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About Me

I FUCKING LOVE THIS CITY WITH EVERY OUNCE OF HEART I HAVE.
I abhor talking on the phone. If you need to speak with me, I have AIM, Myspace, text messaging, you could show up at my house and speak in person, or I'll even try smoke signals. The best telephone conversation I've ever had consisted of a friend saying, "Hey, come answer your door."
I'm very confrontational. I disagree with a lot of things, and I'm very vocal about them. Mostly religion.
I live at home with my family right now. I have intentions of moving out in the fall. Circumstances placed me here, and I'm making the best of it.
I recently began working again. I enjoy it very much.
If you pursue a friendship with me, the chances are very good that you're going to end up stuck with me for life. I'm very loyal, often to a fault.
Someone please take a road trip with me. Anywhere.
Absolutely nothing offends me. I'll marry the person that can laugh at some of the horrible things that I joke about. I do however, have a decidedly leftist set of views.
I honestly believe that anyone who has a pompadour or beehive, finds Betty Paige as relevant, or has major aspirations in life to buy a car built in the decade following WW2 is kind of a dick. I can argue this many of ways. Prove me wrong.
The last two minutes and seven seconds of November Rain are quite possibly the best piece of art to ever be composed. (That had nothing to do with Blake Schwarzenbach)
Livejournal
AIM: TheseDrunkenDays
I run:
Pittpunk
The Punk Rock Rulebook

My Interests

honesty
fear
evangelical atheism
love
romance
introspectiveness
quagmires (and my need to learn how to avoid them)
being awkward
learning about anything
beer

I'd like to meet:

- People to take long road trips to see bands that aren't obscure enough to hit Pittsburgh. I just don't like thrash. Sorry.
- People that want to take long bicycle rides, get lost, and camp out.
- People who like punk rock, cheap bars, long talks, high fives and hugs, video games, garbage picking, and cuddling.
- Someone who will sit around on a Friday night, listening to (mostly) bad music from the 1990's, while playing Bomberman 93 competitively.
- Someone who would enjoy me writing our names in drying cement.
- In a girl, I can't stress this enough... HAVE TASTE. Discredit the bad music and art out there, don't accept it!!!
- Someone who is passionate about life.
-This

Music:

It is irrefutable fact that Jawbreaker is the best band to have ever existed.

The Unseen
Rise Against
Joshua Radin
The Loved Ones
Strike Anywhere
My Chemical Romance*
Desaparecidos
Lifetime
Grade
The Cure
Thursday
Alkaline Trio
American Nightmare
Jets to Brazil
Sage Francis
Red Roses for a Blue Lady
Keepsake
Pipedown
Rancid
Avenged Sevenfold*
Mates of State
The Blood Brothers
Three Inches of Blood
Latterman
Karmella's Game
The Impulse
Scream! Hello
Hot Water Music
Midtown
The Bouncing Souls
The Unlovables
The Apers
AFI (pre-Decemberunderground)
The Ataris

Support these (and all of your) local bands. These bands, shitty basements and bars are the real scene.

Better off Dead
Endless Mike & The Beagle Club
Aaralyn
Sixtyfour
The Code
Anti-Flag
The Vacancy
Teddy DuChamp's Army / Voice in the Wire

* - Though I feel justification to be pretty unimportant, these two bands have been in my regular rotation since pretty close to when they started playing. In My Chem's case, I booked their first Pittsburgh show in an amazing garage/show space called Planet of the Apes.

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Garden State
The Last Kiss
Any Harry Potter movie, sans the first.
Cecil B. Demented.
That Thing You Do!
Empire Records
High Fidelity
Say Anything
Almost Famous
Star Wars (including Episode 1)

Unlike most people involved in the counter-culture I associate with, I'm not as well-versed in gore/sci-fi/horror films. I'm working on it, though.

Television:

The Wonder Years, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, Law & Order, Mr. Show, The State, Viva Variety, Reno 911, Ren & Stimpy, Oz, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Lost, WWE Raw, Weeds, Mr. Show, Chappelle, Scrubs, Heroes, Wonder Showzen.

Books:

You should recommend these to me. I'm not nearly as well read as I'd like to be. My favorite books of all time are:

Wigfield (Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinnello)
Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
The God Delusion (Dawkins)
Fight Club

Heroes:

I keep writing something cheesy and cliche here. F that.

The Ultimate Warrior
Blake Schwarzenbach

My Blog

Monday, July 2nd, 2007 will be the defining moment of my life.

I'm almost done with the new Pittpunk. We'll have it done by the show next week. My part of the coding will be done tomorrow. Pat's only got a few hours of work left himself, I gathe...
Posted by Adam Social on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:59:00 PST

Dear friends from the burbs that were at the party last night.

That's how we roll.Get used to it, and prepare to be corrupted.
Posted by Adam Social on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:44:00 PST

Check out this event: FREE BEER | GREAT BANDS | HIGH FIVES & HUGS

Hosted By: Adam SocialWhen: Saturday Jun 16, 2007 at 8:00 PMWhere: Peter's Pub103 Oakland AvePittsburgh, PA 15213United StatesDescription:Adam Social Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Adam Social on Thu, 31 May 2007 05:07:00 PST

I scratch my accidents into the wall. (Dear bands that I'm friends with):

I've lost it.I've found it.I"ve lost it again.I need out of Pittsburgh. I'm a better merch guy than anyone you know. Even better a tour manager. Let's go on tour. I'll book it....
Posted by Adam Social on Sun, 20 May 2007 01:17:00 PST

Yeah.

Don't worry about me, I'm gonna make it alright Got my enemies crossed out in my sight I take a bad situation gonna make it right In the shadows of darkness I stand in the light You see it's our sty...
Posted by Adam Social on Fri, 04 May 2007 12:03:00 PST

Walking down the sunny side of the street.

I'm in a very strange place.Yesterday, I applied for both food stamps, and unemployment. I'm hoping to get both. While I realize that I don't really need either, it'd do me well to be able to do shows...
Posted by Adam Social on Thu, 03 May 2007 02:58:00 PST

PLANZ.

These are my plans for the next few days:Wednesday: CMU to pick up free tickets for Andrew WK's speaking engagement, and then to see Endless Mike.Thursday: Andrew WK @ CMU / 80's night.Friday: Work...
Posted by Adam Social on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:42:00 PST

Hey, guess what... I'm going to define myself.

First and foremost, I'm an amazing friend. I know this, and this is probably my best quality.I'm the best boyfriend anyone will ever have. Don't fuck me over, and you're in the most secure...
Posted by Adam Social on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 02:21:00 PST

You're a good kid... play the game, she'll break your heart.

Why, when I'm writing something meaningful (currently, an article for my zine project), the words just don't flow properly, but when I write here about stupid little intricacies of my life, I can mana...
Posted by Adam Social on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:24:00 PST

My hands and lips are tied.

I typed this last night, before I fell asleep, so anything incoherent/odd sounding can be explained in a word- alcohol.Goddammit, why do I do this to myself? I'm letting life one-up me again.&nb...
Posted by Adam Social on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:17:00 PST