Do you know what you should be doing now?

Listening to music!


We Are All Connected, by Science of Symphony. It's lectures by Carl Sagan, Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Richard Feynman, autotuned and set to music. It's catchy, it's a good song, it's inspiring. I do not think you will regret clicking that link.

I've Got Nothing, by the Chartjackers. do you know who the Chartjackers are? They are the INTERNET! Four video-bloggers set out to make a song with the help of their YouTube audiences, and in doing so, hijack the top 40 UK charts and make money for Children in Need. It's the audiences that came up with the lyrics, who wrote the music, who came together to make a band, who recorded clips of themselves for the video. The song itself is pure cheese, and delightful for it. It's been in my head all day! Listen to it, watch the video (in which the yellow Children in Need teddy bear mascot makes an appearance).

Boys & Girls, by LM.C. Hey, remember when I was crazy about Katekyo Hitman Reborn? That love hasn't quite gone away, and tonight I was reminded of the music that came along with the series getting a TV show adaptation. I've always been especially into this song and its video. The lyrics! The tune! The relation to the Varia arc! asfdjghafhg! That link is to the short version with the video, and here is the full-length song. boys & girls be ambitious, boys & girls keep it real!

Reborn really was my first big fandom, the one that got me to actually participate and contribute fanworks (art and fic and an FST, oh my god), the one I still have plot ideas for tucked away in a corner of my head, the one for which I memorised all the numbers corresponding to character names. I, just, the series has its flaws and the first arc gives me second-hand embarrassment, but it's well-drawn and genuinely funny and heart-shaking and inspiring. The fandom has always been ridiculous, but so have the characters (and the whole creative team behind them: half of the image songs are touching, but the other half are so silly that I grin when I think about them. you sing about that eternal samba, Mukuro, you delightful pineapple), and listening to my folder of Reborn! music has me wanting to reread the whole series and dive right back into the fandom, as intimidatingly huge as it's gotten.

does anyone have mp3 files of beautiful ~eminem, forever ~drake/lil wayne/kanye west/eminem, impacto ~daddy yankee (w/ or w/o fergie, i don't care), the black parade CD and/or i'm not okay ~my chemical romance? i'd prefer the unedited versions. any other songs by eminem, daddy yankee, or mcr would be great too thanks

http://www.mychemicalromance.com/blog/ray/mixing-update

Mixing with our good buddy Rich Costey is going great. So far, he's mixed 9 songs, and they all sound fucking stellar. He had an interesting process where he started out mixing some of the looser songs first, and then ramped up to the denser stuff. Our goal in mixing is to make it loud, and then make it louder then that. "Still Alive" was an early one, and he brought a real heaviness and aggressiveness to that song. Song is very drum and bass oriented, very different for us, but still rocks at the same time. A bit of Queen influenced guitar harmonies helps on that song.

"Save Yourself" was another early one, a mix of Judas Priest metal and 80's arena rock. That song went through a lot of different permutations, and finally we settled on this vibe that took us to new territory. We then got into a song called "The Only Hope For Me Is You," and that's where things really starting clicking with Rich. What was great was each song would just sound better and bigger than the last. As some of you had guessed from a twitter thing of mine (I refuse to call it a tweet), David Campbell did a bit of work on the record, and that's one of the songs he arranged for. Costey did this crazy effect with the strings going into the last chorus that blew me away. One of my favorite tracks. (click "read more" for more!)

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 I'm just crazy busy right now.

More after the OBOC show.

(Which, if you are within an hour or two's drive of Rochester, YOU HAD BETTER COME.)

I had such great grammar right there...

Does anyone have the newest Fall Out Boy single, "Alpha Dog"?

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I have a job! Temp retail work over the Christmas holidays, but IDGAF this is totally going to save my financial ass in some small way, at least.

Exactly what the title says. All of these entries will be ridiculous excerpts from my Nano, but hey! It's writing :D (It should be entitled " "Exercises in word padding")
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394venom from Japan!

This poor girl documents the heinous act of eating this burger in its entirety. Showing up to the BK with stomach medicine by her side, she goes to work on the towering sandwich. Like a slow burning 70's Snuff film, watch in agonizing detail as she struggles to finish off this montrosity. From her first bite to the last, it seems like hours pass, but this girl will not give up. After having her fill at BK, she takes it home to polish it off with seaweed and a side of soy. Cold, lifeless, and drained of all color, she reluctantly finishes the meal with a smile, and what i think was a passing of gas.

For her tenaciousness, and her will to never give up, and also for being very Japanese in the way you finished this thing, 394venom is our Whopper Eat Off Champion!

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Every time I watch The Queen and we hit the bit where the little girl with the flowers says "No, they're for YOU." and slowly people along the front rows begin to smile and curtsey one after another and I just burst into the sloppiest, snortiest sobs, ever.

http://www.mychemicalromance.com/blog/ray/2nd-place-great-whopper-eat

this friggin' guy, Joey! This bearded wonder, who lives somewhere awesome in America, was so crazed about the contest that he went to his local BK and had them create the sandwich for him! Now that's ingenuity, and yes, a little bit insane...

On first bite, he goes in deep, but barely puts a dent in the thing. This gargantuan gorilla burg was more then he expected! After swallowing the first few bites, he compares it to "eating an elephant." Not sure what goes down in his household, but he may want to keep that to himself.

By minute 3, he's picked up the pace, getting through nearly half the sandwich. What an eater! He "man's up," choosing not to finish with a fork, but instead washing the sloppy meat down with a mixture of cola and what are surely now cold french fries. Like a hero staring down the face of a fierce dragon, a crowd of peasant folk assembles. Do they want to see him defeat his opponent, or do they want to see him choke on his own vomit?!?! I can't tell!

Minute 7:20, and astonishingly its down to the final bite. This culinary warrior levels up to another plane of existence, meditating to become one with the burger. Turning grey, his beard having grown longer through the ordeal, he finishes the bountiful beef bouquet, and with that, is crowned King Of Burgerdom in a touching ceremony of applause, tears, and chocolate chip cookies. Congrats Joey! You get a one of a kind T-shirt, a prize pack, and an engorged colon!

The empire strikes back

In recent weeks, we've taken huge steps towards blocking spam accounts on LiveJournal. In fact, we've suspended as many as 30,000 accounts in a single day! We've implemented several pre-emptive measures to prevent the creation of spam accounts, and we've honed our detection of suspicious content. Spam bots are a crafty lot, so we'll continue to refine our tactics and keep up the good fight to keep you safe from spam attacks on LiveJournal.

RSS feeds again

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Wii have killer CSI Deadly Intent contests!

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Enveloped in postcards

Last week, we asked you to send in postcards to help us decorate our drab concrete walls. Here's a photo of the results so far! Thank you so much and please keep them coming! You can mail them to Frank the Goat, Esq., c/o LiveJournal, Inc., 539 Bryant Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94107. Be sure to include your username, since we'll be giving ten random users paid account credits.

Photos of the week

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http://www.mychemicalromance.com/blog/ray/3rd-place-great-whopper-eat

PeAcHbAbY1031!!! (man that was tough to type...) Rocking out to the musical genius of Dope's "Die Motherfucker, Die Motherfucker, Die," she sets off to work on an especially messy Windows 7 Whopper. Watch as her first bite causes a flood of meat juice and special sauce to fly out the other side of the burger! This girl has a HUGE mouth, as she stuffs the entire patty mountain in her face, you can imagine how this girl eats at Thanksgiving! Best of all, she lives in the spirit of her chosen rallying cry. This girl "don't need no religion," nor does she "need no prayers," but she may want to ask her mother for forgiveness for what she has done to her body.

Congrats PeAcHbAbY1031! I think you win a prize pack!

 does anyone have Teenagers and/or Helena by My Chemical Romance? or the video to Helena? thanks

http://www.mychemicalromance.com/blog/jeff-watson/costume-contest-winners

After looking through all of the costume contest entries, the band has chosen their top 3. Congrats to Lacey, Andrea, and Danielle on their winning costume - the prize packs are on their way. Thanks to everyone who entered the contest. There were some amazing costumes!

So I've never been fired or laid off--outside of contracted periods of work, I've always been the one to make the decision to leave any job I've held.

I've quit all of my jobs I've ever had; though technically speaking one was temp work and it was mutually understood that I'd not be working after a certain date, and they still call me up from time to time to take on the occasional shift if I want to, which is great; but yeah...seeing as I'm still a student, I've never taken any job with the full understanding that I'd be doing it forever. The longest I stayed at any position so far was about two years of full time in the summer and part-time in the school year, which I eventually quit in order to take some time off and travel and do other contract volunteer work.

I'm just hoping employers don't look at my resume and think "geez, this girl can't stick with anything." Though I'm pretty sure it's reasonable enough to see a student with patches of unemployment here and there, especially given how the economy's been...

I volunteered for a year and a half, and since then have worked sporadic part-time jobs here and there while dealing with my mother being ill, and now being back in school full-time, which I'm willing to explain to interviewers. I don't know if I'm bitter because of former experiences with bosses who want to think the worst of everyone and use that as an excuse to treat employees badly, but I'm paranoid that I'll never get a good job again and slide into debt because people can't see that I'm actually a good employee, and if treated fairly, I will devote myself to doing any job well.

As it is, I'm doing an hour a week cleaning toilets for a family friend's business, but hey, it's something, and at least on paper I have the appearance of steady part-time work for the last few months.

To Whoever Keeps Leaving Garbage on the chair/desk of my favourite seat in my Monday/Thursday class (farthest seat to the left, third row from the back, room 116, ECS building, presumably in the 10.30-11.20 timeslot.) :

You will find a garbage can on your way out the door. Right beside you. Inavoidable. Quite convenient.
May I suggest you dispose of your wrappers, crumbs, leftover muffins and other detrius in that same receptical.
This goes beyond accidents of the "it fell out of my pocket" nature.
Come on, now.

Cheers,

Emily (The Student in the Class After Yours)

P.S. If this continues, I will hunt you down, you asshole. Today was a new level of disgusting.

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