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Derek Sucks At Flip Cup

How you doin' Chewbacca? Still hanging around with this loser?

About Me

Sarcastic, funny, and always looking for an adventure.

If you would like your band reviewed on HitThePit.com ,I will occassionally write a review. Otherwise my blog is filled with fun and games!

My Interests

My career, running, music, movies, traveling, cooking, reading, running, writing, Mets(baseball), Giants(football), Islanders(hockey), Celtics(basketball). Saving money to ultimately own a home on the ocean.

I'd like to meet:

You of course!

Music:

I enjoy alot of music. For Metal, Punk, Hardcore: Killswitch Engage, Boy Sets Fire, Trivium, Unearth, Shadows Fall, Face To Face, Vision Of Disorder, Heaven Shall Burn, Machinehead, With Honor, Hatebreed, Darkest Hour, Deftones, Dillinger Escape Plan, Flogging Molly,From Autumn To Ashes, Social Distortion, Type-O-Negative, Glassjaw, Slayer. There is more...For more main stream music I dig: Pink Floyd, Foo Fighters, Def Leppard, Angels And Airwaves, The Killers, Goo Goo Dolls (yep, I admit I like them), U2 (pre 1995), Smashing Pumpkins, Frank Sinatra, The Police, GnR, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, there is a ton more.

Movies:

Star Wars, Lord Of The Rings, Dumb and Dumber, Harold And Kumar Go To White Castles, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Nightmare On Elm Street (that Freddy is a real hoot), Aliens, Jaws, Kevin Smith Movies (Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks II, Mallrats) Forrest Gump, Dodgeball, Indiana Jones, The Harry Potters, Me Myself & Irene, Signs, The Sixth Sense, Finding Neverland, The Godfather Trilogy, The Incredibles, Anchorman. Once again, there are more...

Television:

Hmm, HBO has sort of ruined TV for me. The Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage (I have been tearing thru past seasons of this lately), Dave Chapelle Show, South Park, Dirty Jobs (Mike Rowe is my new hero), Two And A Half Men, baseball, basketball, football, and hockey games! SPORTSCENTER every morning!

Books:

Im reading Philip Pullman's "His Darkest Materials" series right now.

Heroes:

Larry Bird, Red Auerbach, George Lucas, J.R.R Tolkien, Gary Cohen, David Gilmour, My Dad & Grandpa Showerman.

My Blog

Lastings Milledge is a dope!

You are 22, you can deposit a fastball 450 feet! You are poised to make millions one day as a professional athelete, and what do you do with your future? You tarnish your image buy degrading wome...
Posted by HitThePit_Derek on Wed, 16 May 2007 05:32:00 PST

Work ethic? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?

I have come to the conclusion that either I work with the biggest group of incapable fucks in the world, or people just lack simple work ethic. This week was a lesson in futility at my job. My market...
Posted by HitThePit_Derek on Sat, 12 May 2007 04:12:00 PST

My inner-nerd waits with great anticipation!

 Is it bad that I am excited for this? At least I dont live in my Mom's basement right?"30 years later &STAR WARS: WHY IT ENDURES, WHY WE NEED IT ... AND WHY IT'S STILL SUCH FUNNewt Gingrich, Nancy Pe...
Posted by HitThePit_Derek on Tue, 01 May 2007 01:24:00 PST

A Wanderlust & productive weekend!

So I guess the city of Somerville has decided that 5:30 on a Monday morning is the perfect time to start drilling holes in concrete on the street over from mine. Isn't there some kind of sound laws o...
Posted by HitThePit_Derek on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:19:00 PST

The best YOUTUBE video ever!

I was sitting at work crying I was laughing so hard at this. The best part is how the kid doesn't crack a smile once. He just goes about his business...no big thing! Enjoy!   ...
Posted by HitThePit_Derek on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:15:00 PST

CD REVIEW: Shadows Fall - Threads Of Life

Artist: Shadows Fall Album: Threads Of Life Label: Atlantic Records Reviewer: Derek Shadows Fall is: Brian Fair- Vocals, Matt Bachand-Guitar/Vocals, Paul Romanko-Bass, Jason Bittner-Drums, Jon Donais...
Posted by HitThePit_Derek on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:05:00 PST

Scientists find most Earth-like planet yet

So there is another earth out there? So why do we care? It is 2 light years away from us. I dont know how long it would take to get there, but it sure sounds far! Either way, this article I found amus...
Posted by HitThePit_Derek on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:04:00 PST

WARPED TOUR has variety!

    Why should you go to the Warp Tour instead of any other show this summer? Look no further then the incredible cross section of music at this years incarnation. Check out thi...
Posted by HitThePit_Derek on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:10:00 PST

Treebeard was real? HAHAHA!

  Ok I will admit it! I do have my moments of being a supreme nerd! One of those moments was yesterday when I found myself driving to Barnes & Noble to pick up the new J.R.R Tolkien book call...
Posted by HitThePit_Derek on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:40:00 PST

Mullets and Hockey....hell yeah! Barry Melrose is awesome in so many ways!

This might be the greatest article ever at ESPN.com. Mullets and Hockey go hand in hand, and I had to share with Brendan Witt making the grade. Enjoy! " Mr. Mullet's take: How can you not have ...
Posted by HitThePit_Derek on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:30:00 PST