Alright Kids, time to start wrapping this year up. Here is the outline for the 6th annual Dusty Kaster Year in Review Survey Thingy. I added 2 new categories this year. Favorite New Place and Douche Bag of the Year.
Best Accomplishment:
Best CD:
Worst CD:
Best Concert:
Best Movie:
Worst Movie:
Best Book:
Best TV Show:
Favorite New Place:
Best Blog Entry:
Person of the Year:
Douche Bag of the Year:
New Friend Award:
Party of the Year:
Best Celebrity Encounter:
Biggest Disappointment:
What one thing about the past year would you change:
Greatest memory of the past year:
Theme of the Year:
Quote of the Year:
Biggest wish for 2010:
Anything to look forward to:
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Thanksgiving is Thanksliving
I have to say, this was one of the best trips home in quite a while. Usually I am so very bored, but not this time.
I spent some time with the family. Friday was my Mem's 83rd birthday, so we went out to eat. It was a good time.
I saw a lot of friends too. Flip, Alex, Maggie (who is recovering), Chris, Sydney, Wolfgang and Kim. I briefly talked to Kelly B. friday night and we left Alan a ridiculous voice mail. Saturday, Kim, Wolfgang and I went to Steve Smith's bar in Pottsville, Trippin Billie. Tomorrow when I'm in Philly I'll probably see Heather too.
It's so nice to be home and relax and see friends and catch up. I feel better and recharged. I guess we can think of this as our 7 1/2 year reunion, ha.
I haven't mentioned it here, but I've been taking a sketch writing class at the UCB. It's going pretty well. I'll hopefully take some more classes next year. and I would like to start posting my sketched here.
I guess this entry had a point. It sounded better in my head.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Bored
I am home for Labour Day weekend. I am so bored right now. With my wacky work schedule and proniess to napping, I am not going to fall asleep anytime soon. Thank God for the internet. How did I live here for 18 years? I don't think I could ever live here again.
sigh.
sigh.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Confessions of a Shop-a-holic
If there's one thing you need to know about me, it's that I love shopping. In fact, there's nothing I like more then going to a mall. Oh wait, no I don't. I hate going to malls. Why do I bring this up? I have no idea, but I think that Dunkin Donuts coffee I had 2 hours ago has finally started to kick in.
I'm really bad at getting Christmas presents. I don't know why. Maybe it's all the pressure and obligation to have to buy people crap. I would much rather put some thought into getting a person a meaningful gift and surprising them with it. I think that makes it better. I have decided this year, I'm just going to sit down around December 10th and go on to Amazon or something and do all my Christmas shopping there and have it delivered. Screw going to a mall, or even places in general.
Sooo much has changed since I last talked to you, Blogspot. I now have a nice, shinny MacBook Pro! Who would have ever thought I'd have a Macbook? Remember when I used to really hate Macs? But there is so much I can do on this. I wish I had time and/or wasn't lazy so I could really start playing with it. I don't even know where FreeCell is. Actually, it probably doesn't have FreeCell, because those snobby, intellectual types who have Macbooks are too busy reading the Huffington Post and the New Yorker to have time to be playing FreeCell. El Oh El.
Jordan and I recently did America. Which reminds me, I need to finish posting those pictures on facebook, and maybe one day write a series of Blogs about the trip. Blog! Jordan returned home this week because he forgot his tooth brush, so it was almost like he never left.
Earlier this month, my roommate and I moved to Astoria, like I foretold. It is pretty nice there. Muuuuch better then Sunset Park.
I can't believe the summer is winding down already. It feels like it just finally got started. I think September will be pretty warm though. I didn't go to the beach at all. I did go to the Coney Island boardwalk once though. I'm fine with that.
A lot of my friends have birthday's in August. There are like 4 within a span of about a week. That's crazy. I'm really good at remember people's birthday months and usually when in the month their birthday is, like the beginning, middle, or end. Actually, I'm pretty good at remembering things in general. I recently realized I can name more current US senators then I can current professional football players. I can probably name between 50-60 senators, but I could only get about 3 footballers. Michael Vick. Brett Farve, and.... Ben Rothlesburger? Is he a person? That's it.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
The Astoria Solution
Michael Jackson died today. That's weird.
Anyway, it looks like me and my roommate are going to move to Astoria, and I'm pretty pleased with that. I'm not a huge fan... well, fan, of Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Aside from Williamsburg, I don't really care about Brooklyn, which seems surprising. I thought I would be all about it. It's too long of a commute to Manhattan. My apartment is okay, but I definitely need more space and it would be nice to not live in a building with shady guys smoking... probably joints on the stairs. And our apartment's layout is kinda dumb. The fridge door always hits the oven, and the shower head is in the middle of the tub, as opposed to the end of the tub like every other single shower in the entire world, so the bathroom floor usually gets wet.
I heard that someone who used to work at BBC used to walk home every day to Astoria over the bridge, which got me thinking, maybe I could do that. or, better yet, maybe.... I...could... ride...my...bike!!!!! It would be so great to not have to ride the subway anymore, as I am sooo over it. It'd probably be pretty hard to actually ride around Mid-town, so I'd probably have to walk the bike, but that's okay. A monthly subway pass is going to go up to 89 dollars a month. I could forgo that and only pay as I go. Even if I spent 60 dollars a month, I could use that other 29 towards a nicer apartment. I would definitely spend a little more on rent if I could down on the subway costs. And I think I can find a farely decent but cheap place in Astoria.
I've only been to Astoria once, but it seemed like an okay place, as long as you live near the subway, and where we're looking, there are a lot of subway lines.
Anyway, it looks like me and my roommate are going to move to Astoria, and I'm pretty pleased with that. I'm not a huge fan... well, fan, of Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Aside from Williamsburg, I don't really care about Brooklyn, which seems surprising. I thought I would be all about it. It's too long of a commute to Manhattan. My apartment is okay, but I definitely need more space and it would be nice to not live in a building with shady guys smoking... probably joints on the stairs. And our apartment's layout is kinda dumb. The fridge door always hits the oven, and the shower head is in the middle of the tub, as opposed to the end of the tub like every other single shower in the entire world, so the bathroom floor usually gets wet.
I heard that someone who used to work at BBC used to walk home every day to Astoria over the bridge, which got me thinking, maybe I could do that. or, better yet, maybe.... I...could... ride...my...bike!!!!! It would be so great to not have to ride the subway anymore, as I am sooo over it. It'd probably be pretty hard to actually ride around Mid-town, so I'd probably have to walk the bike, but that's okay. A monthly subway pass is going to go up to 89 dollars a month. I could forgo that and only pay as I go. Even if I spent 60 dollars a month, I could use that other 29 towards a nicer apartment. I would definitely spend a little more on rent if I could down on the subway costs. And I think I can find a farely decent but cheap place in Astoria.
I've only been to Astoria once, but it seemed like an okay place, as long as you live near the subway, and where we're looking, there are a lot of subway lines.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
100 Days.
First, to answer your burning question, did I write 100 pages of script in the month of April? No, as you could expect. I think I wrote 2 pages. Bummer.
Last week, President Obama and I celebrated 100 days at our new jobs. I remember fondly on January 20th as I hurried around Philadelphia's Chinatown to find a television screen and at about 11:55 am, ran into the Greyhound station to see Aretha Franklin's hat and the end of Biden being sworn in. I cheered with everyone else in the station as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the countries first good president in 40 years. I listened to his Inaugural address for a few minutes and then bolted to the Chinatown bus to arrive in New York for my first day at BBC...
So, after 100 days, how am I doing? I miss Philly a lot. Probably not as much now as when I first moved here. But I do miss my friends and a lot of things in Philly. If I were to win the lottery, I'd move back to Philly in a heartbeat and be content with visiting NYC once a month or so. Other then job oppertunities and shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, I really don't see anything that New York offers that Philly doesn't, except in Philly it's more convienient and cheaper. But, I'm here to stay as long as I want to keep following this dream of making a stupid TV show one day.
I'm almost ready to say that I would be pretty happy if I never had to ride the New York City subway system ever again in my life. I wouldn't mind doing it maybe twice a week, but every day can be annoying and it takes sooo long from to get to Manhattan from lower Brooklyn. I probably spend a good hour and a half every day on the subway. Plus, they want to raise the month pass from $81 to $104. Ridiculous. And then their ad campaign for this is "For $104 a month, you'd think they'd have a pool and a sauna down there." No. Shut the hell the up. For an extra 23 bucks a month there should be a pool down there. I also heard they are planning on cutting some services because they can't afford them. Ughhh. I wish I could bike to work.
On the other hand, there have been a lot of good and cool things about moving here. I see Jordan at least once a week, which is awesome. We've only gone to the UCB theatre once, but I'm sure we'll be going more often before he leaves. There definitely tons of job oppertunities here for me. I've been pretty swamped lately with work, but if anything ever happened, there are lots of other production companies I could try to work at, where in Philly there wasn't much, and when someone would have a show, there's lots of competition for it.
There are a few people from Bloomsburg here. I've been trying to meet up with them. I haven't seen them in years. But it's hard with my schedule and stuff, I kinda gave up. I should try again. There are so many things to see and do here and I've barely started.
Last week, President Obama and I celebrated 100 days at our new jobs. I remember fondly on January 20th as I hurried around Philadelphia's Chinatown to find a television screen and at about 11:55 am, ran into the Greyhound station to see Aretha Franklin's hat and the end of Biden being sworn in. I cheered with everyone else in the station as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the countries first good president in 40 years. I listened to his Inaugural address for a few minutes and then bolted to the Chinatown bus to arrive in New York for my first day at BBC...
So, after 100 days, how am I doing? I miss Philly a lot. Probably not as much now as when I first moved here. But I do miss my friends and a lot of things in Philly. If I were to win the lottery, I'd move back to Philly in a heartbeat and be content with visiting NYC once a month or so. Other then job oppertunities and shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, I really don't see anything that New York offers that Philly doesn't, except in Philly it's more convienient and cheaper. But, I'm here to stay as long as I want to keep following this dream of making a stupid TV show one day.
I'm almost ready to say that I would be pretty happy if I never had to ride the New York City subway system ever again in my life. I wouldn't mind doing it maybe twice a week, but every day can be annoying and it takes sooo long from to get to Manhattan from lower Brooklyn. I probably spend a good hour and a half every day on the subway. Plus, they want to raise the month pass from $81 to $104. Ridiculous. And then their ad campaign for this is "For $104 a month, you'd think they'd have a pool and a sauna down there." No. Shut the hell the up. For an extra 23 bucks a month there should be a pool down there. I also heard they are planning on cutting some services because they can't afford them. Ughhh. I wish I could bike to work.
On the other hand, there have been a lot of good and cool things about moving here. I see Jordan at least once a week, which is awesome. We've only gone to the UCB theatre once, but I'm sure we'll be going more often before he leaves. There definitely tons of job oppertunities here for me. I've been pretty swamped lately with work, but if anything ever happened, there are lots of other production companies I could try to work at, where in Philly there wasn't much, and when someone would have a show, there's lots of competition for it.
There are a few people from Bloomsburg here. I've been trying to meet up with them. I haven't seen them in years. But it's hard with my schedule and stuff, I kinda gave up. I should try again. There are so many things to see and do here and I've barely started.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
In the Garage Where I Belong
no one hears me sing this song.
This is about all of you.
This is about none of you.
I'm sorry I'm not what you are looking for.
But I didn't expect you to disappear like that picture from Back to the Future.
Dear Jesus,
I keep trying to come back to You. But when stunts are pulled like what just happened, it gets harder for me to do so. It gets harder for me to do a lot of things. Maybe we should have a one-on-one soon. How about in my dreams? Hopefully, You can tell me what You want. I think You already know what I want.
Love,
Dustin
P.S. Who is this Beth girl?
This is about all of you.
This is about none of you.
I'm sorry I'm not what you are looking for.
But I didn't expect you to disappear like that picture from Back to the Future.
Dear Jesus,
I keep trying to come back to You. But when stunts are pulled like what just happened, it gets harder for me to do so. It gets harder for me to do a lot of things. Maybe we should have a one-on-one soon. How about in my dreams? Hopefully, You can tell me what You want. I think You already know what I want.
Love,
Dustin
P.S. Who is this Beth girl?
Thursday, April 16, 2009
There's No Place Like Home
I've been meaning to update for a while, so I'll talk about going home for Easter. After sleeping for about 3 hours, I woke up on Friday, gathered up all my stuff and managed to catch the 12pm train from Penn Station to Harrisburg, PA. Since the train took me down to Philly and then up to Harrisburg, next time I'll just take my beloved Chinatown bus to Philly. It'll be a lot cheaper.
On my train ride down, I took a seat next to a large bag and a coat. I wondered who they belong to? After a few stops on the train, no one came to claim them, so I wondered what happened to their own. While at the Trenton stop, this young girl got on the train and was very frantic, having just barely made the train with her enormous suitcase. I helped her lift it on to a cart. After a couple minutes, she came back, not being able to find a seat, and asked if anyone was sitting next to me. Well, those of you who know me will probably not be surprised as i quickly grabbed the belongings in the seat next to me, threw them up top, and said "no, this seat is open". ha. she was pretty young. A freshman in college.
(the woman who owed the stuff came back towards the end of the trip and picked it up. Where had she been and why did she leave her stuff there?)
I got off the train and soon my Dad picked me and we headed home. Later that night, me and Mom got new LG VU phones, which is kinda exactly like an iphone except it costs a lot less. While we were at the Frackville Mall, I saw several security guards. This was pretty weird, because I have never seen a security guard there before. And more importantly, how is this mall even still open? a lot of the stores are vacated. Which makes the security guards even more weird.
Saturday night, Phil and I went to Maggie's house where we played Lego Indiana Jones. Chris and Sydney joined us and we all had a good time.
Sunday was Easter, and my sister managed to find 2 hours to stop in for dinner and then leave immediately to go back to school. Later in the day, I went with my parents to Williams Valley to the cemetery. We saw Maggie's parents there. My dad went to high school with Maggie's dad and they have the exact same birthday. I saw where (I think) 3 of my great-great grandparents are buried. I also learned my maternal grandmother was named after her maternal grandmother, so I learned a lot about my great-great grandparents this weekend.
So for those of you playing at home, the linage goes: Dustin Kaster-Edward Kaster-Edward Kaster-John Kaster-Jacob Kaster (I saw his tombstone). Is he the one who came over from Germany?
On my train ride down, I took a seat next to a large bag and a coat. I wondered who they belong to? After a few stops on the train, no one came to claim them, so I wondered what happened to their own. While at the Trenton stop, this young girl got on the train and was very frantic, having just barely made the train with her enormous suitcase. I helped her lift it on to a cart. After a couple minutes, she came back, not being able to find a seat, and asked if anyone was sitting next to me. Well, those of you who know me will probably not be surprised as i quickly grabbed the belongings in the seat next to me, threw them up top, and said "no, this seat is open". ha. she was pretty young. A freshman in college.
(the woman who owed the stuff came back towards the end of the trip and picked it up. Where had she been and why did she leave her stuff there?)
I got off the train and soon my Dad picked me and we headed home. Later that night, me and Mom got new LG VU phones, which is kinda exactly like an iphone except it costs a lot less. While we were at the Frackville Mall, I saw several security guards. This was pretty weird, because I have never seen a security guard there before. And more importantly, how is this mall even still open? a lot of the stores are vacated. Which makes the security guards even more weird.
Saturday night, Phil and I went to Maggie's house where we played Lego Indiana Jones. Chris and Sydney joined us and we all had a good time.
Sunday was Easter, and my sister managed to find 2 hours to stop in for dinner and then leave immediately to go back to school. Later in the day, I went with my parents to Williams Valley to the cemetery. We saw Maggie's parents there. My dad went to high school with Maggie's dad and they have the exact same birthday. I saw where (I think) 3 of my great-great grandparents are buried. I also learned my maternal grandmother was named after her maternal grandmother, so I learned a lot about my great-great grandparents this weekend.
So for those of you playing at home, the linage goes: Dustin Kaster-Edward Kaster-Edward Kaster-John Kaster-Jacob Kaster (I saw his tombstone). Is he the one who came over from Germany?
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
100 Pages
This website, http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/ is hosting a challenge to everyone who signs up to write 100 pages of script during the month of April. I can do that, right? Any ideas?
Monday, March 23, 2009
Because You Left
Friday was my first time back to Philly since moving out on January 31st. I've been very anxious for a trip, because I love Philly so dear. And as you may recall, one of the shows I was working on was canceled, hence why I could stay in Philly for 3 days.
I was amazed at how much things have changed in just the short time I've been gone. Brian re-decorated the house, people have new and exciting things going on in their lives, Adam and Ciana are now working for the Dharma Intuitive. It's crazy.
I arrived Friday night for Brian's party in the house were I last lived before leaving. The party started at 8:00, so being the casually late person I am, I was the first to arrive at 8:15. But soon others arrived, including, but not limited to: Sara Finne, Marybeth, Caitlin Carney-Jones, Stu and Mark Downing. Alan and Amber also came! It was a great time. It was too bad that Jenn was not there, but her band, Love City, is on tour right now.
Other good news, Marybeth and Leslie Nichols have started a video production company called Junkdrawer Media, Ink. Their website is very awesome: www.junkdrawermedia.com
Saturday, I hungout with Kelly B. for a bit. We walked around and she picked out a new pair of shoes for me at Payless. They were $22! She left to go watch some kids and soon I caught up with Ciana and then were joined by Alan, Amber and Adam (the A Squad) for dinner in Chinatown. Dinner was a good time.
Next, there was pre-gaming at Amber's apartment and we headed to The Barbary. This local Philly band called The Lemon Treasure played, and they are now my favorite band ever. We even tricked one of the girls in the band to get a picture with us in the photo booth.
Sunday, me, Alan and Amber made breakfast and watched The State on VHS. The State is hilarious. I can't believe I have never seen it before. Oh Michael Ian Black. You ARE ashamed of being jewish.
Overall, it was a really great time, and I'm glad I got to see a lot of people in Philly. I also spent a lot of time being drunk, for good or bad. (probably bad)
I was amazed at how much things have changed in just the short time I've been gone. Brian re-decorated the house, people have new and exciting things going on in their lives, Adam and Ciana are now working for the Dharma Intuitive. It's crazy.
I arrived Friday night for Brian's party in the house were I last lived before leaving. The party started at 8:00, so being the casually late person I am, I was the first to arrive at 8:15. But soon others arrived, including, but not limited to: Sara Finne, Marybeth, Caitlin Carney-Jones, Stu and Mark Downing. Alan and Amber also came! It was a great time. It was too bad that Jenn was not there, but her band, Love City, is on tour right now.
Other good news, Marybeth and Leslie Nichols have started a video production company called Junkdrawer Media, Ink. Their website is very awesome: www.junkdrawermedia.com
Saturday, I hungout with Kelly B. for a bit. We walked around and she picked out a new pair of shoes for me at Payless. They were $22! She left to go watch some kids and soon I caught up with Ciana and then were joined by Alan, Amber and Adam (the A Squad) for dinner in Chinatown. Dinner was a good time.
Next, there was pre-gaming at Amber's apartment and we headed to The Barbary. This local Philly band called The Lemon Treasure played, and they are now my favorite band ever. We even tricked one of the girls in the band to get a picture with us in the photo booth.
Sunday, me, Alan and Amber made breakfast and watched The State on VHS. The State is hilarious. I can't believe I have never seen it before. Oh Michael Ian Black. You ARE ashamed of being jewish.
Overall, it was a really great time, and I'm glad I got to see a lot of people in Philly. I also spent a lot of time being drunk, for good or bad. (probably bad)
One Man Show
[Author's note: as expected, I didn't come up with an idea for a movie or tv show. oops.]
Tonight, Jordan and I went to a show at The Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater, or UCB. First, we're preeeeetty sure we saw Zach Galifianakis in attendance. That was pretty cool. We saw two performances. The 2nd performance I'm sorry to say was not really funny and consisted of a few people doing about 9 short sketches.
But the first performance was amazing. It was presented as this crazy, celebrity lady having recently died and everyone in the audience was attending her funeral. A portion of her video will would be played on the screen and then she would talk about a person close to her. Then this girl (who had played the celebrity on the tape) would come out and play the character. Some of the characters she played were a 9 year old niece, a blind cousin, a lawyer, and Gloria Estefan. It was funny and I loved how the video was mixed into the performance.
I think I may have realized two things tonight. 1) I want to marry this girl. 2) I would love to do something like this myself one day. It's been a long time since those high school musical days.
I remember after my first year of Bloom when I realized I hated it there, I had seriously thought about dropping out and moving to Chicago to take classes at Second City. Things have certainly worked out very well for me, so I guess I made the right decision. I could take classes in improve or sketch writing at the UCB, Jordan has taken a couple.
But I think doing a one man show is something I would want to do. I have thought about doing stand-up, but I don't think I'd be good at telling straight-up jokes, where as telling stories is something I can be good at.
Did this entry have a point?
Tonight, Jordan and I went to a show at The Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater, or UCB. First, we're preeeeetty sure we saw Zach Galifianakis in attendance. That was pretty cool. We saw two performances. The 2nd performance I'm sorry to say was not really funny and consisted of a few people doing about 9 short sketches.
But the first performance was amazing. It was presented as this crazy, celebrity lady having recently died and everyone in the audience was attending her funeral. A portion of her video will would be played on the screen and then she would talk about a person close to her. Then this girl (who had played the celebrity on the tape) would come out and play the character. Some of the characters she played were a 9 year old niece, a blind cousin, a lawyer, and Gloria Estefan. It was funny and I loved how the video was mixed into the performance.
I think I may have realized two things tonight. 1) I want to marry this girl. 2) I would love to do something like this myself one day. It's been a long time since those high school musical days.
I remember after my first year of Bloom when I realized I hated it there, I had seriously thought about dropping out and moving to Chicago to take classes at Second City. Things have certainly worked out very well for me, so I guess I made the right decision. I could take classes in improve or sketch writing at the UCB, Jordan has taken a couple.
But I think doing a one man show is something I would want to do. I have thought about doing stand-up, but I don't think I'd be good at telling straight-up jokes, where as telling stories is something I can be good at.
Did this entry have a point?
Thursday, March 19, 2009
The Highs and Lows of Being Number One.
The show I work on got canceled on Monday. Oops. Luckily my company has a couple other shows in production, so I still have work, but this does suck.
Sunday, Jordan and I went to the A. C. Newmen show. You should know, since I had never heard of A. C. Newmen, singer of The New Pornographers, that I made several jokes to Jordan, including revolving around Newmen from Seinfeld, Pornography, and singing that "Music in You" song by The New Radicals. Well done.
Before the show, we went to Katz deli and bought really expensive, but really delicious sandwiches. I, of course, got the Reuben. It was fantastic, and they give you a lot of pickles on the side. The best part though, was seeing an asian girl who looked a lot like Lindsay from Freaks and Geeks, including a green jacket! We nick-named her "Asian Lindsay".
The opening band for A. C. Newmen was Dent May. They were really good, a lot of energy. Newmen joked that the bands they get to open for them always end up becoming really popular really fast, case in point the last band that opened for them was Vampire Weekend. So keep an eye on these Dent May kids. Maybe look them up on MySpace if you can even bring yourself to log-on to that anymore.
I hate to talk about TV again, but I will. Last weeks episodes of 30 Rock and The Office were fantastic. I was impressed. Dollhouse has been getting better. Friday's episode promises to be the best episode of the series ever. And LOST has been all over the place this season, but there has been some really great episodes.
Okay, let me try this. The next time I write a blog entry, it will have to be about an idea for a TV show or movie. Okay, let's see what I can come up with.
Sunday, Jordan and I went to the A. C. Newmen show. You should know, since I had never heard of A. C. Newmen, singer of The New Pornographers, that I made several jokes to Jordan, including revolving around Newmen from Seinfeld, Pornography, and singing that "Music in You" song by The New Radicals. Well done.
Before the show, we went to Katz deli and bought really expensive, but really delicious sandwiches. I, of course, got the Reuben. It was fantastic, and they give you a lot of pickles on the side. The best part though, was seeing an asian girl who looked a lot like Lindsay from Freaks and Geeks, including a green jacket! We nick-named her "Asian Lindsay".
The opening band for A. C. Newmen was Dent May. They were really good, a lot of energy. Newmen joked that the bands they get to open for them always end up becoming really popular really fast, case in point the last band that opened for them was Vampire Weekend. So keep an eye on these Dent May kids. Maybe look them up on MySpace if you can even bring yourself to log-on to that anymore.
I hate to talk about TV again, but I will. Last weeks episodes of 30 Rock and The Office were fantastic. I was impressed. Dollhouse has been getting better. Friday's episode promises to be the best episode of the series ever. And LOST has been all over the place this season, but there has been some really great episodes.
Okay, let me try this. The next time I write a blog entry, it will have to be about an idea for a TV show or movie. Okay, let's see what I can come up with.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
I'm gonna get drunnnnnk.
Running around Times Square at 3, 4, and 5 in the morning, as I do, you see some interesting thing. I'll skip the story of the guy I saw masturbating one Sunday night on the subway train and tell you about what I saw Thursday night.
I got out of work and headed to 7-11 to get a blueberry muffin. (side track: the blueberry muffins at 7-11 are surprisingly good and cheaper here then at Dunkin Donuts, where I usually get my muffins.) As I neared the entrance I saw a crazy guy go inside. I got my muffin and payed for it. As I left the counter, the crazy guy, who was under 30, long hair, homeless, and wearing a sombrero, approached the counter with hands full of beer. (I still can't get over the fact you can buy beer anywhere here.)
And he sang: "I'm gonna get drunk in 10 minutes because I'm homeless and then I'm gonna get stoned cause I got dollars". As the other people in the store laughed and the clerk proclaimed "I'm from India", the man told them to check out his sign, as he ran to grab the cardboard sign he laid near the entrance.
I left the store and a few feet later I saw a girl sitting on the ground, head down, and a splatter of vomit next to her. I thought about asking her if she was okay, but I didn't. I wish I had. There are crazy , drunk, homeless people out there...
I got out of work and headed to 7-11 to get a blueberry muffin. (side track: the blueberry muffins at 7-11 are surprisingly good and cheaper here then at Dunkin Donuts, where I usually get my muffins.) As I neared the entrance I saw a crazy guy go inside. I got my muffin and payed for it. As I left the counter, the crazy guy, who was under 30, long hair, homeless, and wearing a sombrero, approached the counter with hands full of beer. (I still can't get over the fact you can buy beer anywhere here.)
And he sang: "I'm gonna get drunk in 10 minutes because I'm homeless and then I'm gonna get stoned cause I got dollars". As the other people in the store laughed and the clerk proclaimed "I'm from India", the man told them to check out his sign, as he ran to grab the cardboard sign he laid near the entrance.
I left the store and a few feet later I saw a girl sitting on the ground, head down, and a splatter of vomit next to her. I thought about asking her if she was okay, but I didn't. I wish I had. There are crazy , drunk, homeless people out there...
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Your World Is Gonna Change Nothing
Tuesday, Jordan and I went to Other Music so I could buy the new Bishop Allen album and then Bishop Allen played a free show there! It was great and I liked hearing the new songs. I think this was the 6th time I've seen Bishop Allen. Always a good time.
I'm thinking my new blog can very easily turn into me writing fanboy reviews of things. Let's talk about the new BA album. It's pretty good, I like it. I think the internet has been giving it a B and I'd say that's probably want I give it. After 2 listens, nothing quite sticks out, or is stuck in my head as I would hope, particularly like "Middle Management" from the last album. But the songs are good and I'm sure this will quickly grow on me. I guess my complaints would be all the songs are short, nothing over 4 minutes, and since the last album only came out in August of 2007, maybe they could have spent a little more time on it, but it's still great and I enjoy it.
In other music news, I finally got around to listening to the Okkervil River mix Catie gave me. I liked their last album, The Stage Names , a lot. After listening to the mix, I've come to the conclusion that I love their upbeat, rocking songs a lot. "Singer Songwriter" from their new album The Stand Ins is easily one of my favorite new songs. But their slower songs I am not that into. One of the songs on the mix was really slow and dreadful and I was not into it at all.
In other fun news, Jordan invited me to Hoboken St. Patrick's Day on Saturday. It was a fun time. Kurt woke us up at 10 am and then we started drinking. Nothing like a Rolling Rock before breakfast. Then we recounted tales that involved all of us saving each others lives at some point.
Maybe I will write some more reviews on stuff like Watchmen and Dollhouse. Maybe.
I've been in a bad habit lately of wasting too much of my day. Today I didn't get out of bed til well after 4 pm. ick. Although, in my defense, I usually don't go to bed til 6...7... or 8 am.
I guess that's it. Oh, and I ate 6 slices of pizza tonight.
I'm thinking my new blog can very easily turn into me writing fanboy reviews of things. Let's talk about the new BA album. It's pretty good, I like it. I think the internet has been giving it a B and I'd say that's probably want I give it. After 2 listens, nothing quite sticks out, or is stuck in my head as I would hope, particularly like "Middle Management" from the last album. But the songs are good and I'm sure this will quickly grow on me. I guess my complaints would be all the songs are short, nothing over 4 minutes, and since the last album only came out in August of 2007, maybe they could have spent a little more time on it, but it's still great and I enjoy it.
In other music news, I finally got around to listening to the Okkervil River mix Catie gave me. I liked their last album, The Stage Names , a lot. After listening to the mix, I've come to the conclusion that I love their upbeat, rocking songs a lot. "Singer Songwriter" from their new album The Stand Ins is easily one of my favorite new songs. But their slower songs I am not that into. One of the songs on the mix was really slow and dreadful and I was not into it at all.
In other fun news, Jordan invited me to Hoboken St. Patrick's Day on Saturday. It was a fun time. Kurt woke us up at 10 am and then we started drinking. Nothing like a Rolling Rock before breakfast. Then we recounted tales that involved all of us saving each others lives at some point.
Maybe I will write some more reviews on stuff like Watchmen and Dollhouse. Maybe.
I've been in a bad habit lately of wasting too much of my day. Today I didn't get out of bed til well after 4 pm. ick. Although, in my defense, I usually don't go to bed til 6...7... or 8 am.
I guess that's it. Oh, and I ate 6 slices of pizza tonight.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
The Land of Hipsters
Saturday, Jordan and I went to Williamsburg, the land of Hipsters. It sure is! We got off the subway and saw tons of bikes locked up by the subway and a thrift store. I laughed for 5 minutes.
Jordan managed to fix my computer (there was nothing actually wrong with it I suppose.) and the zipper on my bookbag which prevented us from meeting (okay, stalking) the hot receptionist girl from 30 Rock at Best Buy. I'm so glad my computer works again because my entire music inventory is on there. I can finally update my ipod after like 6 months with some different music. Take Offs and Landings is great, but even I was starting to get burnt out on it. In The Areoplane Over the Sea, however, still awesome.
As Kelly B pointed out, Liz Lemon from 30 Rock is my dream girl. She is right! She's nerdy, wears glasses, works in television production and from Pennslyvania! Of course Liz Lemon is 38, so that's a litte old for me. Maybe like 10 years younger and she'd be perfect. (oh, and real of course)
I guess that's all I have to say for now.
Jordan managed to fix my computer (there was nothing actually wrong with it I suppose.) and the zipper on my bookbag which prevented us from meeting (okay, stalking) the hot receptionist girl from 30 Rock at Best Buy. I'm so glad my computer works again because my entire music inventory is on there. I can finally update my ipod after like 6 months with some different music. Take Offs and Landings is great, but even I was starting to get burnt out on it. In The Areoplane Over the Sea, however, still awesome.
As Kelly B pointed out, Liz Lemon from 30 Rock is my dream girl. She is right! She's nerdy, wears glasses, works in television production and from Pennslyvania! Of course Liz Lemon is 38, so that's a litte old for me. Maybe like 10 years younger and she'd be perfect. (oh, and real of course)
I guess that's all I have to say for now.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
I Promise You I'm Doing The Best I Can.
Dear Internet,
Today is February 18th, 2009. Five years ago today I signed up for my Livejournal account do to the pesterings of Chris Herb, and so I will celebrate this anniversary by ditching my beloved, but mostly defunct LJ for one of these cool Blogspots everyone has. Seems LiveJournal has gone the way of MySpace. Maybe it is time for a big boy blog.
I decided to do this so that I can read other friend's blogs and maybe it will motivate me to write more. 2008 was a bad year for Dustin blogging. And after I got in trouble with the congressman, I tended to make most of my entries Friends Only. Let's try to keep these open to the public.
So much has changed in the past month I can not even comprehend it. I moved from Philly very quickly. I still can't believe I did it. There was still so much left unresolved there. But it was time to go. There are many opportunities for jobs in television production here in The Windy City.
I now reside in Brooklyn. It is nice, but a long subway commute from Manhattan at 3 or 4 in the morning. Not much bike riding going on here, so I guess the 'I Bike NY' shirt will have to stay moth balled up. I have two roommates, Aman and Ekta. My apartment is very close to the subwat.
I have made some great discoveries here, for instance, you can buy beer in grocery and convience stores!! Holy cow! Quite a change for someone who spent the time between ages 10 months and 25 years living in Pennslyvania. I found a Hurricane at the 7-11 for $2.69. Also, there are places called Papya Dog where you can get 2 hot dogs and saurkraut (mmmm) for 3 bucks flat! Oh, and as a New Yorker, I now have oppinions about David Patterson and Kirsten Gillibrand.
On Sunday, Jordan, Kurt and I saw Fan Boys. It was pretty good, lots of Star Wars jokes. My favorite part was Kristen Bell. Oh, and a couple weeks ago Jordan and I were at Best Buy and we're pretty sure we saw the hot receptionist girl from 30 Rock there.
Hmmm. I wonder what I did 5 years ago? Here is my first LJ entry:
"02:34 pm - Yes.
Yesterday Chris Herb bet me $1,000 I wouldn't start a journal. I guess he loses. Yet, somehow, I also lose.
Today I was at the AV office. There was a pen that had 'Do not steal' written on the side. I took it so I could show my friends.
I'm getting a job on campus very soon. I'll be a computer lab assistant. hahaha. Just like back at TVHS. I'll work 2 hours a day and help people with Final Cut Pro. The movie 'Cold Mountain' was edited using Final Cut Pro. Hopefully, Hollywood will begin using it to edit good movies.
Chris Herb better appreciate this."
Ugh, this entry made me think of summer 2004. I didn't like summer 2004.
I guess that's it.
Today is February 18th, 2009. Five years ago today I signed up for my Livejournal account do to the pesterings of Chris Herb, and so I will celebrate this anniversary by ditching my beloved, but mostly defunct LJ for one of these cool Blogspots everyone has. Seems LiveJournal has gone the way of MySpace. Maybe it is time for a big boy blog.
I decided to do this so that I can read other friend's blogs and maybe it will motivate me to write more. 2008 was a bad year for Dustin blogging. And after I got in trouble with the congressman, I tended to make most of my entries Friends Only. Let's try to keep these open to the public.
So much has changed in the past month I can not even comprehend it. I moved from Philly very quickly. I still can't believe I did it. There was still so much left unresolved there. But it was time to go. There are many opportunities for jobs in television production here in The Windy City.
I now reside in Brooklyn. It is nice, but a long subway commute from Manhattan at 3 or 4 in the morning. Not much bike riding going on here, so I guess the 'I Bike NY' shirt will have to stay moth balled up. I have two roommates, Aman and Ekta. My apartment is very close to the subwat.
I have made some great discoveries here, for instance, you can buy beer in grocery and convience stores!! Holy cow! Quite a change for someone who spent the time between ages 10 months and 25 years living in Pennslyvania. I found a Hurricane at the 7-11 for $2.69. Also, there are places called Papya Dog where you can get 2 hot dogs and saurkraut (mmmm) for 3 bucks flat! Oh, and as a New Yorker, I now have oppinions about David Patterson and Kirsten Gillibrand.
On Sunday, Jordan, Kurt and I saw Fan Boys. It was pretty good, lots of Star Wars jokes. My favorite part was Kristen Bell. Oh, and a couple weeks ago Jordan and I were at Best Buy and we're pretty sure we saw the hot receptionist girl from 30 Rock there.
Hmmm. I wonder what I did 5 years ago? Here is my first LJ entry:
"02:34 pm - Yes.
Yesterday Chris Herb bet me $1,000 I wouldn't start a journal. I guess he loses. Yet, somehow, I also lose.
Today I was at the AV office. There was a pen that had 'Do not steal' written on the side. I took it so I could show my friends.
I'm getting a job on campus very soon. I'll be a computer lab assistant. hahaha. Just like back at TVHS. I'll work 2 hours a day and help people with Final Cut Pro. The movie 'Cold Mountain' was edited using Final Cut Pro. Hopefully, Hollywood will begin using it to edit good movies.
Chris Herb better appreciate this."
Ugh, this entry made me think of summer 2004. I didn't like summer 2004.
I guess that's it.
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