Tom Arnold once gave my dad a box of chocolates.
I have recently driven 2200 miles away from Southern California and thrust myself into the most socially and financially awkward situation of my life. Let's see how I react...
Meow.
Saying "thank you" at inappropriate times
messing with peoples' expectations
thinking outside the box
lots of spray paint
a 2 wheeled blessing that makes life better
the following genres/categories of art so far: [Abstract Expressionism(action and color field both), Pop Art, DaDa, Surrealism, De Stijl, Minimalism, Robert Rauschenberg(he's his own genre), Earth Works, Super Realism, Expressionism, basically really anything from the last century, and slightly before]
screaming as loud as possible
being obsessed with the number 420 even though I've never done drugs in my life
being a vegetarian who hates PETA
being obsessed with cardboard cutouts of people
an unbridled love for pleasant surprises
believes it's hard to find people with a strong general sense of respect
Those willing to raise me as their own, despite me being a member of another species, such as the following:
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All time top 5 that probably won't change anytime soon:
1. Less Than Jake:
-The very reason I started becoming obsessed with music. They were my first favorite band. Even though I hardly ever listen to them, they will always be number one for what their music showed me.
2. Jimmy Eat World:
-Number 2 for much the same reason that Less Than Jake is number 1. This band introduced me to the more indie side of music and to this day I still get all fluttery listening to their older stuff. So many memories of laying on my bedroom floor alone and just being lost in their music when I was 16. I still maintain that Clarity is my all time favorite album.
3. The Appleseed Cast:
-This band earned their spot based almost solely on musical merit alone. They play the most beautiful sounding music my ears have ever been fortunate enough to hear.
4. Modest Mouse:
-Lyrically untouchable in my eyes. Isaac Brock's drug induced story-like lyrics are crafted in a way that doesn't seem very well thought out, but still just comes together perfectly out of nowhere.
5. Hot Cross:
-Raw unadulterated power. Hot Cross is the kind of music that makes you want to sing the lyrics at the top of your lungs with mouth outstretched towards the sky, hoping that every injustice in the world is brought to the attention of those around you. The strategically understated dueling guitars in Fair Trades And Farewells keep my ears in a state of extreme alertness from start to finish. This band has so much potential for the years ahead of them.
Yeah, Less Than Jake and Hot Cross on the same list, that's right you elitist fucks.
Honorable Mentions: Mineral, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Saetia, Bob Dylan, From Monument To Masses, Explosions In the Sky, Matt Pond PA, Counting Crows
I finally just finished "De Stijl", by Paul Overy