alice Cooper “Billion Dollar Babies”
131. Alice Cooper “Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits”
132. Alice Cooper “Goes To Hell”
133. Alice Cooper “Lace And Whiskey”
134. Elvis Costello “My Aim Is True”
135. Elvis Costello “This Year’s Model”
136. Crass “Stations Of The Crass”
137. Cream “Disraeli Gears”
138. Crosby, Stills & Nash “Crosby, Stills & Nash”
139. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “Déjà vu”
140. The Cure “Standing On A Beach: The Singles”
141. The Cure “Disintegration”
142. The Cure “The Cure”
143. Dag Nasty “Wig Out At Denkos”
144. Charlie Daniels “Uneasy Rider”
145. Dashboard Confessional “The Swiss Army Romance”
146. Miles Davis “Kind Of Blue”
147. Dead Kennedys “Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables”
148. Dead Kennedys “Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables”
149. Dead Kennedys “Plastic Surgery Disasters”
150. Dead Kennedys “Frankenchrist”
151. Dead Kennedys “Bed Time For Democracy”
152. Dead Kennedys “Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death”
153. Dead Kennedys “Mutiny On The Bay”
154. Dead Kennedys “In God We Trust Inc.”
155. Def Leppard “Pyromania”
156. Depeche Mode “People Are People”
157. Descendents “Milo Goes To College”
158. Descendents “I Don’t Want To Grow Up”
159. Descendents “’Merican”
160. Descendents “Cool To Be You”
161. Devo “Freedom Of Choice”
162. Dio “Sacred Heart”
163. The Doors “The Doors”
164. The Doors “The Doors”
165. The Doors “The Doors”
166. The Doors “Strange Days”
167. The Doors “Waiting For The Sun”
168. The Doors “The Soft Parade”
169. The Doors “Morrison Hotel”
170. The Doors “13”
171. The Doors “Absolutely Live”
172. The Doors “L.A. Woman”
173. The Doors “L.A. Woman”
174. The Doors “Other Voices”
175. The Doors “Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine”
176. The Doors “The Best Of The Doors”
177. The Doors “An American Prayer”
178. The Doors “The Greatest Hits”
179. The Doors “Alive She Cried”
180. Bob Dylan “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan”
181. Bob Dylan “The Times They Are A-Changin’”
182. Bob Dylan “Bringing It All Back Home”
183. Bob Dylan “Highway 61 Revisited”
184. Bob Dylan “Blonde On Blonde”
185. Bob Dylan “John Wesley Harding”
186. Bob Dylan “Nashville Skyline”
187. Bob Dylan “Blood On The Tracks”
188. Bob Dylan “Desire”
189. Eagles “Desperado”
190. Eagles “Their Greatest Hits 1971 – 1975”
191. Eagles “Hotel California”
192. Eagles “The Long Run”
193. Eagles “Eagles Live”
194. Eagles “Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2”
195. Elvis Costello And The Attractions “Armed Forces”
196. Elvis Costello And The Attractions “Goodbye Cruel World”
197. Eurythmics “Touch”
198. The Exploited “Best of The Exploited / Totally Exploited”
199. Fall Out Boy “Take This To Your Grave”
200. Finch “What It Is To Burn”
201. Fleetwood Mac “Fleetwood Mac”
202. Fleetwood Mac “Rumours”
203. Gallagher “Gallagher”
204. Art Garfunkel “Breakaway”
205. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On”
206. Marvin Gaye “Every Great Motown Hit”
207. The Get Up Kids “Something To Write Home About”
208. The Get Up Kids “On A Wire”
209. Girls Against Boys “You Can’t Fight What You Can’t See”
210. Gladys Knight And The Pips “A Little Knight Music”
211. Grateful Dead “Workingman’s Dead”
212. Grateful Dead “The Best Of: Skeletons From The Closet”
213. Green Day “Kerplunk”
214. Guns N’ Roses “Appetite For Destruction”
215. George Harrison “Cloud Nine”
216. Jimi Hendrix “Rainbow Bridge”
217. Jimi Hendrix “The Cry Of Love”
218. Jimi Hendrix “Springboard”
219. Billie Holiday “Billie Holiday’s Greatest Hits”
220. Buddy Holly “Buddy Holly”
221. Buddy Holly “Original Favorites”
222. Huey Lewis And The News “Sports”
223. Huey Lewis And The News “FORE!”
224. Husker Du “Land Speed Record”
225. Husker Du “Zen Arcade”
226. Husker Du “New Day Rising”
227. Billy Idol “Rebel Yell”
228. Iggy And The Stooges “Raw Power”
229. Michael Jackson “Off The Wall”
230. Michael Jackson “Thriller”
231. Michael Jackson “Thriller”
232. Michael Jackson “Bad”
233. Michael Jackson “Bad”
234. The Jam “This Is The Modern World”
235. The Jayhawks “Rainy Day Music”
236. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Are You Experienced?”
237. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Electric Ladyland”
238. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Smash Hits”
239. Billy Joel “Piano Man”
240. Billy Joel “Streetlife Serenade”
241. Billy Joel “Turnstiles”
242. Billy Joel “The Stranger”
243. Billy Joel “The Stranger”
244. Billy Joel “52nd Street”
245. Billy Joel “Glass Houses”
246. Billy Joel “Songs In The Attic”
247. Billy Joel “The Nylon Curtain”
248. Billy Joel “An Innocent Man”
249. Billy Joel “The Bridge”
250. Billy Joel “Storm Front”
251. Elton John “Elton John”
252. Elton John “Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player”
253. Elton John “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”
254. Elton John “Greatest Hits”
255. Elton John “Rock Of The Westies”
256. Elton John “Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy”
257. Olivia Newton John “Totally Hot”
258. Robert Johnson “King Of The Delta Blues Singers Vol. I”
259. Robert Johnson “King Of The Delta Blues Singers Vol. II”
260. B.B. King “Live In Cook County Jail”
261. B.B. King “In London”
262. The Kinks “Schoolboys In Disgrace”
263. The Kinks “Misfits”
264. The Kinks “The Kink Kronikles”
265. Kiss “Kiss”
266. Kiss “Dressed To Kill”
267. Kiss “Alive!”
268. Kiss “Destroyer”
269. Kiss “Rock And Roll Over”
270. Kiss “Love Gun”
271. Kiss “Alive II”
272. Kiss “Double Platinum”
273. Kiss “Peter Criss”
274. Kiss “Ace Frehley”
275. Kiss “Paul Stanley”
276. Kiss “Dynasty”
277. Kiss “Lick It Up”
278. Kiss “Animalize”
279. The Knack “Get The Knack”
280. Cyndi Lauper “She’s So Unusual”
281. Led Zeppelin “I”
282. Led Zeppelin “II”
283. Led Zeppelin “III”
284. Led Zeppelin “IV”
285. Led Zeppelin “IV”
286. Led Zeppelin “Houses Of The Holy”
287. Led Zeppelin “In Through The Out Door”
288. John Lennon “Plastic Ono Band”
289. John Lennon “Imagine”
290. John Lennon “Mind Games”
291. John Lennon “Shaved Fish”
292. John Lennon “Shaved Fish”
293. John Lennon “Rock ‘N’ Roll”
294. John Lennon / Yoko Ono “Double Fantasy”
295. John Lennon / Yoko Ono “Milk And Honey”
296. Less Than Jake “Crash Course In being An Asshole”
297. Less Than Jake “Live In Japan”
298. Less Than Jake “Anthem”
299. Less Than Jake / Megadeth “Split”
300. Life’s Hard And Then You Die “Misfits”
301. Love “Forever Changes”
302. MC5 “Kick Out The Jams”
303. Madonna “Like A Virgin”
304. Madonna “True Blue”
305. Dean Martin “Welcome To My World”
306. Steve Martin “A Wild And Crazy Guy”
307. John Mayall With Eric Clapton “Bluesbreakers”
308. Curtis Mayfield “Super Fly”
309. Me First and The Gimme Gimmes “Take A Break”
310. Me First And The Gimme Gimmes “Ruin Johnny’s Bar Mitzvah”
311. Meat Loaf “Bat Out Of Hell”
312. Men At Work “Business As Usual”
313. Men At Work “Cargo”
314. George Michael “Faith”
315. Joni Mitchell “For The Roses”
316. Joni Mitchell “Mingus”
317. Minor Threat “Minor Threat”
318. Minor Threat “Out Of Step”
319. Misfits “Earth A.D.”
320. Misfits “Legacy Of Brutality”
321. Misfits “Die, Die My Darling”
322. Misfits “Collection II”
323. The Monkees “Then & Now…The Best Of”
324. Van Morrison “Moondance”
325. Van Morrison “Astral Weeks”
326. Motley Crue “Too Fast For Love”
327. Motley Crue “Shout At The Devil”
328. Motley Crue “Shout At The Devil”
329. Mott The Hoople “Mott”
330. Nazareth “Hair Of the Dog”
331. Nazareth “No Mean City”
332. Willie Nelson “Shotgun Willie”
333. Willie Nelson “The Troublemaker”
334. New Found Glory “New Found Glory”
335. Nine Inch Nails “Pretty Hate Machine”
336. Nirvana “Bleach”
337. Nirvana “Nevermind”
338. NOFX “Surfer”
339. NOFX “The War On Errorism”
340. Operation Ivy “Energy”
341. Operation Ivy “Hectic E.P.”
342. Ozzy Osbourne “Diary Of A Madman”
343. Tom Petty “Full Moon Fever”
344. Pink Floyd “Ummagumma”
345. Pink Floyd “Obscured By Clouds”
346. Pink Floyd “A Nice Pair”
347. Pink Floyd “Dark Side Of The Moon”
348. Pink Floyd “Dark Side Of The Moon”
349. Pink Floyd “The Wall”
350. Pink Floyd “The Final Cut”
351. Pink Floyd “Delicate Sounds Of Thunder”
352. Plasmatics “Beyond The Valley Of 1984”
353. Iggy Pop “Iggy Pop”
354. Iggy Pop “Blah Blah Blah”
355. Elvis Presley “The Sun Sessions”
356. Elvis Presley “World Wide 50 Gold Award Hits, Vol. 1”
357. Pretenders “Pretenders”
358. Prince “1999”
359. Prince And The Revolution “Purple Rain”
360. The Psychedelic Furs “Talk Talk Talk”
361. The Psychedelic Furs “Forever Now”
362. The Psychedelic Furs “Mirror Moves”
363. Queen “Sheer Heart Attack”
364. Queen “II”
365. Queen “A Night At The Opera”
366. Queen “News Of The World”
367. Queen “Queen Live Killers”
368. Quiet Riot “Metal Health”
369. R.E.M. “Document”
370. The Ramones “The Ramones”
371. The Ramones “Rocket To Russia”
372. The Ramones “Road To Ruin”
373. The Ramones “Ramonesmania”
374. Rancid “…And Out Come The Wolves”
375. Lou Reed “Transformer”
376. REO Speedwagon “A Decade Of Rock And Roll 1970 To 1980”
377. Kenny Rogers “The Gambler”
378. Rolling Stones “Exile On Main Street”
379. Rolling Stones “Tattoo You”
380. Henry Rollins “Sweatbox”
381. Linda Ronstadt “Heart Like A Wheel”
382. Roxy Music “Country Life”
383. Roxy Music “Siren”
384. Roxy Music “Avalon”
385. Rufus featuring Chaka Khan “Rags To Rufus”
386. Rush “Moving Pictures”
387. The Rutles “The Rutles”
388. Santana “Santana”
389. Saves The Day “Stay What You Are”
390. Scruffy The Cat “Boom Boom Boom Bingo”
391. Sex Pistols “Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols”
392. Sigue Sigue Sputink “Flaunt It”
393. Sigur-Ro’s “( )”
394. Simon And Garfunkel “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme”
395. Simon And Garfunkel “Sounds Of Silence”
396. Simon And Garfunkel “The Graduate: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”
397. Simon And Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
398. Simon And Garfunkel “Greatest Hits”
399. Simon And Garfunkel “The Concert In Central Park”
400. Paul Simon “There Goes Rhymin’ Simon”
401. Paul Simon “Still Crazy After All These Years”
402. Paul Simon “Graceland”
403. Frank Sinatra “Softly, As I Leave You”
404. Frank Sinatra “The Main Event”
405. Frank Sinatra “Round #1”
406. Matt Skiba & Kevin Seconds “Split”
407. Slayer “Reign In Blood”
408. Slayer “South Of Heaven”
409. Smashing Pumpkins “Siamese Dream”
410. The Smiths “The Smiths”
411. The Smiths “Hatful Of Hollow”
412. The Smiths “Meat Is Murder”
413. The Smiths “Strangeways, Here We Come”
414. Social Distortion “Mommy’s Little Monster”
415. Social Distortion “Sex, love And Rock ‘N’ Roll”
416. Rick Springfield “Working Class Dog”
417. Bruce Springsteen “Born To Run”
418. Bruce Springsteen “Born In The U.S.A.”
419. Billy Squier “Don’t Say No”
420. The Steve Miller Band “The Joker”
421. The Steve Miller Band “Fly Like An Eagle”
422. The Steve Miller Band “Book of Dreams”
423. The Steve Miller Band “Greatest Hits 1974 – 78”
424. Cat Stevens “Tea For The Tillerman”
425. Stiff Little Fingers “Inflammable Material”
426. Stone Temple Pilots “Stone Temple Pilots”
427. The Stooges “The Stooges”
428. Stray Cats “Built For Speed”
429. Styx “Miracles”
430. Styx “Best Of Styx”
431. Styx “Equinox”
432. Styx “Equinox”
433. Styx “Kilroy Was Here”
434. Styx “Kilroy Was Here”
435. Styx “The Grand Illusion”
436. Styx “Pieces Of Eight”
437. Styx “Cornerstone”
438. Styx “Paradise Theatre”
439. Sublime “Robin’ The Hood”
440. Sublime “40oz. To Freedom”
441. Sublime “Sublime”
442. Sublime “Stand By Your Van”
443. Sublime “2nd Hand Smoke”
444. Sublime “Acoustic Tracks; Bradley Nowell And Friends”
445. Supertramp “Indelibly Stamped”
446. Taking Back Sunday “Tell All Your Friends”
447. Taking Back Sunday “Where You Want To Be”
448. Talking Heads “Speaking In Tongues”
449. James Taylor “Sweet Baby James”
450. James Taylor “Greatest Hits”
451. Thompson Twins “Into The Gap”
452. Thrice “The Artist In The Ambulance”
453. Thursday “Full Collapse”
454. Thursday “War All The Time”
455. Thursday / Thrice “Split”
456. Tiger Army “III: Ghost Tigers Rise”
457. Tiny Tim “God Bless Tiny Tim”
458. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers “Damn The Torpedoes”
459. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers “Hard Promises”
460. Tool “Opiate”
461. Tool “Undertow”
462. U2 “The Joshua Tree”
463. Ritchie Valens “Ritchie Valens”
464. Van Halen “Van Halen”
465. Van Halen “Van Halen II”
466. Van Halen “Women And Children First”
467. Van Halen “Fair Warning”
468. Van Halen “Diver Down”
469. Van Halen “Diver Down”
470. Van Halen “1984”
471. Van Halen “5150”
472. Van Halen “OU812”
473. Van Halen “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”
474. Van Halen “Balance”
475. V/A “The Breakfast Club Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”
476. V/A “Masters Of Metal”
477. V/A “Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Of Rock ‘N’ Roll High School”
478. V/A “Pretty In Pink Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”
479. The Velvet Underground “The Velvet Underground And Nico”
480. Tom Waits “Closing Time”
481. Weezer “Pinkerton”
482. The Who “Who’s Next”
483. The Who “Who’s Next”
484. The Who “Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy”
485. The Who “Odds & Sods”
486. The Who “The Who By Numbers”
487. The Who “Who Are You”
488. The Who “The Story Of The Who”
489. The Who “Who’s Last”
490. Wings “Band On The Run”
491. Wings “At The Speed Of Sound”
492. Stevie Wonder “Innervisions”
493. Stevie Wonder “Songs In The Key Of Life”
494. X “Los Angeles”
495. Neil Young “After The Gold Rush”
496. Neil Young With Crazy Horse “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere”
497. Neil Young “Harvest”
498. Neil Young “Harvest”
499. Dweezil Zappa “My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama…”
500. ZZ Top “Eliminator”

Well that's about it. I still have some more records on the way that I have already paid for, so technially I have 503, but I just recieved my 500th so I'm super psyched. So that's about it for the year, see ya in the '05 BITCHES!!

So today I found out that Johnny Ramone died yesterday...that's three members of The Ramones that have passed away. For some reason that is really depressing, I mean I'm sad about Johnny and all, but knowing that the majority of such an amazing band have died is so insanely depressing. Come on now, even The Beatles have half of their members still alive...and touring I might add. Also, on Saturday this year, it's the day that Jimi Hendrix</ib> died. How bad does this week suck?

So I realize it's been a while since I have updated you on my record collection, not that you care, but it makes me feel cool putting it up for anyone to see. So, here goes...keep in mind there are more coming as we speak...I'll list those at the end of the list.

1. AFI “A Fire Inside E.P.”
2. AFI “Sing The Sorrow”
3. Bryan Adams “Reckless”
4. Aerosmith “Greatest Hits”
5. Alkaline Trio “From Here To Infirmary”
6. Alkaline Trio “Good Mourning”
7. Alkaline Trio “We’ve Had Enough”
8. Anti-Flag “Die For The Government”
9. Anti-Flag “Underground Network”
10. Anti-Flag “The Terror State”
11. At The Drive-In “Vaya”
12. Bad Religion “How Could Hell Be Any Worse?”
13. Bad Religion “Recipe For Hate”
14. Bad Religion “The Process Of Belief”
15. Bad Religion “The Empire Strikes First”
16. The Beach Boys “Surfin’ Safari”
17. The Beach Boys “Surfin’ USA”
18. The Beach Boys “Surfer Girl”
19. The Beach Boys “Little Deuce Coupe”
20. The Beach Boys “Shut Down Volume 2”
21. The Beach Boys “Christmas Album”
22. The Beach Boys “Today!”
23. The Beach Boys “Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)”
24. The Beach Boys “Party!”
25. The Beach Boys “Pet Sounds”
26. The Beach Boys “Wild Honey”
27. The Beach Boys “’69 Live In London”
28. The Beach Boys “Surf’s Up”
29. The Beach Boys “Best Of The Beach Boys Vol. 1”
30. The Beach Boys “Spirit Of America”
31. The Beach Boys “Endless Summer”
32. The Beatles “Introducing The Beatles”
33. The Beatles “Please Please Me” (Japanese Import)
34. The Beatles “With The Beatles”
35. The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night” (Japanese Import)
36. The Beatles “Help!”
37. The Beatles “Rubber Soul” (Japanese Import)
38. The Beatles “Yesterday…And Today”
39. The Beatles "Revolver"
40. The Beatles “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
41. The Beatles “Magical Mystery Tour”
42. The Beatles “The Beatles (White Album)”
43. The Beatles “Abbey Road”
44. The Beatles “Abbey Road”
45. The Beatles “Hey Jude”
46. The Beatles “Let It Be” (Japanese Import)
47. The Beatles “Live At The Hollywood Bowl”
48. The Beatles “Love Songs”
49. The Beatles “Rarities” (U.K. Version)
50. The Beatles “Rarities” (U.S. Version)
51. Chuck Berry “Golden Decade”
52. Jello Biafra “No More Cocoons”
53. Jello Biafra “Beyond The Valley Of The Gift Police”
54. Big Black “Songs About Fucking”
55. Black Flag “Damaged”
56. Black Flag “Everything Went Black”
57. Black Flag “My War”
58. Black Flag “Family Man”
59. Black Flag “Loose Nut”
60. Black Sabbath “Paranoid”
61. Black Sabbath “Mob Rules”
62. Bob Marley & The Wailers “Uprising”
63. Boston “Boston”
64. Boston “Don’t Look Back”
65. Boston “Third Stage”
66. David Bowie “The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars”
67. David Bowie “The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars”
68. David Bowie “Station To Station”
69. David Bowie “Aladdin Sane”
70. David Bowie “David Live: David Bowie At The Tower Philadelphia”
71. David Bowie “Young Americans”
72. David Bowie “In Bertolt Brecht’s Baal”
73. David Bowie “Let’s Dance”
74. David Bowie “Tonight”
75. David Bowie “Pinups”
76. Buzzcocks “Another Music In A Different Kitchen”
77. Candlebox “Lucy / Candlebox”
78. The Cars “Candy-O”
79. Chicago “Chicago Transit Authority”
80. Chicago “Chicago IX: Chicago’s Greatest Hits”
81. Chicago “Greatest Hits Vol. II”
82. Circle Jerks “Group Sex”
83. The Clash “The Clash”
84. The Clash “London Calling”
85. The Clash “Combat Rock”
86. Phil Collins “No Jacket Required”
87. The Colonel’s Mandolin Band “For The Glorification Of Christ”
88. Alice Cooper “Killer”
89. Alice Cooper “Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits”
90. Alice Cooper “Goes To Hell”
91. Alice Cooper “Lace And Whiskey”
92. Crass “Stations Of The Crass”
93. Crosby, Stills & Nash “Crosby, Stills & Nash”
94. The Cure “Standing On A Beach: The Singles”
95. The Cure “The Cure”
96. Dashboard Confessional “The Swiss Army Romance”
97. Dead Kennedys “Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables”
98. Dead Kennedys “Plastic Surgery Disasters”
99. Dead Kennedys “Bedtime For Democracy”
100. Dead Kennedys “Frankenchrist”
101. Dead Kennedys “Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death”
102. Dead Kennedys “Mutiny On The Bay”
103. Dead Kennedys “In God We Trust Inc.”
104. Def Leppard “Pyromania”
105. Descendents “Milo Goes To College”
106. Descendents “ ‘Merican”
107. Descendents “Cool To Be You”
108. Dio “Sacred Heart”
109. The Doors “The Doors”
110. The Doors “The Doors”
111. The Doors “The Doors”
112. The Doors “Strange Days”
113. The Doors “Waiting For The Sun”
114. The Doors “The Soft Parade”
115. The Doors “Morrison Hotel”
116. The Doors “13”
117. The Doors “Absolutely Live”
118. The Doors “L.A. Woman”
119. The Doors “L.A. Woman”
120. The Doors “Other Voices”
121. The Doors “Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine”
122. The Doors “The Best Of The Doors”
123. The Doors “An American Prayer”
124. The Doors “The Greatest Hits”
125. The Doors “Alive She Cried”
126. Bob Dylan “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan”
127. Bob Dylan “Blonde On Blonde”
128. The Eagles “Their Greatest Hits”
129. The Eagles “Hotel California”
130. The Eagles “Eagles Live”
131. Elvis Costello And The Attractions “Goodbye Cruel World”
132. The Exploited “Best Of The Exploited / Totally Exploited”
133. Fall Out Boy “Take This To Your Grave”
134. Finch “What It Is To Burn”
135. Fleetwood Mac “Fleetwood Mac”
136. Fleetwood Mac “Rumors”
137. Gallagher “Gallagher”
138. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On”
139. Marvin Gaye “Every Great Motown Hit”
140. The Get Up Kids “On A Wire”
141. Girls Against Boys “You Can’t Fight What You Can’t See”
142. Green Day “Kerplunk”
143. Guns N’ Roses “Appetite For Destruction”
144. Jimi Hendrix “The Cry Of Love”
145. Husker Du “Zen Arcade”
146. Michael Jackson “Off The Wall”
147. Michael Jackson “Thriller”
148. The Jam “This Is The Modern World”
149. The Jayhawks “Rainy Day Music”
150. Jimi Hendrix Experience “Are You Experienced?”
151. Jimi Hendrix Experience “Smash Hits”
152. Huey Lewis And The News “Sports”
153. Huey Lewis And The News “Fore!”
154. Billy Joel “Piano Man”
155. Billy Joel “Streetlife Serenade”
156. Billy Joel “Turnstiles”
157. Billy Joel “The Stranger”
158. Billy Joel “52nd Street”
159. Billy Joel “Glass Houses”
160. Billy Joel “Songs In The Attic”
161. Billy Joel “The Nylon Curtain”
162. Billy Joel “An Innocent Man”
163. Elton John “Greatest Hits”
164. B.B. King “Live In Cook County Jail”
165. B.B. King “In London”
166. Kiss “Kiss”
167. Kiss “Dressed To Kill”
168. Kiss “Alive!”
169. Kiss “Destroyer”
170. Kiss “Rock And Roll Over”
171. Kiss “Love Gun”
172. Kiss “Alive II”
173. Kiss “Double Platinum”
174. Kiss “Paul Stanley”
175. Kiss “Ace Frehley”
176. Kiss “Peter Criss”
177. Kiss “Dynasty”
178. Kiss “Lick It Up”
179. Kiss “Animalize”
180. The Knack “Get The Knack”
181. Cyndi Lauper “She’s So Unusual”
182. Led Zeppelin “II”
183. Led Zeppelin “III”
184. Led Zeppelin “IV”
185. Led Zeppelin “Houses Of The Holy”
186. Led Zeppelin “In Through The Out Door”
187. John Lennon “Imagine”
188. John Lennon “Rock ‘N’ Roll”
189. John Lennon “Shaved Fish”
190. Less Than Jake / Megadeth “Split”
191. Less Than Jake “Crash Course In Being An Asshole”
192. Less Than Jake “Live In Japan”
193. Less Than Jake “Anthem” (set of 7 45’s)
194. Steve Martin “A Wild And Crazy Guy”
195. Me First And The Gimme Gimmes “Take A Break”
196. Men At Work “Business As Usual”
197. Minor Threat “Minor Threat”
198. Minor Threat “Out Of Step”
199. Misfits “Legacy Of Brutality”
200. Misfits “Die, Die My Darling”
201. Misfits “Collection II”
202. The Monkees “Then & Now…The Best Of”
203. Motley Crue “Shout At The Devil”
204. New Found Glory “New Found Glory”
205. Nine Inch Nails “Pretty Hate Machine”
206. Nirvana “Bleach”
207. NOFX “Surfer”
208. NOFX “The War On Errorism”
209. Operation Ivy “Energy”
210. Operation Ivy “Hectic E.P.”
211. Tom Petty “Full Moon Fever”
212. Pink Floyd “The Dark Side Of The Moon”
213. Pink Floyd “The Dark Side Of The Moon”
214. Pink Floyd “The Wall”
215. Pink Floyd “The Final Cut”
216. Pink Floyd “Delicate Sounds Of Thunder”
217. Plasmatics “Beyond The Valley Of 1984”
218. Elvis Presley “Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits, Vol. 1”
219. Prince “1999”
220. Queen “News Of The World”
221. Queen “Queen Live Killers”
222. Quiet Riot “Metal Health”
223. The Ramones “The Ramones”
224. The Ramones “Mania”
225. Rancid “…And Out Come The Wolves”
226. REO Speedwagon “A Decade Of Rock And Roll 1970 To 1980”
227. Henry Rollins “Sweatbox”
228. Roxy Music “Country Life”
229. Rush “Moving Pictures”
230. Santana “Santana”
231. Saves The Day “Stay What You Are”
232. Sex Pistols “Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols”
233. Sigur-Ro’s “( )”
234. Simon And Garfunkel “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme”
235. Simon And Garfunkel “Sounds Of Silence”
236. Simon And Garfunkel “Greatest Hits”
237. Paul Simon "There Goes Rhymin’ Simon”
238. Frank Sinatra “Softly, As I Leave You”
239. Frank Sinatra “The Main Event”
240. Matt Skiba & Kevin Seconds “Split”
241. Smashing Pumpkins “Siamese Dream”
242. The Smiths “Strangeways, Here We Come”
243. Social Distortion “Mommy’s Little Monster”
244. Rick Springfield “Working Class Dog”
245. Bruce Springsteen “Born To Run”
246. Bruce Springsteen “Born In The U.S.A.”
247. Billy Squier “Don’t Say No”
248. The Steve Miller Band “The Joker”
249. The Steve Miller Band “Fly Like An Eagle”
250. The Steve Miller Band “Book Of Dreams”
251. Cat Stevens “Tea For The Tillerman”
252. Stiff Little Fingers “Inflammable Material”
253. The Stooges “The Stooges”
254. Stray Cats “Built For Speed”
255. Styx “Miracles”
256. Styx “Equinox”
257. Styx “Equinox”
258. Styx “Kilroy Was Here”
259. Styx “The Grand Illusion”
260. Styx “Pieces Of Eight”
261. Styx “Cornerstone”
262. Styx “Paradise Theatre”
263. Sublime “Robin’ The Hood”
264. Sublime “40 oz. To Freedom”
265. Sublime “Sublime”
266. Sublime “Stand By Your Van”
267. Sublime “2nd Hand Smoke”
268. Sublime “Acoustic Tracks; Bradley Nowell And Friends”
269. Taking Back Sunday “Tell All Your Friends”
270. Talking Heads “Speaking In Tongues”
271. James Taylor “Greatest Hits”
272. Thompson Twins “Into The Gap”
273. Thrice “The Artist In The Ambulance”
274. Thursday “Full Collapse”
275. Thursday / Thrice “Spilt”
276. Thursday “War All The Time”
277. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers “Damn The Torpedoes”
278. Tool “Opiate”
279. Tool “Undertow”
280. U2 “The Joshua Tree”
281. Van Halen “Van Halen”
282. Van Halen “Van Halen II”
283. Van Halen “Women And Children First”
284. Van Halen “Fair Warning”
285. Van Halen “Diver Down”
286. Van Halen “Diver Down”
287. Van Halen “1984”
288. Van Halen “5150”
289. Van Halen “OU812”
290. Van Halen “Balance”
291. V/A “Masters Of Metal”
292. V/A “The Breakfast Club Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”
293. Weezer “Pinkerton”
294. The Who “The Story Of The Who”
295. The Who “Who’s Last”
296. Wings “At The Speed Of Sound”
297. Neil Young “After The Gold Rush”
298. Neil Young “Harvest”
299. ZZ Top “Eliminator”

So that's it right now...that's the update since December. now, those of you who are reading this may question some of the records I have in my posession...well, Fuck You!! Here's the list of the one's I have on the way, paid for and in the mail.

Michael Jackson "Bad" (it's his last good one get off my back)
Van Halen "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" (the last one I need to have all of their full-lengths! Pressed in Korea and on it's way to my bedroom!)
V/A "The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack To West Side Story" (this one probably won't make its way to MY record collection per say, but it's a present for Emily...eventually it'll be mine)
Elvis Presley "The Sun Sessions" (you have to have The King in the collection)
Bob Dylan "Highway 61 Revisited" (it's #4 on Rolling Stone Magazine's top 500 albums of all time, and I already have 1,2,3,5 & 6)
X "Los Angeles" (classic old punk record, aparently it's one that everyone should own...I'll let you know)
Husker Du "Land Speed Record" (their first record, and I've heard nothing but good things about it...plus I love "Zen Arcade")
Husker Du "New Day Rising" (also on the Rolling Stone Mag's top 500 and I thought that was pretty impressive...plus I love "Zen Arcade")

So, that's all I have coming...just sitting here waiting for them...waiting for the mail to come...just waiting...

Name a band for every letter of your name:

Social Distortion
Clash (The)
Operation Ivy
Taking Back Sunday
Thrice

what color are the pants that you are wearing? Green
what song are you listening to right now? “Ever So Sweet” Early November
what taste is in your mouth? IBC Root beer
what's the weather like now? Sunny and bright
how are you? Pretty good, it’s my day off
getting motion sickness? nope
have a bad habit? Sure…who doesn’t?
like to drive? Sure, if I can sing super loud!

f a v o r i t e s

tv show: South Park
conditioner: Conditioner? Who uses that?
book: The Fuck Up by Arthur Nersesian
non alcoholic: IBC Root beer
alcoholic drink: Jack And Coke
thing to do on the weekend: Watch movies and listen to records

h a v e y o u

broken the law: yeah
ran away from home: once
snuck out of the house: sure
ever gone skinny dipping: sure
ever tipped over a porta potty: no, it’d be fun to do though
used your parents' credit card before: yeah, but only with permission
skipped school before: oh yeah…
fell asleep in shower/bath: when I was in High School I used to do it all the time
been in a school play: Oh yeah…High school was nothing but Drama

l o v e

girlfriend/boyfriend: Girlfriend!!
sexuality: Completely straight
children: Nope not yet
current crush: Emily
been in love: I am
had a hard time getting over someone: no, not really, she came back
been hurt: Oh yeah
your greatest regret: as far as girls go? Falling in love with someone who didn’t love me back, it was a huge waste of fucking time.
gone out with someone you only knew for 3 days: HAHA, my girlfriend right now met one day and that night I wrote 2 or 3 love songs about her, saying one day she’d be my wife

r a n d o m

do you have a job: uh huh
your cd player has in it right now: Less Than Jake “B Is For B-Sides”
if you were a crayon what color would you be: Green I suppose
what makes you happy: Vinyl

w h e n / w h a t w a s t h e l a s t

time you cried: umm, I don’t remember, probably while watching a movie
you got a real letter: forever ago
you got e-mail: 10 minutes ago
thing you purchased: vinyl…I love vinyl
movie you saw in the theater: The Exorcist: The Beginning (Or whatever it’s called…the new one)

y o u r t h o u g h t s o n

abortion: Pro-choice
teenage smoking: sucks to be them
spice girls: Should be shot…every single one of them
dreams: very cool, very mysterious
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Four Vacations You've Taken...
1. Kentucky (Jumped off a waterfall)
2. Florida (went to Disney World)
3. Tennessee (Went to the Mammoth Caves)
4. Virginia (went to the colonial villages)

Four songs that get stuck in your head frequently...
1. My War – Black Flag
2. Kill The Poor – Dead Kennedys
3. EMI – Sex Pistols
4. Dumb - Nirvana

Four Things You'd Like To Learn...
1. How to skydive
2. Piano
3. How to press a record
4. How to build a shelf

Four Beverages You Drink Frequently...
1. IBC Root Beer
2. Bud Light
3. Mountain Dew
4. Chocolate Milk

Four TV Shows That Were On When You Were A Kid...
1. Fraggle Rock
2. Knight Rider
3. Thunder Cats
4. The Dukes Of Hazzard

Four Places To Go In Your Area...
1. Pontiac Lake
2. Great Lakes Crossing
3. Century 21 Bowl
4. Waterford Cinema 16

Four Things To Do When You're Bored...
1. Watch Movies
2. Listen to records
3. Go online
4. Fill out time consuming surveys

Four things that never fail to cheer you up...
1. Emily
2. Vinyl
3. Monty Python
4. Good Music

About 20 years ago...
1. I was 2 years old
2. I lived in a trailer
3. I burned my arm with a curling iron
4. My best friend was Mike

About 10 years ago...
1. I started becoming a punk
2. I was smart
3. My parents just got divorced
4. I didn’t know what vinyl was

About 5 years ago...
1. I was a senior in high school
2. I was going out with Laura
3. I went and saw The Cure in concert!!
4. I was playing guitar at school with Chris in our school counselors office

About 2 years ago...
1. I stopped going to so many shows
2. I started working at Sam’s Club
3. My dad got remarried
4. Emily and I were having problems

About 1 year ago...
1. Emily and I still had a few problems
2. I had about 5 vinyl records
3. Stopped going to college as much
4. Had more friends than I do now

about now...
1. I have about 300 vinyl records
2. Emily and I set a wedding date
3. I’m starting to get out of debt
4. I’m working on a new car for myself

My collection of records is now coming to the 300 mark...I'm at 299, but when my records from Ebay come in, I will be at 305 or something like that! Damn I'm cool!

So, in talking to my brother I never had (Clark) today I've realized a few things too many of my old friends are moving on and moving up in the world. I don't necessarily feel like I should, but I do feel like I'm being left behind. I mean shit, one friend is living out his dream and making video games for Nintendo (Clark), another is contemplating going to WA to get his masters (Chris), another recently moved out to JAPAN (Eric), and yet another is going to Michigan State to get his Ph.D in Psychology (Robbie). All of this is happening while I'm still at home, living with my mom, not doing shit with my life, aside from working at a dead end job making shit for money and having no fun at all. The best part of my life right now is spending time with Emily and getting records...what the fuck heppened to me? I mean, why is everyone moving so fast except me? I mean, I knwo I have a lot going for me, shit I'm getting married in three years...that's big right? Yeah, and there's nothing I want more than to spend the rest of my life with Emily, I love her more than anything. In that aspect of life I am set. But, damn...I haven't done shit with my music in over a year...I don't write all that much anymore (but I'm trying to remedy that)...and I can't even remember the last time I took a decent picture. Life is rediculous sometimes huh? I mean here I am, I hang out with friends who are at least 3 years older than I am, and all of my friends from High School who are MY age are accomplishing more than I could ever imagine myself accomplishing.

I'm thinking far too much...and it's killing me.

So, life tends to get more and more complicated as it continues. Not that today is any more complicated than yesterday, but it seems like with every year comes more complications. Now, this is not meant to offend anyone at all. It seems as if people in general become more difficult to deal with, maybe my temper shortens every year, maybe people get more annoying...either way I think something may be wrong with me. So instead of bottling up all of my frustrations, complications, and morbid fasinations...I think I've decided I want to try my hand at writing. Nothing spectacular, just something. I have a pretty good idea for a story right now...not necessarily a New York Times Best Seller by any means, but a pretty good idea none the less. Yeah, well maybe not. I don't know...another year passes and I still feel the same.

Wish something would change...sometime.

20 MORE, REASONS TO HATE BUSH JR.

1. He refused to buy adequate body armor for our troops in Iraq. A study done by a defense consultant reveals that approximately 25% of casualties could have been prevented with better armor.

2. Responsible for the highest U.S. trade deficit EVER: $43.1 billion.

3. Bush Jr. gave his campaign contributors and strongest supporters $8 Billion in contracts to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan. Corporations like Halliburton, Bechtel, Kellogg, Brown & Root, etc. Numerous scandalshave been uncovered regarding these "friendly" contractors who are ripping off US tax-payers by overcharging for their services.

4. Bush campaign shirts were made in Burma under sweatshop conditions. Interestingly enough, in 2003 Bush Jr. signed legislation banning products from Burma effective September 1st, 2003.

5. He approved the sale of $20 million worth of shackles, electro-shock technology, and other torture devices to countries that have been condemned for torture.

6. College tuition has increased 28% during the Bush Jr. administration.

7. The Bush Jr. administration was told by over 60 influential scientists, including 20 Nobel Prize winners, that they are "Deliberately and systematically distorting scientific facts - in the service of policy goals on the environment, health, biomedical research, and nuclear weaponry at home and abroad."

8. He proposed a budget that would slash 40% of the funding for after-school programs. No child left behind? This decrease would cut off about 475,000 children.

9. Bush Jr. authorized the use of cluster bombs and "Daisy Cutters" (the world's biggest non-nuclear bomb) in populated areas of Iraq. These have contributed to the deaths of over 10,000 innocent civilians, more than three times the number of casualities suffered in the tragic 9/11 attacks. Note: NO iraquis were involved in the 9/11 attacks.

10. Richard clarke (Chief Anti-Terrorism Advisor) and Paul O'Neill (US Treasury Secretary) both testified that Bush Jr. was intent on invading Iraq within the first few days of his Presidency. Clarke claims that Bush Jr. ignored his warnings about an imminent al Qaeda attack. On September 12th, Bush Jr. instructed his staff to find a connection between al Qaeda and Iraq, and despite no connection ever being discovered (and against the CIA's recomendation), he still chose to invade Iraq. Note: This has been confirmed by the 9/11 commission.

11. Although he still claims that fighting terrorism is his main priority, Bush Jr. slashed the FBI's requested counterterrorism budget by two-thirds.

12. Bush Jr. has made it clear that in his next term he plans to appoint Supreme Court Judges who are against a woman's right to choose, and would effectivelyoutlaw abortion on a national level.

13. Bush Jr. still has yet to attend a soldier's funeral and continues to steer American public away from knowing about the casualities. He has done even less to acknowledge the over 18,000 troops that have been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

14. His administration illegally produced fake pro-Bush "news" spots for the Dept. of Health and Human Services. They went as far as to include phony journalists who praise Dubya's controversial Medicare Bill and they added a fake crowd to cheer tha whole thing on.

15. In an effort to give the apperance that Bush Jr. was creating more jobs, his administration tried to reclassify fast food employment as manufacturing jobs. These minimum wage jobs are nothing like real manufacturing jobs that provide benefits and pay $15/hour.

16. His administration proposed the highest penalties in the world for indecency violations on our public airwaves. Up to $500,000 for saying something the FCC deems offensive.

17. He is a religious fanatic that believes in the apocalypse and that ONLY Evangelical Christians are eligible for the afterlife. Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and everyone that isn't Bush's flock are all doomed to Hell. To see the full extent of his extremist views, watch the PBS documentary "The Jesus Factor".
See it here : http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/jesus/

18. The Treasury Department under Bush Jr. assigned five times as many agents to investigate Cuban embargo violations as they did to track the financial resources of both Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.

19. Right before Christmas Bush Jr. cut overtime pay for over 644,000 employees who work over 40 hours a week.

20. Against Colin powell's advice, Bush Jr. chose not to recognize Afghanistan's statehood, therefore making it's people not protected by International Law and vulnerable to human rights abuses and torture. Up until that decision by Bush Jr., the US Military could boast a proud history of upholding the humane laws of the Geneva Convention.

20 REASONS TO HATE BUSH JR.

1. The national debt under Bush Jr. has increased so drastically that the average American's estimated share of national debt will be an astronomical $24,000 compared to $500 when Dubya first took office.

2. Under Bush Jr. there are now 43 million Americans with no health insurance.

3. Responsible for an unemployment rate of 6%. There are now 9 million people out of work in America - 3.3 million more than when Bush took office.

4. He cut healthcare benefits for war veterans.

5. Bush Jr. deserted his unit during Vietnam and was reportedly AWOL for over a year from his assigned unit: The Texas Air national Guard, or as it's referred to by other militaryoutfits, the "Champagne Division".

6. Despite a 13% unemployment rate among those aged 16-24, Bush Jr. proposed to eliminate youth opportunity grants - a program that provides job training to the nation's youth. a $225M program in 2002 is now being done away with so Bush can have more money for Iraq.

7. He cut funding for 375,000 low income college students and reduced Pell Grant amounts to such a severe degree that it effectively caused 84,000 students to no longer be eligible for Pell Grants. Pell amounts have been overall reduced for 1.5 Million students...it's safe to say that the Bush daughters aren't eligible for financial aid, so this won't affect the opulent lives of anyone Bush Jr. may know.

8. Withdrew from the International Criminal Court.

9. First President in US history to refuse united nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. elections).

10. All-Time U.S. (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations.

11. The Bush Administration had twice as mant FBI Agents fighting the drug war than fighting terrorism prior to 9/11. Even after 9/11, more than 2,000 FBI agents are wasting their valuable time assigned to the war on drugs.

12. His proposed "Free Trade" agreements would result in the loss of U.S. jobs to foreign markets and the exploitation of third world workers.

13. John Ashcroft.

14. He has taken 11 official executive actions to undermine reproductive rights...How long will it be before a woman is stripped of her right to choose?

15. failed to fulfill pledge to get Osama Bin Laden "Dead Or Alive".

16. Wasted Federal resources on a PR trip to Baghdad where he staged a Thanksgiving meal at 6 am with troops that were screened based on their political affiliation. And the turkey? It was a prop.

17. His refusal to fire - or even reprimand - Lt. General Jerry "our god is bigger than their god" Boykin. Perhaps it's because Boykin said of the President, "George Bush was not elected by a majority of voters in the United States. He was appointed by god. He's in the White House because god put him there."

18. After sending troops off to die in an unjust and unprovoked war, he still has yet to attend and soldiers' funerals.

19. His shameless nepotism for the rich and powerful. Elizabeth Cheney (daughter of Ol' Dick) got hooked up with a cool gig at The State Department where she was in charge of the $129 Million Middle East partnership initiative and then was moved over to daddy and uncle Dubya's campaign payroll.

20. He dropped his dog on its head.

1) Using your Current Initials, choose a different name for yourself. Shayne Osbourne...I don't know...fuck this!

2) Outside of your era, when would you want to be born and why? I would probably have to say either the 40's - 50's for Italian gangster mob reasons, or 70's - 80's for punk rock's birth!

3) If you ran a store, what would you sell/have? Used / New Records...oh that would be rad!

4) What part in a movie would you love to play? Do you mean in general or specific? In general I would like to play the character that fucks things up...that's always fun...specific, I'd have to go with Adrien Brody's character in Summer Of Sam just cause that kid was bad ass!

5) In your opinion, why do people suck? Shear stupidity...god damn!

6) If you had your own state, what would you put on your new quarter? George W. with a mohawk, on the other side a vinyl record.

7) What's the oldest article of clothing you own? Oh jesus christ...I think my mom still has a few of my baby clothes.

8) What piece of furniture have you replaced the most? umm...my desk chair I guess.

9) What instrument do you wish you could be more than great at? The drums

10) Record, Tape or CD? Is that even a question? Fuck's sake...every time RECORD!!! ...bitch

11) What do you think would be the best concert ever? oh man...you can't do this to me...OK, here goes...we'd call it The REAL Punk - A - Paloosa. We'd have Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Minor Threat, and Operation Ivy get back together for one tour and one tour alone. In the midst of those FUCKING AMAZING bands we have a bunch of other kick ass bands the likes of Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, Thrice, Social Distortion, Suicide Machines, No Use For A Name, NOFX, Pennywise, Bad Religion, Less Than Jake...just a whole bunch of bad ass bands!

12) What's the best part of your favorite movie? When the oopaloompa's dance and sing...lol, I don't know I have a bunch of favorites...too many...sorry.

13) What do you think is the most over-rated candy ever? Skittles...they don't make a rainbow if you plant them...I tried you lying sons of bitches!!!

14) If you were writing out your will, who would you give your CD collection to? Oh god damn...I would probably have to split it up...so I would give this responsibility to my girlfriend Emily. I'd have her split it up between my friends and my sister...however, my Vinyl would have to be given to my children...if I don't have any children by the time I die, they would be given to Emily to give to her future children...we've already discussed this.

15) If you could only debate two topics the rest of your life, what would they be? Are you serious? I don't know...fuck this question.

16) Out of your friends, who would you say you are most jealous of, artistically? Artistically? hum...I would probably have to say Ricky O...he's an amazing guitarist!

17) Most jealous of....intellectually? Clark...no doubt...that kid is a fucking genius!

18) What do you collect? Cd's, Movies, and of course...above all else...my most prized possesion...My records!

20) What do you do when you're home sick? when I'm homesick, like when I'm somewhere else and I want to be home...HA! or when I'm at home sick in bed? Well to the first...I never am...so...nothing. To the later...I watch TV, movies and listen to some records.

21) Why does this survey rock? well, to be honest...it doesn't...far from rocking my friend.

22) Story behind your username? Um...well, I think I was talking to Lorn one day when I was making this thing and I think she called me a Punk Ass...so hence...my original name PunkAssRawk...now, for the YesterYear name...it's the name of what I was doing musically at the time...my solo project...I got it from my favorite book from 8th grade The Hobbit.

23) Current Favorite Article of Clothing? My short sleeve Dickies shirt I guess.

24) Line from the last thing you wrote to someone? "I love you with all of my heart"

25) A famous person you have met? Jay from The Suicide Machines

26) Favorite way to waste time? Listen to records

27) Last thing you bought yourself? The Smiths "Strangeways Here We Come" original press vinyl!!!! So bad ass!

So, tonight I started looking through my mom's old photo albums, and god damn I was a good lookin' kid. Ha, no seriously though, it's weird to look at old pictures of me and my sister (in some of them) and my parents...together. It's funny, all my life I've been wishing that I could grow up for some reason...and now I kind of want to go back to that point in my life where I was truly happy...not saying I'm not really truly happy right now, but there's this hint of innocence to my happiness back than. You can see it in my smile...you know?...like when you look at the pictures and you see my face...you just get that feeling...like there's so much in the future that I know nothing of what's in store. It's kind of sad really. I know I'm rambling on and on here...but goddamnit that's what this fucking thing is for! So I'm sitting here right now listening to this band called The Jayhawks, I saw them on some local access channel type thing at my dad's house and so I went on Ebay and bought one of their albums... "Rainy Day Music" and fucked if it isn't really damn good...kind of old folky / country like, kind of Bob Dylan like in a way. Anyway I regress from my point, I sit here listening to this record and looking at these pictures and fucked if it doesn't bring a smile to my face. There's pictures in here that I completely forgot about, like of my dad and I...or just of my dad that are just kind of weird.

Okay, for anyone who cares; my parents were 21 when they had me.

So my parents being so young and looking at my dad in these pictures, I know this sounds really weird, but I get kind of confused, because we look A LOT alike. There's one picture in particular of my dad that threw me for a loop, he has this face that I make ALL THE TIME. No I don't expect anyone to really understand this, but it's like breaking my heart in a good way to see pictures of my dad and me together. (and yes I realize that my topics are all over the place here) Like it hurts because I can't remember any of these times...really...and yet at the same time, I get this amazing feeling because I KNOW that was me there, and I KNOW that was me being TRULY happy. I'm really happy I decided to look though these. It's kind of liberating. You ever see High Fidelity? Kind of like seeing my all time Top 5 happiest childhood moments in just a few books. God damn I miss being a kid.