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Bromley

So yay, I got to go boardin today.
Bromley, VT.

I got about 45 minutes of sleep before I got up at 5:30 to get ready to go. I’m sure thats healthy.
Santi was supposed to come with, but apparently he had gone to a casino in NY last night and got as much sleep as I did, so he bailed in favor of snooze.
Didn’t sleep for more than 10 mins on the way up, so needless to say I was in great shape to hit the slopes.

9ish we got on the mountain. Took the whole morning slow. Didn’t do anything crazy, but didn’t do anything fun either. The snow was harder than it ever has when I’ve been there before, so my edge was having trouble digging in.

After lunch, the sun had been out for a while, and more people had gone down the runs, so they were nice and soft, which was perfect.

Took another break two hours later, and once we got back on the trails, they had changed again. This time, all the good snow which had made my last time down so great had been pushed to the side, leaving the stuff I had in the beginning of the day. I found this out when I wiped out hard on Havok. I’m pretty sure I pulled something in my neck, and I know I heard my back crack (like knuckles, not like paralyze’d).

Got off the mountain around 3, ate dinner at the Student Prince in Springfield, and came back home. Thankfully, I slept most of the way back.

The problem is, I know I’m not going to get to sleep before 4 tonight. I’m gonna be so messed up for school.

Anywise, that was today, but what about tomorrow?

SHOPPING!!

Now, its rare I’m excited about shopping, but I’m going to Sam’s Club, where they sell Animal Crackers by the pound. I’m stocking up on snacks for my dorm room, which you can never, ever have enough of. If all goes well, I should be able to survive in my room without any outside contact for over a month.

UPDATE:
2lbs Cheerios
5lbs Animal Crackers
4.1lbs Goldfish
3lbs Pretzels
Heart Sam’s Club

Phish

This is mostly just a couple links I don’t want to lose.

http://www.cosa.com/esther/index.html
http://www.mockingbirdfoundation.org/setlists/1994.html#07-08-94

If you’re a phan, you may understand each of those. If not, I don’t really care.

Broken

Spring Break – always a good thing.

This will actually mean more posts, but probably in the wee hours of the morning.
Like this one.

I really want to work on the Juan Way tour, but a lot of what I want to do needs to wait for me to get the bus, which is a ways off.
Plus, it seems most of the work I’ll be doing on it will be alone, which kind of sucks. Not that I’m really expecting anyone to be as passionate about this as I am.
A reason for that may be because its still my project, when it should really belong to everyone who is involved.

I think sometime this week I’ll make a map, with destinations, times, etc. That’d be a good start. I should do something about the site as well.
That won’t happen thhis week.

I think I need something to break the monotany. If I’m lucky, I’ll get a boardin trip to some mountain up north this week. That would do a good job.

Here is an idea I began to seriously consider this last week. It has been tossed around by several people in the past, but I normally dismissed it.

The idea is a blogging service which is totally anonymous. Possibly with users, who would have their own blogs, with the option to make a post totally anonymous. If I was to follow through with this, it would take place of the current somjuan.com. I’d also probably keep a blog with the normal kind of links I do right now(I don’t think I could just stop), but that wouldn’t be the main focus of the site.

I’d really like some feedback on this, and I may eventually make it into a poll.

Thats it for today.

Juan Way Redux

Alright, this is the current plan of the Juan Way Tour.

It will happen in the summer of 2009, with a few festivals in the spring (just festivals, no other stops on the way there or back).
The vessel which will bring us about the country will be a modified school bus, which I will have completed by the summer of 2008 (at which point we will test it out with a mini-trip). The bus will not sleep any more than 4 people.
The plan is to hit as many music festivals, cities, landmarks, etc as possible in the summer. All of this will be published to its own website in video, picture, and text form.
Now, most festivals charge for admission, but hopefully I will be able to convince them that the massive exposure from the website will justify free entry for whoever is on the bus, and maybe a few others.
Gas is not a problem, because the bus will be running on veggie oil, which restaurants give away for free.
Food is going to be one of the few consistant costs through the whole tour, but it won’t total too high (its not like we’re going to be dining like kings during this).
Certain festivals accept volunteers, who get free admission and food, in exchange for a few hours of work each day. This may be another option.
This is going to be a massive trip, and people are welcome to tag along / take off whenever they please.

This trip has changed from a massive road trip to something far bigger, which I don’t expect many people to stay on for the whole thing.
Maybe we’ll pull a huge road trip in 08, sans festivals, which more people could join. We’ll see.

So, yes, this shall be massive. Post any questions you have, because I’m sure I have the answer to them.

Since dates for festivals change each year, I don’t have a list of which we will be attending yet, but visit jambase.com to see a list of many, many potentials. Three that I will hit no matter what are Bonnaroo, Wakarosa, and Greyfox.

Zen

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zhuang_Zi

I like this stuff. Probably more now than other times (its 1am and I’ve been listening to trance music since midnight), but it is cool stuff.

Quote:
A trap is for fish: when you’ve got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you’ve got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you’ve got the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find someone who’s forgotten words so I can have a word with him?…

Juan Way Signage

Thats right, I’ve got a pair of Juan Way street signs. One will be installed over the door, and the other over the driver’s side window on the bus.

I’m pretty happy it made it here, since the confirmation email I got only listed a billing address (no shipping addy) and I had no idea where it would be delivered. Thankfully, it showed up today in Storrs, addressed to Joe Groeneweghn Paganette. I have no idea how they came up with that.

For the time being, one will hang from the end of my bed, and the other will find a home soon enough (perhaps in The Truck).

Stratton

All yesterday, I was at Stratton Mtn in Vermont.
We were on the mountain at 9am, and got off around 3. Visibility was really low for most of the day, since most of the mountain was in a cloud. Most of the day was amazing, because the conditions were perfect. As the day went on, it got colder and things started to freeze. On the last run of the day, I couldn’t even dig an edge in, since the runs were almost entirely ice.

Super Bowl Sunday is always a great day to go boarding. Most people camp at home and watch the game, so the mountain is close to empty.

iTSM

Format:

Title
Artist
Album
Starting At
Ending At
—————
Ride
The Vines
Winning Days
0:21.8
0:27.2
—————
Turd On The Run
The Rolling Stones
Exile On Main Street
2:26.1
2:30.7
—————
Madonna Speech
Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs
0:05.2
0:10.5
—————
Philosophy Of Time Travel (Album Version)
Michael Andrews
Donnie Darko Original Score
0:59.1
1:04.0
—————
Another Brick In The Wall Pt.2
Pink Floyd
The Wall
1:23.3
1:27.5
—————
White Summer – Black Mountain Side
Led Zeppelin
Coda
6:54.1
6:57.4
—————
The Pan Piper
Miles Davis
Sketches Of Spain
3:36.4
3:39.3
—————
Mi Tierra
Gloria estefan
Mi Tierra
0:04.4
0:06.7
—————
Everybody Knows That You’re Insane
Queens of The Stone Age
Lullabies to Paralyze
1:30.6
1:34.1
—————
Do You Feel Like We Do
Peter Frampton
Frampton Comes Alive!
4:46.3
4:49.4
—————
Lonesome Fiddle
Mountain Heart
Force of Nature
0:28.0
0:30.8
—————
Esther
Phish
Junta
8:59.1
9:03.7
—————
Dob-o-tronic
Mad Professor
Dubtronic
1:43.4
1:46.8
—————
Pleasant Dr. Robert
ccc
Revolved
0:17.6
0:23.5
—————
Rising

3:21.9
3:24.8
—————
Baker’s Dozen
Galactic
Late for the Future
2:40.7
2:45.4
—————
Dragostea Din Tei
O-Zone

1:38.2
1:40.5
—————
Whistler’s Delight (Full Version)
DJ Riko

3:49.2
3:53.6
—————
Gumboots
Paul Simon
Graceland
0:43.6
0:46.3
—————
Hit That
The Offspring
Splinter
0:59.0
1:04.4
—————
The Saga Of Pepote Rouge
Band, The
Islands (Remaster)
0:52.7
0:56.5
—————
Ven A La Fiesta
Sandra
Caribe 2003
3:01.2
3:05.9
—————
Still Day Beneath the Sun
Opeth
Blackwater Park [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
0:49.6
0:54.6
—————
Grammys 2001 mix
Moby and Blue Man Group

0:04.4
0:08.8
—————
Kids With Guns
Gorillaz
Demon Days
1:00.1
1:04.1
—————
dip it low vs relaxed spacious
team9
team9 vs christina milan vs a parker
1:35.3
1:41.0
—————
Rock Me
Pills

1:13.3
1:15.7
—————
Coma Tizer
microphone FLy
ACIDplanet.com
0:18.7
0:21.4
—————
mushu creole blues
Billy Cobham
The Traveler
4:48.5
4:53.3
—————
Ek Pyar Ka Nagma Hai
Lata & Mukesh

2:55.4
3:00.4
—————
It’s the End of the World as We Know It
R.E.M.

1:52.4
1:57.3
—————
One Perfect Sunrise
Orbital
Blue Album
7:14.3
7:16.5
—————
Six People Isn’t Convincing
Mitch Hedberg
Strategic Grill Locations
1:01.5
1:06.7
—————
Turkish Tafee
Jerry Douglas
Restless on the Farm
0:34.3
0:38.5
—————
As Long As I Can See the Light
Slipstream
Waterbound
2:24.8
2:30.4
—————
El movimiento del amor
Gusanito
Caribe Mix 2002
2:12.3
2:17.4
—————
Steppin’ Out
Cream
Bbc Sessions
1:41.2
1:45.2
—————
Day tripper
The Beatles
The Beatles 1
0:07.6
0:11.4
—————
Gramma
Natalie MacMaster
In My Hands
0:00.0
0:05.8
—————
Dough Bro
Umphrey’s Mcgee
Local Band Does Ok
0:02.5
0:05.0
—————
Across 110th Street
Bobby Womack
Jackie Brown
1:38.0
1:43.8
—————
Turn The Beat Around
Vicki Sue Robinson

3:18.3
3:21.9
—————
Jam
Los Lonely Boys

7:27.8
7:33.8
—————
The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash)
Queen
Flash Gordon
1:10.1
1:12.2
—————
Cabron
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
By the Way
0:06.2
0:09.3
—————
Oye Como Va
Carlos Santana
12 Grandes Exitos en Version Original
3:07.5
3:12.2
—————
Beauty
James Iha feat. Nina Gordon
Compilations, Unreleased, and
1:53.0
1:58.6
—————
Tearjerker
Red Hot Chili Peppers
One Hot Minute
1:10.1
1:14.3
—————
Great White Buffalo
Ted Nugent
Out Of Control
5:35.5
5:40.9
—————
Schadenfreude
Avenue Q
Avenue Q
0:00.0
0:03.9
—————
Darling Corey
Crooked Still
Hop High
3:28.3
3:32.8
—————
American Baby (Intro)
Dave Matthews Band
Stand Up
0:18.5
0:21.6
—————
2:10 Train
Chesapeake
Rising Tide
2:06.6
2:11.0
—————
Side Of The Road
Beck
Sea Change
0:58.3
1:01.9
—————
Beyond Beautiful
Aerosmith
Just Push Play
4:35.7
4:38.9
—————
Manic Monday
Bangles
Greatest Hits
1:03.0
1:07.8
—————
Broken Bricks
White Stripes, The
White Stripes, The
1:37.4
1:40.6
—————
Horn Intro
Modest Mouse
Good News For People Who Love Bad News
0:00.0
0:05.8
—————
The Treason of Isengard
Howard Shore
Fellowship of the Ring
0:32.3
0:34.7
—————
T.N.T.
AC/DC
T.N.T.
1:14.6
1:19.9
—————
Funkytown
Lipps, Inc

0:13.6
0:17.0
—————
Don’t Give Up
Basement Jaxx
Remedy
5:00.4
5:05.1
—————
Baaje Re Muralia
Bhimsen Joshi & Lata Mangeshkar
Bhajans
4:03.0
4:08.2
—————
Beeah
Medeski, Martin and Wood
It’s a Jungle In Here
0:00.0
0:03.5
—————
Good To Me
The White Stripes
Elephant
1:00.4
1:05.9
—————
Urami Bushi
Meiko Kaji
Kill Bill Volume 2
5:17.8
5:20.4
—————
My Sharona
The Knack

0:39.8
0:45.5
—————
Masters of War
Tim O’Brien
Red on Blonde
0:39.9
0:43.2
—————
Mental Floss
Keller Williams
Dance
3:24.4
3:27.4
—————
Club To Death
Rob D
The Matrix Soundtrack
0:59.1
1:01.4
—————
Always Something to Remind Me
Naked Eyes

2:16.0
2:19.9
—————
Taylor
Jack Johnson

0:00.0
0:04.3
—————
Low Rider
War

0:04.0
0:06.1
—————
Sober
Muse
Showbiz
0:03.2
0:06.5
—————
Brief Interlude
movado242

0:53.8
0:58.3
—————
Back to Life
Soul II Soul

2:14.6
2:18.4
—————
He Used To Cut The Grass
Frank Zappa
Joe’s Garage, Acts I, II and III
0:19.8
0:23.8
—————
Girl’s Eyes
Who, The
Who Sell Out, The
3:26.3
3:28.9
—————
Bound And Determined
Marshall Tucker Band, The
Searchin’ For a Rainbow
4:13.4
4:17.5
—————
Facing East
Thievery Corporation
Richest Man In Babylon, The
1:42.6
1:45.1
—————
Dust Bowl Children
Peter Rowan
Dust Bowl Children
0:53.8
0:57.0
—————
Cold Hard Bitch
Jet
Get Born
1:37.7
1:41.9
—————
Climb To Safety
Widespread Panic
Live In the Classic City
0:19.3
0:22.1
—————
06. Devolved – Blanked

0:00.0
0:02.9
—————
Don’t Want You No More – Allman Brothers
Allman Brothers Band, The
Dreams
1:43.8
1:46.7
—————
tonight-horsesinthecity

0:52.5
0:57.7
—————
Real Gone Crazy Dub
King Tubby
Dub Gone Crazy
2:00.3
2:06.0
—————
somebody told me (team9 remix)
the killers

1:41.0
1:46.0
—————
Mountain Girl
String Cheese Incident
Untying the Not
0:02.4
0:04.8
—————
Anamorphic Cycle
woobiee
Anamorphic Cycle
78:59.4
79:05.3
—————
Dubbing With The Super Ape
Lee “Scratch” Perry
Experryments At the Grass Roots of Dub
0:43.7
0:45.8
—————
Searchin’
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3:30.1
3:33.8
—————
Bombs Over Bagdad
Outkast

4:50.3
4:54.5
—————
No Worries
Two Bit Brass Band
Demo CD
1:16.7
1:19.0
—————
I’m Blue
Eiffel 65

0:26.0
0:31.2
—————
Land of the Free
Sonata Arctica
Songs of Silence
0:03.5
0:07.1
—————
Life is a Highway
Tom Petty

2:57.0
3:02.5
—————
Lost In A Crowd
Rusted Root

1:56.9
1:59.0
—————
Battle Without Honor or Humanity
Tomoyasu Hotei
Kill Bill
1:54.2
2:00.2

2nd Semester

Well, second semester finally kinda started for me. I had a bumpy start switching majors and choosing classes, but its all worked out, like it somehow always does.

Overall, this semester is looking 100 times better than the first. Not only do I have teachers who are interesting and passionate about what they teach, but the subjects they are teaching are interesting. Good combination. There is one exception, English. My professor is the most straitlaced and dull peron I have met to date. I think the class has the potential to be interesting, but I know it will never achieve it.

Eh.

PagCam is back online. Always fun.

Couple things about the site in general. If you haven’t noticed, I’ve removed Google’s AdSense ads from the site. They weren’t bringing in any money, and they made the pages load slower, so byebye. Also, as I mentioned in the shoutbox, I made the word of the moment link to a google search for that word(s). This is mainly because I ended up doing this anyway with weird words or phrases, just to see what came up. And being the lazy person I am, I decided to make my life easier with code. w00t

End transmission.

Movies ‘06

I got bored tonight, and took a look at the Apple Trailers page. Here are some of the movies that jumped out at me…

Thank You For Smoking
This looks like it will be a genuinely funny movie, something that has been lacking in recent movies. I will be seeing this, whenever it comes out.

V for Vendetta
With much of the crew from The Matrix onboard (Wachowski Bros writing and producing, Joel Silver producing, James McTeigue directing (was First Assistant Director for The Matrix) and starring Hugo Weaving) this movie could be extremely good. One thing that worries me is I have heard that this movie is extremely anti Bush administration. I’m not a big fan of movies making or trying to make specific political statements when that isn’t the sole goal of the film. I’ll end up seeing this as well, March 17th.

The Da Vinci Code
Tom Hanks looks better than I thought he would in this role. I had to see it to convince me. I just hope people will resist the urge to constantly compare it to the book. I’ll see it, but I’m skeptical. May 19th.

The Pink Panther
I don’t know what happened to Steve Martin (cheaper by the dozen 2? c’mon!), but this movie seems like it could be a comeback for him. The trailer looks good. Really good. Also, if you have never seen the original, see it before this one. Just because its amazing. I’ll be seeing this as well. In fact, assume I’ll be seeing just about every movie I link to on here unless I say otherwise.

Inside Man
This looks great. I have a thing for heist movies, and I think this will suit me just fine. Great actors in it, and Spike Lee directing. I really don’t see how this one can go wrong.

X3
Do I really need to say anything? If you’ve seen the first two, you know the deal. If you haven’t, you’re missing out. May 26th.

Mission Impossible III
I don’t want to see this movie. I really don’t want to see it. The first was ok. The second was god awful. I know I’ll end up seeing this movie. Somebody stop me. May 5th.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s chest
First one was great, I think this one will be as well. Although, watching the trailer, this one gives me the feeling that it is going to be all or nothing. Hit or miss. July 7th.

Apocalypto
I have zero intention of seeing this movie, don’t worry. But I did want to point out one cool little thing about the trailer. Mel Gibson snuck one frame of himself posing next to the dudes covered in white dust into the trailer. You can see it by pausing at the right second (or advancing frame by frame). At the quick montage torwards the end of the trailer, right before you see the people covered in white dust. Props.

Superman Returns
I dunno…I’ve never liked the transition of Superman from comic to live action. It just never works. Maybe this will be different, maybe it won’t. There is a good chance I will never actually see this movie.

So, what do you think? What would you like to see as a SJ Screening?