NIELSEN (I before E, and no O's)

About Me

I'm Nielsen. I grew up in Lodi, NJ (Misfits fans anyone??) and currently reside in the Kansas City metro area. Surprisingly there is a city here. Everyone back east makes fun of me living out here though. What they don't know is that I don't live in a farm under a rainbow dodging tornadoes with Dorothy. I enjoy it out here, but I do miss Jersey and the fast-paced city life every now and then. I live with my lady-friend Rachelle and my cat, Bowser. He's rad. He doesn't have a tail, just a nub. My mom was a big Cheap Trick fan when I was born, which explains why she named me after their guitar player, Rick Nielsen. EVERYONE spells my name wrong, but I dont mind, even if it's ROGER JOSEPH MANNING JR (of Jellyfish/Imperial Drag fame!!). I'm not good at returning calls, emails, messages, and/or comments. Don't take anything personal though, I'm not an asshole or have anything against you, I just suck with things like that. I cant stand it when people spell/use contractions incorrectly (ex: You're not your, they're not there, etc).
I sometimes make music. Or at least I used to. Check out my highly-neglected music page HERE and see what you think. Maybe someday I'll actually start playing music again.
aim - ramalamaa

My Interests

music, Food Network, rocking, food, guitar solos, White Castle, power ballads, songs that make good use of the reverse snare, food, shows, concerts, lightsabers, BBQ Potato Chips, food in general, ending words with exclamation marks to make them seem more exciting!!!!

I'd like to meet:

Steven Tyler, Alton Brown, Kari Byron

Music:

Some things never grow old...
Marvelous 3
Butch Walker (see above)
Aerosmith
Cheap Trick
QUEEN
Motley Crue
KISS
Led Zeppelin
Guns N Roses
Stone Temple Pilots
The Beatles

I'll mention a couple others while I'm at it...
Andrew WK, AC/DC, Oasis, American Hi-Fi, The Crash Moderns, Billionaire Boys Club (RIP), Jellyfish, Imperial Drag, T-Rex, OK GO, The Fags, Damone, Van Halen, Evelyn Forever, Clever Hans, The Darkness, No Soap Radio, Tenacious D, Lit, David Bowie, Bon Jovi, Eagles Of Death Metal, Spinal Tap, The Donnas, Poison, Billy Joel, Ultimate Fakebook, Marilyn Manson, Def Leppard, Dramarama, Buckcherry, Sugarcult, and a fuck-load more...

Movies:

Star Wars, Waynes World (both of them), This is Spinal Tap, 300, the Wedding Singer, Wet Hot American Summer, Spaceballs, Zombies movies, Detroit Rock City, Clerks, and my impressive collection of Godzilla movies...

Television:

Futurama, Good Eats, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, To Catch A Predator, Myth Busters, Emeril Live, Dirty Jobs, $40 A Day...basically the Food Network, Cartoon Network (Adult Swim), and the Discovery Channel...

Books:

Motley Crue's The Dirt: Confessions of the Worlds Most Notorious Rock Band, Walk This Way: The Aerosmith autobiography, Dante's Inferno, Hammer Of The Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga, The Zombie Survival Handbook

Heroes:

Boba Fett

My Blog

a little late with this, but, heres my "new" place!

so im a little late with this post, but here is a quick visual tour of the duplex im renting out. MOST of the pictures were taken in august when we moved in,so it explains why the place is so bare an...
Posted by NIELSEN (I before E, and no O's) on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:06:00 PST

Guiness World Record breaking event! 6/3

So I made it into the Guiness Book of World Records!can you find me or santa????check out video coverage of it HEREmore photos could be found HERECNN's coverage of the event HEREand for other coverage...
Posted by NIELSEN (I before E, and no O's) on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:19:00 PST

"Goodbye everybody. Don't touch my stuff after I'm gone...IT'S BOOBY TRAPPED!"

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes....So for those who know, dont know, or had some sort of idea, I will be moving out of the tri-state area come April. I'll be heading out to the Kansas City area. You know. Out ...
Posted by NIELSEN (I before E, and no O's) on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:25:00 PST

awesome bands

since im bored i thought now is a good time to make a list that no one will read of local/non-local bands that i have really been getting into and that you should keep an eye on because they are aweso...
Posted by NIELSEN (I before E, and no O's) on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:23:00 PST

iPhoto SUCKS!!!!

I dont care what any of you loyal apple users say, this program is mega whack. Apple should have let a guy like me create a picture program for them. I'd make one where the user has more control in ...
Posted by NIELSEN (I before E, and no O's) on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:33:00 PST

Reaping the benifits of a bankrupt music store...

So for the past month or two ive been hitting up Tower Records to take advantage of their "Everything must go!" clearance sale. Can't say I'm not satisfied. Last night alone i bought 5 cds...
Posted by NIELSEN (I before E, and no O's) on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:41:00 PST

Burger King just keeps thinking of the best ideas...

Though some may argue that Burger King isnt the greatest fast food resteraunt, they should, however, agree that BK has quite possibly the best promotional thinkers behind the crown. A creepy loo...
Posted by NIELSEN (I before E, and no O's) on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:27:00 PST

The Mustache Challenge (UPDATED 4/21)

So, with the Eagles of Death Metal show less than a week away (april 23 [aka happy birfday rachelle!]), Dave1 and I decided to grow out our mustaches. We only thought it was fitting to sport one...
Posted by NIELSEN (I before E, and no O's) on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:01:00 PST

"He must be new to this job..."

a pizza guy stopped by before. i thought someone was playing a prank on us. we told him we didnt order a pizza. he realized he read the address wrong. he got the numbers confus...
Posted by NIELSEN (I before E, and no O's) on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 03:11:00 PST

Updates and recaps of...stuff...

So after comming back from another wonderful vacation to Kansas, i realized i havent had anything new put into my e-log since my last visit there. For starters, if you havent figured it out alrea...
Posted by NIELSEN (I before E, and no O's) on Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:47:00 PST