it tastes like someone stole my wallet

esien @ 2008-05-20T11:35:00

2008-05-20T17:07:46Z

I bought a compass for my car last weekend. A plastic thing from Walgreens with a suction cup to stick it to the windshield. The compass and map are old school GPS. I am so retro.

Last night I noticed that no matter which direction I went, the compass was pointing east. WTF? I deliberately drove west, just to see what would happen. Still pointing east. Am I to spend the rest of my life heading east? Is there some sort of mystic explanation? Have I taken too much cold medication, causing me to hallucinate?

Time for a Google intervention. Unfortunately, Google failed me. Next step: ask.com. what would cause a compass to point in the wrong direction? great ask.com gods?

Is this common knowledge? How have I gone through just short of 27 years on this planet and not known that compasses in cars tend to be as useful "as furry dice"?

This is me outraged. Really. No, ignore the snot bubble coming from my left nostril. All right. Fine. Maybe I'll be outraged later. After a nap. But be ready for it! For now, you'll have to settle for mildly annoyed.

In conclusion: anyone need a cheap "auto compass" that has no intention of working in it's promised area of expertise? Gently used! Maybe I'll throw it up on ebay.

esien @ 2008-05-11T23:17:00

2008-05-12T04:17:16Z

Friday afternoon we went by sailboat instead of car to grab some lunch at a small restaurant that serves only local meat and produce. This is how this small section of my family lives. With their organic food and their sailboats. No air conditioning and chickens in the backyard laying the eggs they eat for breakfast. Kind of like hippies, if hippies had just graduated from law school.

Last night I was sitting on a beach in Florida, listening to my iPod. Tonight I'm back in the basement of my dad's house in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, putting off unpacking. Back in climate control. With cans of brand name soda instead of homemade ginger ale. I already miss the sand between my toes. But I missed home more. I could just barely make out the skyline of Chicago as we flew into Midway. Just barely was enough to let out a breath I'd been holding and lean my forehead against the window of the plane. Smiling, despite a bumpy landing.

Florida was. Hot. And humid. I hadn't become reacquainted with humidity yet and wasn't prepared. I'm not looking forward to the humidity a midwestern summer tends to bring.

I enjoyed my brief visit, but I have to say. Glad to be home. I am a creature of comfort - as well as habit. And I missed the internet.

Life On The Murder Scene ringtones

2008-04-20T19:06:19Z

I got a new phone yesterday. I made myself some ringtones. I got a little carried away.

All clips are in mp3 format.
All clips are under 20 seconds long (standard ringtone length).
File sizes range between 78kb and 234kb depending on the length of the clip.
All clips have bit rate of 96kbps to help keep file size down.
Uploaded onto Mediafire, link to folder below.

Feel free to use them however you want to. Personally, I enjoy hearing Gerard and Toro warming up every time I have a new voicemail. Maybe you would prefer hearing Mikeyway tell you how long he's been down with kickball with every text message received. Decisions, decisions.

Bear in mind these boys do swear. If there was swearing in the clip, I did not clean it up.

40 ringtones from Life On The Murder Scene

esien @ 2008-04-13T13:56:00

2008-04-13T19:05:16Z

I caved. I have no willpower. Thank god for tax returns!

esien @ 2008-03-30T17:49:00

2008-03-31T00:45:54Z

Just got back from seeing Fall Out Boy on the big screen. I went with my fabulous coworker - the one who puts up with my random babbling about bandom. We were the first ones there, and when a theater employee felt the need to point out that obvious fact, I asked what we won. A few minutes later he came back with a
shirt for each of us.

I'm not going to review it, as I'm fairly awful at that sort of thing. I'll just say that I enjoyed the show, it was a great performance at just over an hour. Am looking forward to owning the DVD, as I am curious about the extras.

esien @ 2008-03-08T13:19:00

2008-03-08T19:50:02Z

My mother and I have been emailing back and forth all morning trying to decide what we're going to do tomorrow. I told her we should go someplace we haven't been in awhile, which she responded with, "Church? Or did you mean a mall?" Shopping can be a religious experience, right? Excuse me while I go pray to the gods of department stores. Take communion at the food court. Confess my sins in the fitting rooms. Yeah, sounds fairly religious to me.

I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. Shopping with my mom is always a good time. Even if I know I won't be able to spend any money, it's a fantastic way to spend the day.

esien @ 2008-03-07T10:51:00

2008-03-07T16:56:52Z

I love driving. Spending hours in the car with the music blaring. Sometimes after work I'll get an itch to just drive and hop on the highway instead of going home. The most amazing time of my life to date was three years ago when I road tripped all by my lonesome to go to some concerts out of state. Four days with just me in a car, three nights spent at shows. I have yet to one up that experience. Maybe someday.

Sometimes I am the best company for myself.

esien @ 2008-03-03T12:17:00

2008-03-03T18:45:58Z

I have come to the following conclusion:

Due to The Year Of Stupid (known more commonly as 2007 - in which I moved into an apartment, demanded a raise, bought a new car, got a new job, lost the new job, was unemployed for four months, lived off credit cards, managed to land a spot with my previous company at another location, was hired back on at my pre-raise wage, lived with very good friends for a few months and subsequently strained that relationship due to lack of funds and downright depression, and finally ended up in my father's basement with ridiculous debt) I am completely unable to snag a ticket for the May 23rd Panic show at Congress Theater.

Normally I would just be bummed out and spend the evening of the show waiting patiently for updates from others and living vicariously through their experiences.

However, May 23rd is also my 27th birthday. And from the looks of it, there will be a gathering of many fangirls at this particular show. What better was to spend a birthday than at a concert with like-minded people?

brb. pity partying with my stupid greedy self.

...

And ... pity party over.

esien @ 2008-02-18T23:20:00

2008-02-19T05:23:30Z

Favorite new pastime?

Playing Super Nintendo with Cobra Starship on shuffle.

esien @ 2008-02-16T10:00:00

2008-02-16T16:02:10Z

Patrick got a Pomeranian? Oh, Vicky-T and Gizmo, the influence you must have over that boy.

esien @ 2008-01-01T08:57:00

2008-01-01T14:57:26Z

Had Chinese for dinner last night with the family. My fortune cookie had great comedic timing.

9:00 pm on December 31st I read this fortune: "The current year will bring you much happiness."

That? Is totally my luck.

esien @ 2007-12-22T13:10:00

2007-12-22T20:01:38Z

Spent the last three hours cleaning out my iPod. Getting rid of the tracks I haven't touched in the two years I've had it and regrouping some of the others. I dropped over 2,000 songs. Of course, I balanced that out by adding five new playlists, lyrics to four albums, and a shit ton of videos.

When my iPod is in fabulous order, life is easier.

the world feels unwelcome?

2007-12-21T20:04:33Z

I have had this journal since September and have barely touched it, save a few private entries worth of rambling. This is probably the way things will continue.

If you have friended me, don't expect regular updates. This journal is basically for stalking specific communities and personal journals.