Contest!
Posted on November 26th, 2008
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 6:43 am
Guesses should be made there too (hence no comment on the blog or LJ.) Friends of mine who already know what I might or might not be doing have already lost the game.
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11-27-2008
Posted on November 24th, 2008
Filed under: General,Music News — Karl Olson @ 4:16 am
Three things:
1. Wack Thursday: Savings of an unknown amount on stuff in the store. You want to know how much (if anything) you may save? Check on Thursday*.
2. My birthday: you should wish me a happy birthday that day maybe.
3. Music: There might be some. Again, this necessitates a visit to the website on the 27th. What kind of music if there is music? You’ll have to find out. Maybe I’ve taken up polka. Maybe the Korg nanoPad I got for my birthday has resulted in some brilliant new material on the Minimal Techno tip. Maybe I’ve become a Hyphy artist, and I have a bunch of songs about getting dumb and ghost riding the whip. You don’t know. Maybe it’s only one song from The Fourth Estate.
These are mysteries. Solve them with the help of Robert Stack** on Thursday.
*=These deals will inevitably get leaked on some website, just like Target’s and Best Buy’s. ;D
**=Robert Stack will not in any fashion be aiding you in regards to solving these mysteries, nor will Chris Hansen.
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You probably already heard about this…
Posted on November 11th, 2008
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 8:09 pm
But the nerdcore super tour of MC Frontalot, MC Lars and YT Cracker hit a major snag when their trailer hit a patch of black ice in Wyoming and lost control. This not only nixed their Lincoln show, but may nix the tour without some fan support. If you’ve never bought anything from those artists before, and you enjoy their work, now would be a darn good time to show them some love and buy their merch and music, especially since without it, they may not be able to hit your town/city/area. Insurance helps, but fans help more.
(Thanks to Beefy for posting about it.)
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AkiCon(1): Small con is small.
Posted on November 8th, 2008
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 11:42 pm
But I’m here. Checked out various events, hung out in the dealer’s room a bit, helped a friend snag food for his artist alley friends, walked the single 100 foot hall way that every con room is strung along, interviewed some folks for a possible Toon Zone podcast and had dinner with MegaRan at Denny’s.
It’s super chill, and a welcome distraction. Definitely looking forward to MegaRan’s set. Finally get to catch him live.
Pic after the break.
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Backlog Blues
Posted on October 31st, 2008
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 3:44 pm
In anticipation of moving for university, I recently did a head count on how many DVDs of unwatched content I have in my room. The anime alone came to about 170 discs. Add to that the various adult swim boxsets, an I’m looking that the fact that even if I watched a disc a day everyday until the backlog was done, it’d take over half a year to finish it.
I don’t think I’ll need cable TV when I go off to university this winter. I can always watch Colbert and Daily Show online instead.
PS: This is why I don’t keep up with fansubs as aggressively as I used to as well. Though… Shikabane Hime AKA on Hulu is really good.
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Good News / Bad News
Posted on October 23rd, 2008
Filed under: General,Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:52 pm
Good News: Hipster Please reviewed Opensource Lyricist. Fairly favorably too. I’ve been accepted to 8 schools (UVic and SFU have let me in.) I will have a song on RhymeTorrents 8. However, even all that good news isn’t enough to get me chipper…
Bad News: My grandfather had a stroke that screwed up his ability to swallow. Kind of offsets the good news by about ten-fold.
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“Hustlin’Hustlin’HustleHustlin’Hustlin’Hustle” – Rick Ross
Posted on October 20th, 2008
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 8:39 pm
Now at higher (but negotiable) prices:
Phatboy
SU200 Sampler
Nanoverb
Tune in next week when none of this has sold, and I’m stuck just dumping it for chump change at Guitar Center!
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Tryin’ to catch me ridin’ dirty…
Posted on October 20th, 2008
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 5:26 am
So, over the course of the past couple years now, I’ve probably crossed the US/Canada border atleast 20 or 30 times to visit my girlfriend, Danielle. Maybe even more. For most of that time, I’ve been unemployed and the Canadian border cops had absolutely no issue with that response. In fact, the majority of the time they just asked me who I was, where I was going and for how long, then waved me on through, and that was even before I’d gotten my passport.
Last night however, I was driving Danielle back up to Canada as I’ve done repeatedly before, and we get flagged in, have to wait a freakin’ hour at immigration, and I’m told I’m suddenly a risk to let in because I might not leave, and that the previous times I’d made the exact same journey didn’t count for anything. This fact is made extra ridiculous as earlier this year, I was still unemployed, I flew in on a ONE-WAY TICKET to Montreal, and no one said a single word about this being a problem. Eventually, after tearing through the contents of my car, they let me in. However, they only let me in for 24 hours, at which point I’d better have gotten back over the border or else they’d PUT A WARRANT OUT FOR MY ARREST. Further still, they’ve flagged my passport number so that the next time I drive up to visit my girlfriend, I’d better bring proof that I have “ties to the US that show that I’d return,” like mail that has come to the address on my driver’s license. So much for “as long you have your passport, it’s still easy to visit between countries.” Apparently you better present your papers and a bank statement or a bill or something if you’re unemployed.
Look, I know the US Economy’s taken a nose dive, so maybe they’re are some jerks who are going to try to sneak into the land of relative opportunity, but when someone has entered and left your country dozens of time in past year, it’s a pretty safe bet that when they say they’re going back home that evening, THEY’RE GOING HOME THAT EVENING.
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2 More Schools
Posted on October 10th, 2008
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 12:43 pm
OSU and WSU both sent me letters. Hard to believe 6 schools now have taken me. I wish I’d casted a net like earlier this year – I’d be in school already.
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Two More Letters
Posted on October 8th, 2008
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 8:59 pm
From Eastern Washington University and the University of Idaho. That makes four schools, though Portland still tops my list of school who have accepted me so far (come on, UVic.)
Meanwhile, I’ve probably logged roughly 150,000 votes via the script. Fun stuff.