Armored Heart: Archive

RT @raanan: A good read http://www.sanfranmag.com/story/best-investment-advice-youll-never-get

Nov 30th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-28) →

Unrest (103) Moving Mountains (44) Murder by Death (24) Ra Ra Riot (19) Defeater (15) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Nov 30th

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Nov 29th

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I love these guys and they make GREAT music that appeals to a very wide range of people. I honestly can’t believe they’re unsigned. Take a listen to the album. Lyrically, it’s a pretty great album and full of slight contrasts. It’s both sensitive and motivating, hopeful and grounded — without sounding wussy or preachy. This is a really, really complex and...

Nov 29th

RT @markjaquith: No one knows how to apologize anymore. Here’s how: 1. Take responsibility. 2. Regret actions. 3. Promise concrete change.

Nov 28th

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The raid party, as a band

Me: Healers are like drummers.  In a band.
Tayquan: Paladins and Druids suck.  They can do everything.
Me: Most parties have no problem getting DPS like guitarists... one lead guitar, one bass guitar, one rhythm guitar.  Then that lead vocalist is the tank.  But the healers are the drummers.  Healers and drummers always have a job to do, and they'll never be unemployed.  Their jobs might look easy, but in fact, they're not.

Nov 28th

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“Loyalty usually comes from within… reserve your highest level of respect...”

– Seth Godin. Yes, I just quoted Seth Godin. Anyway, I’m using it within the context of friendships.

Nov 28th

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If ever, in my life, I wake up to line up at a store at 3 in the morning to buy/consume something… feel free to shoot me in the face.

Nov 26th

You really haven’t lived until you’re singing Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” backed by a full family band.

Nov 26th

“They can’t hurt you unless you let them.”

Nov 26th

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Nov 26th

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Happy Thanksgiving to all! Daps to all my ninjas out there holding it down. Crazy props going out to my moms, who’s ride or die.

Nov 25th

OK, I just saw the Tinikling done to Bell Biv DeVoe’s “Poison.” 1) I’m jealous, 2) WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT?!? and 3) SIGN ME THE FUG UP.

Nov 25th

RT @zeldman: “Can’t Touch This.” Official theme song of American holiday travel.

Nov 25th

Oh mannnnnnnnnnnnn!!! Whadaya *MEAN* Doogie and Wanda Plenn break-up!?!? #JustGotCable

Nov 25th

“I need a mathematician for regression analysis.” Me: “So… is there hidden meaning in that? Or is that an unintentional statistics joke?”

Nov 24th

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Nov 23rd

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Nov 22nd

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Nov 22nd

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Nov 22nd

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“Poor men wanna be rich, rich men wanna be kings, And a king ain’t satisfied...”

– Bruce Springsteen

Nov 21st

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Drunkin’ Donuts

Nov 20th

Call me old-fashioned, but I like my Eminem all bi-polar & messed up. What’s this “rapping about emotions” stuff?

Nov 18th

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Nov 17th

Looks like the ol’ cellphone autocorrects to a certain word that begins with the letter d. e.g. “That’s sick, bro!” Hint: It’s not “bro.”

Nov 16th

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Nov 14th

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Nov 14th

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Thanks Manny, your use of “You’re The Best” just fulfilled the MIDI void of what will now come standard in ALL Filipino karaoke machines.

Nov 14th

My heart belongs to Macaroni.

Nov 13th

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Nov 12th

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Your eyes are not your ears, and vice versa.

timmmii: Everyone seems gaga about OK Go thanks to their jaw-dropping videos but have you ever just listened to the music? Not so jaw-dropping. Word, I saw them headline a huge festival in Albany, NY this past May and I give them props for their videos, but the music itself is meh. And their live music is meh-er. I was completely unfamiliar with their music when I went to the festival, and...

Nov 11th

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I saw a Chinese mom tonight on the subway

… that did nothing but criticize the fuck out of her kids. To her 7-year-old daughter, she kept saying that the long paragraph that she wrote needs to be in multiple paragraphs and that she was WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! and very, “very stupid”… and to do it the right way. Her 5-year-old son was doing his homework, and generally trying to speak up, and was being...

Nov 11th

His Revisionist Memory

I remember my first 1G iPhone. Like a meal you have to wait for, or a line outside a club, the fact that I stood in line for hours made the first time I swiped to unlock the phone that much sweeter. Dude, WTF are you talking about? I picked you up at the airport and drove you to the Daly City AT&T store, and then the Colma store. It was like 6:30PM at night and we both got black...

Nov 11th

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Nov 11th

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Nov 9th

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Nov 9th

Nov 8th

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Way to steal my thunder, @ConanOBrien! You picked the same start date as me for your new job? Rats! /cc: NYC’s best recruiter @JoshYehaskel

Nov 8th

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Nov 7th

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Nov 7th

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Watch

I wish I would pay enormous people to carry me around.

Nov 7th

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Some newer, more modern songs added to my ol'... →

I had the opportunity to head to a karaoke joint last night with a couple of friends in Manhattan and the rules were not to pick anything you already knew. It actually was a total blast because I got to see how well I knew these songs (some if which are surprising and have very good karaoke versions that aren’t sequenced like suck). The joint had an impressive selection of old and new...

Nov 7th

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