where to begin, where to begin. first things. i don't capitalize because i'm lazy (but i punctuate... go figure). i could use some snazzy analogy, or some pedantic prose, such as, "capitalization detracts from the energy of the writing, or cite a pro-feminist bent, a la bell hooks, but in reality, it is simply something i do. maybe to be different.... and i am huge fan of ellipses (used properly and improperly...).
the basics, i'm a math teacher, but that does not define me. i'm really, really into hip-hop and hope to somehow find a way to make a (decent) living off this love ... (we can dream can't we!!!!). but the teaching gig is good, because i get time-off to write, record, etc. never really pictured myself as a lawyer and having the amount free-time i get as a teacher. i guess making less money isn't always a bad thing. plus, i am certain that more than 3 years in the legal profession turn anyone into a douche.
about the blog, in terms of content, i read, listen to music and game. i am a fan of the popularly obscure, meaning, if it is something that is large enough to have a convention but not so popular to be featured on a morning talk show or appear in gossip girl, then i'm probably in to it. i collect music (hip-hop), love buying used books and have recently go into point and shoot digital photography (what i call "i can't afford a fancy dslr so i'm shooting with this...). i'm into geek/nerd culture, so yeah, i've read comics, can't wait to cosplay, will pick up the occasional graphic novel and am a bad bourbon night-out from getting HOTH or the BSG logo tattooed on my forearm ("so say we all"). i guess if you decide to continue to read, you can also expect the occasional product review, movie or music review and maybe a synopsis of a tv show. (watch Friday Night Lights...)
so.... let's talk games
i am finally a next-gen gamer. may not be a big deal to you, but i am a child of the home video game console. it was different when i was growing up. today, video games are popular; popular kids play them, popular kids obsess over them. video games are popular. however, decades prior, it was a really, really bad social move to continue to play video games after 7th grade, much less spend hours trying to navigate a blue hedgehog around a screen in high school. but hell, i've never shied away from geek-culture (while he eyes his Battle Star Galactica poster and stuffed yoda doll).
so after five years of being last-gen, i finally got me an xbox and am steadily finding new ways to procrastinate. there was some introductory friction when i first got the "box." i guess the better half believed we could have put the money to better use. wrong answer! of course there are better things you can buy with $300, but all the legal options are LAME. now, the wife is using it for netflix (can you say LOST rewatch) and with hulu coming, it may replace this piece of shit optimum cable box.
so there you have it. i've been next-gen gaming for just under 3 weeks and am already obsessing over my achievement score. What really, really, really sucks. if i had started when the box first came out, i would have an epic score because I AM EPIC (in games).
enough of that.
why don't we do a summer goal list and see how many i can not do by september:
1) break 2000 achievement score
2) beat bioshock 2, batman:arkham asylum, half-life 2 and borderlands
3) start fallout 3
4) finish writing e.p.
5) learn my mpc from sample to beat
6) buy a digital 4 track to do some home-recording
7) install windows 7
8) hang-up pictures in the living room
9) buy a new foot-stool cover
10) learn spanish
11) draft and storyboard Teacher PSA
12) become a runner (again!)
13) welcome my abs back from a 4 year food vacation
14) buy the LOST boxset
15) learn a knew flip trick (frontside flips, heelflips or kickflip-shuv)
16) master half-cabs and fakie 360s
17) pop shuv the 4 stair at the park near my house
18) 5-0/feeble/smith a bench
19) knee high nollies
20) visit one family member (bro, cousin or moms/pops)
and there you have. the blog has begun. comment, follow...... whatever
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