Monday, August 27, 2007

An Ode to Nepotism

So as of this afternoon I have a meeting set up to talk to Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), a former student of my uncle's who he has kept in touch with, on Tuesday, September 25. The plan is to ask Casey if he would be willing to put in a good word for me to one Chuck Schumer for a job at one of his offices in New York State to pay the bills while going to graduate school. Will our intrepid hero backroom-deal his way into another cushy job? More on this story later!

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Only the penitent man will pass...

As some of you may know, or may not know, or don't care, I have been juggling the decision to move down to DC. I think I've finally decided on going, since my father has already started moving things into my bristol apt.

The plan is to scour craigslist for a job that will pay enough to live reasonably, while a search for a better job/grad school applications proceeds.

I haven't set a date yet, but the great organizing of all my old junk has begun and will continue. I miss everybody and want to go and visit everyone, oh economic obligations, how I attest thee.

I just saw Reagan on TV. It's a sign. I'm either supposed to commit seppuku, or embark on a great adventure. Eh, I'll figure it out in the morning.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

THE STÖRMPAD

In case you don´t know, and you're dead, and you are blinded by fowl... well, nothing. However, I have officially moved into the STÖRMPAD, my apartment in Geneseo. Two recent discoveries I made last night concerning my place: 1. you can utilize the microwave while sitting on the couch, and 2. I can open up the fridge and get a beer while playing on my computer. Combining my living room, kitchen, and office into one room was the best idea I've ever had.

REGARDLESS,

I would like you all to come and visit. Too bad for you though, because you can't.

See ya later!

No, but seriously, if you do want to come, you'll have to fill out this brief application...

STÖRMPAD APPLICATION FORM FOR VISITING STÖRMPAD

1. What is your name? (Please write in 4-dimensional script)
2. Butts?
3. Who is your favorite Buffalo Bills player?
4. What is your favorite quotation from Surf Ninjas?
5. What is the most important ingredient in a burrito (other than the tortilla)?
6. How many pairs of pants do you own, and if they could smell like any one thing, what would that smell be?
7. Who is cooler, Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan?
8. Who is cooler, table or Paris Lohan?
9. What is the name of your favorite imaginary sport?
10. Butts?
11. If you could be one giant internal organ, what would it be and why? Where would you live? Do you like breakfast? What do you do at night there? Do you hang out with Strom Thurmond?
12. Lastly, if you were a chewed piece of gum, where would you like to be stuck and why?

Applications can be submitted in comments sexshin (section)

But seriously, butts.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

GOOGLE EARTH IS STEALING YOUR SOUL!

So this afternoon at work I was calculating the distances between various places. To do so, I was using Google Maps. I uncovered a number of interesting facts. Did you know, for instance, that Google Maps will give you driving directions on other continents? It takes 2 days and 3 hours to drive from Perth to Brisbane, Australia, and now you know that. But the most interesting fact was yet to be uncovered! Having nothing better to do, I decided to look at some other places of interest to me, including the campus of our lovely alma mater, and try to figure out when the aerial shots were taken. There are three important clues that lead me to believe that the photos are from Spring 2005:

1. Putnam Hall is completed, so it can't be earlier than 2004-05.

2. The Integrated Science Facility (or the future Dragoncloud Memorial Temple of Learning as soon as I earn my first $2 million) is not yet completed, but that stupid fence-tunnel between Erwin and Milne still exists.

3. Letchworth Rd. has not yet been reconstructed.

4. At Genesee Hall, THE DRAGONCLOUD IS HAVING A PICNIC IN THE DAMN FRONT YARD.

Check it out for yo'self! Unfortunately you can't save images from Google maps, so go to the page:

http://maps.google.com/maps?tab=nl

Enter "42.800581, -77.822015" into "Search the Map", press "Hybrid" in the upper right of the picture, and zoom all the way in. Ah, memories.
TAKE THAT, SYSTEM!

Monday, August 20, 2007

we have a new blog

hey guys,

we have a new blog about living in binghamton. its at zachandbecca.blogspot.com. WE WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU READ IT.

misses and kisses
becca and zach

Carnal Destruction World Tour VII

Hello everyone,

I am using this forum to propose a road trip in November or December. Anyone without any career plans at that point in time is welcome to come. I'll be getting back from Washington in late October and will probably have a desire to drive around mindlessly, potentially in other states. So we should focus that energy on seeing other parts of this wonderful nation of ours. The only feedback I have gotten on this idea so far has come from Joe, who feels "pretty sexy" about the trip. If current trends hold, it should be a 100% sexy adventure.

Comments? Concerns? Counter-proposals?

-Neil

P.S. say what you will about our ol' college days, at least we never got eaten by bears

BELGRADE, Serbia (Reuters) -- A 23-year old Serb was found dead and half-eaten in the bear cage of Belgrade Zoo at the weekend during the annual beer festival.
The man was found naked, with his clothes lying intact inside the cage. Two adult bears, Masha and Misha, had dragged the body to their feeding corner and reacted angrily when keepers tried to recover it.
"There's a good chance he was drunk or drugged. Only an idiot would jump into the bear cage," zoo director Vuk Bojovic told Reuters.
Local media reported that police found several mobile phones inside the cage, as well as bricks, stones and beer cans

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Camp is done

Well kids, unfortunately my term as Lord of the Camp is over. I packed up my shit and shot all of my counselors and sent the children into the woods covered in raw meat and honey. On my last night, I encountered something that I knew I should share with the Dragon Flame.

On Thursday, we had a dance for our campers and it was tropical themed. While it goes without saying that I had the best costume (Carmen Miranda- featuring fruit) I had a counselor who pulled me aside and told me she had to show me something. Apparently her camper really wanted to wear her "tropical shirt" and after the 9 year old had put it on, her counselor promptly made her take it off. I was shown this garment and without a doubt it is the best shirt I had ever seen.
On this shirt were cartoon-y crocodiles, in different colors, performing several different sexual posistions. I mean there were like 30 different sexual exhibits on a sleeveless t-shirt. And just incase you were wondering where a shirt like this might come from, it said "Florida" at the bottom. I took pictures, I need to post them somewhere. I need to own this shirt.

Discuss

Today's adventure.

After work, around 4 o'clock, I went home to get my roof pads, so that we could put them on max's car, and go to westport, connecticut to a huge sailing school and go with max and doug to look at a laser he was buying. turns out theyre not available til the end of the season, but he put a down payment on a nice one, good hull, very cheap. road trip to and fro involved livin' on the edge by aerosmith, an awesome seafood place we found randomly, and blowing low-grade amphetamines. also practically running out of gas and getting ridiculously lost in westport; westport by the way almost puts dear great neck to shame; equally large houses but with a much smaller population density; and fewer jews. got back to west egg around 11, fell asleep shortly thereafter, woke up at 4, drank some champagne with sam who was mysteriously awake, watched some bsg, decided that from now on i'm going to give bootleg dvds for birthday presents (figured out a good one for mr. kreiger, a better one for mr. blanding), and typed any remaining memory onto the communal cognitive networking utility that we are all surely glad to share.

By the way, I've listened to this about thirty times in the last ninety-six hours.

Time for nap #2, tiddly-winks!

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

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Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Flying Buttress!!!!

So goes the chronicle of the great visitation trip 2k7. I will keep it brief.

Campout, driving, car crash in PA, Mauntauk, drinking, cornhole, drinking, finish Harry Potter, drinking, New york city, Joe is dumb, kwik-e-mart, Great Neck, sailing, informally hired, drinking, home.

Upon my return home, of course all my relatives start coming out of the woodworks. It was nice to see Michelle (sister-in-law w/1 in the oven) and older brother Jeff. But of course my car has to break down, so I was stuck and couldn't flee. I mostly sat around w/my head in a book to make it look like I was there.


Bad news though: the father has finally sold the one house at bristol, which means that he and the Bonnie will be living at the main Bristol residence by the end of August(the one Andrew broke the laundry room door). This means that I must A. find a Job and B. Move the fuck out of dodge. This is gonna be a clencher. Anybody need a roomate?

On a cheerier note, Reagan had a really good time and lots of good pictures will be posted by one Dave Honeywell in the future. As to the current whereabouts of Reagan, your all gonna shoot me, but I left him in the gentle caring hands of Mr. Feinsilver. (Bring the next star wars books too joe, i'm already halfway through the first). I am trusting him, upon pain of death, that he will take good care of him. It'll be good, cause Mr. Feinsilver will be visiting the Rochacha area soon and then we can all meet up, whoevers around. I think a night out to the bar where Kate works would be awesome, mostly cause Kate would be serving us beer, and who among you could deny a chance to hassle Kate at work. I hope they serve food there too, cause then we could tell her to make us a sandwich, a lifelong dream of mine.

I miss everyone like whoa, and want to see everybody again. I think I might just have to build a teleporter solely to make it easier to see everyone. I'll be in my mad scientist lab under the volcano if anyone needs me.

p.s.- Piece of ship, Calamari Cruiser, Feelin Nauti, Jiggie with it, little cheeto, George Jetsam, Cleat-is the slack jawed yokel, Keel-ing me softly, Stem chewer, Yaw'l come back now, knot funny.

Friday, August 3, 2007

Titles of New Boat

So I've been putting a minimal amount of serious thought towards my own future. Many things are uncertain. However, one certainty is that I will be purchasing a J-24 within the next five years. But buying a boat isn't just something you up and do. It requires careful planning, delicate negotiations, and when you buy it, it requires hundreds of hours of intensive labor. The most important part of a sailboat, to me, is the twing. The second most important part is it's name. All of the mightiest ships to sail the seas for thousands of years have had great names. The Charles W. Morgan. The Allison Rose. The Salty Testicle. So... what should the name of my boat be? The usual categories come to mind; obscure science-fiction references (my first sailboat was named White Star... anyone?), literary allusions, and puns involving the word "Feinsilver." Fortunately, in this world of praxographical confusion, there exists one man to stab the sword of wit into the dark clouds of forgetfulness. Ahem.

(09:23:05) Jeph Wisniewski: Titty Boner Shark
(09:23:05) sketchapocalypse : now accepting name suggestions for my future boat
the following categories are acceptable:
-feinsilver puns
-obscure star wars/sci-fi references
-literary allusions
-dream babes

(09:23:18) Jeph Wisniewski: Maroon 5
(09:23:44) Jeph Wisniewski: Windalf the Grey
(09:24:17) Jeph Wisniewski: Pastry
(09:24:22) Jeph Wisniewski: Scallion
(09:24:26) Jeph Wisniewski: Wonder Loaf
(09:24:32) Jeph Wisniewski: Pot Roast
(09:25:16) Jeph Wisniewski: Pillow Pants
(09:25:41) Jeph Wisniewski: Shut Up
(09:25:55) Jeph Wisniewski: Oh No! This Water is Lava!
(09:26:15) Jeph Wisniewski: Burning Love Rod
(09:26:35) Jeph Wisniewski: USS I'm Gay
(09:26:55) Jeph Wisniewski: Burning Turd Furnace
(09:27:10) Jeph Wisniewski: Burning Rod Turd
(09:27:20) Jeph Wisniewski: Burning Rod Furnace
(09:27:38) Jeph Wisniewski: In the Cups
(09:27:46) Jeph Wisniewski: The Steppes
(09:27:58) Jeph Wisniewski: The Power of the Dragon Flame
(09:28:16) Jeph Wisniewski: What? You've Never Seen an Idiot Before?
(09:28:26) Jeph Wisniewski: Brett Favre
(09:28:39) Jeph Wisniewski: There's Penis in My Latka
(09:29:06) Jeph Wisniewski: Not Drunk, Just a Sailor
(09:29:20) Jeph Wisniewski: Moist Cabbage Underpants
(09:29:44) Jeph Wisniewski: Keel of Piety
(09:29:58) Jeph Wisniewski: Keel of Piety +2
(09:30:07) Jeph Wisniewski: Keel of Strength +4
(09:30:19) Jeph Wisniewski: Keel of Gay +69
(09:30:34) Jeph Wisniewski: Blow Me
(09:30:56) Jeph Wisniewski: Protogenesis
(09:31:40) Jeph Wisniewski: TillerKrönn, God of Direction
(09:32:41) Jeph Wisniewski: No Wonder This Isn´t Working... It´s My Penis!
(09:33:08) Jeph Wisniewski: USS No Pants
(09:33:08) sketchapocalypse : now accepting name suggestions for my future boat
the following categories are acceptable:
-feinsilver puns
-obscure star wars/sci-fi references
-literary allusions
-dream babes

(09:33:17) Jeph Wisniewski: i think your away message cut me off
(09:34:09) Jeph Wisniewski: Mastonderböatt, Pillar of Righteousness
(09:34:46) Jeph Wisniewski: Streamline
(09:34:54) Jeph Wisniewski: My Butt
(09:35:10) Jeph Wisniewski: Wind-Catching Butt Explosion
(09:35:37) Jeph Wisniewski: Turboat
(09:35:51) Jeph Wisniewski: Piece of Ship
(09:35:55) Jeph Wisniewski: Piece of ass
(09:36:25) Jeph Wisniewski: Shards of Strife
(09:36:43) Jeph Wisniewski: Dave Matthews Band
(09:37:05) Jeph Wisniewski: Sea Joe Sail
(09:37:19) Jeph Wisniewski: I Swallow
(09:38:05) Jeph Wisniewski: KoRn Unplugged
(09:38:08) Jeph Wisniewski: Butt Plug
(09:38:22) Jeph Wisniewski: AAAAAAAAAAAAAH'

Thanks be to Jeph, the Dragon God of Time, for providing so many options. Other punier ones are:

(23:57:19) rockmon1: the margret thatcher, beacause she's your dream-babe?
(23:27:59) back2mehih02020: flawed gold
(23:11:36) guessgrl102: once i saw a boat called funny cigarettes. i liked that.
(23:10:29) dloozer: dude...do you really need any other name? Galactica
(09:52:46) David 'Serge' Honeywell: the ss bartlett

post more! what a ridiculous spark of creativity!