The Return of the Top 25 List

By non-request here is the newest list of the 25 most played songs on my ipod. If anyone wants the mp3, IM me and I can send them. In no particular order:

1. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
2. Rolling Stones - Back of My Hand
3. Simpsons - Stonecutters' Song
4. Weezer - Hash Pipe
5. Black Crowes - She Talks to Angels
6. Butthole Surfers - Pepper
7. The Decemberists - 16 by 32
8. Everclear - Blackjack
9. The Exies - Ugly (acoustic)
10. Incubus - Pardon Me (acoustic)
11. Jack Johnson - Banana Pancakes
12. Jack Johnson - Holes to Heaven
13. Kanye West - Golddigga
14. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
15. R Kelly - Ignition (Remix)
16. Weezer - The Sweater Song
17. Whitesnake - Here I Go Again On My Own
18. 50 Cent - Came Up
19. Ben Folds - Jackson Cannery
20. Ben Folds - Air
21. Black Crowes - Hard to Handle
22. Cake - Sheeps Go To Heaven
23. Everclear - Strawberry
24. Everclear - Southern Girls
25. Foo Fighters - Have It All

Oh, I'm not kidding. I hate New Jersey

Lately, I've been more and more eager to do these weekly updates, so you'll hopefully see one at least once a week from now on. The new position is going real well. The new director and supervisor actually e-mail me "thank you"s, which actually give me a good feeling. The weekend started with Happy Hour on Friday with the usual crew (Michelle, Monica, Shanika, and Deirdre) and a mess of salespeople. After that, I met up with Matt where I heard the rundown of his week's events. Saturday was consumed by Bill and Danielle's Engagement party. It took me literally 5 hours to get there because of the horrible New Jersey roads. I hate New Jersey and their sucky roads (gonna keep this clean with no cursing). On an upnote, I got to the party by 3 PM and was given the honor of being best man. This is my second time being best man. Bill is one of my best friends, so it makes it an even bigger honor. The wedding will be July 15, 2007, so I have time to plan an unforgettable bachelor party (maybe Vegas, or city, or option #3). The other guys and I have time. Sunday involved lunch with the family (Mom, Dad, Aunt Esther, and my grandmother) followed by catching the showing of "Shopgirl" in the city. "Shopgirl" is an adaption of the book written by Steve Martin and starred Steve Martin, Claire Dane, and Jason Schwartzman. The book was better (this will be the only time I read the book and then saw the movie). The day ended with bowling the Hofstra Crew (a typical Sunday event). Overall, it was a great weekend considering my latest situation (that won't be mentioned here). In a few hours, Monday will be upon me and I'm actually not upset about it. I like my job now.

Oh, I hate New Jersey

As everyone who knows me knows, I hate New Jersey. In my opinion, New Jersey should be split from the continental US like LA in the movie "Escape from LA".

On Friday, I met Bill and we went to Continental Airlines Arena and saw Foo Fighters and Weezer. Weezer was amazing. The highs for me was when they did "Say It Ain't So" and a cover of the Foo Fighter song "Big Me." I've never heard a band come a song done by the band they were opening for before. Foo Fighters was beyond believe. They covered songs from four of their five albums. The first album only was hit by the Weezer cover. This was the first time seeing a band where I knew every song they played. The highlight was when they brough Roger Taylor, the drummer from Queen, on stage and had him play drums while Taylor Hawkins did the vocals for the Queen song "Tie Your Mother Down." Though I cringed when I was associated with Jersey by the band, overall, it was worth a trip to the so-called Garden State.

On Saturday, I had an opportunity to pay five wheel on a trip to Six Flags. We spent nine and half hours there and went on a grand total of 4 rides (roughly $12.50 per ride). The highlight of the day was riding the new ride, KingdaKa. It was amazing. You are shoot 120 mph up a track and back down. The track is the highest rollertrack in the world, or so I'm told.

Sunday, I walked the breast cancer 5 mile at Jones Beach. For all who don't know me, my grandmother died of breast cancer in 2000. I was really close to my grandmother, so it was a real loss to me. In her memory, I try to attend these types of events. I was able to raise $438, coming from work friends and my parents' work friend. She was the type of woman that would have done this. I miss her. After the walk, I went to furniture store and bough my dining room set. It was look nice in the dining room at the new place. The last event of the day was bowling at Levittown Lanes North with Matt and Jeetan. I bowled by highest scoring game with a 153 with 4 strikes in a row.

Just another great weekend with the another Monday quickly approaching. Life is good.

Where I Should Be At 23 (almost 24)

This week, starting with last weekend, had some good highlights that I was waiting on posting.

Last Saturday, I become the Long Island Pizza Eating Champ. Every year there is a Pizza Festival in Farmingdale to celebrate the best pizza on Long Island. One of the events is a pizza eating contest. I beat out 6 other guys, including one who actually brought an entourage. I won an all you can eat dinner at this place in Northport, a golden pizza cutter, a t-shirt, and $100....oh and a free meal. MMMM....pizza. Saturday also included the opportunity to see Third Eye Blind at Mulcahy's. I love those concerts where you can really get up close to the band.

Monday began the new job. I spent the entire week doing risk models. It's sad. I am so happy with this new job. No more begging for supplies, restictions on the internet, or embarassment at telling people what I do. This is nice fit for now. Hopefully within the next few years I'll be able to move on to other positions with bigger money, but for now this is home.

Thursday, all my Hofstra friends met up for Matt P's B-day at Croxley's. It was a reunion of sorts. I had a great time chillin the people I've grown to really have a good time with.

Friday, I went to the movies with Dad. Quality time in its truest form. We went to see "Serenity" on Sunday and "Wallace and Gromit" on Friday. Good times were had.

So today is Saturday, the plans are to visit Lexy and Dad at their new place. It's a sports themed party. We'll see how that goes. Should be fun.

Anyway time to get ready. Speak to y'all soon. Later.