Snow is the work of the devil.

I should be in a movie or a TV show because I just gave a 10 minute presentation about Global Warming in my Plant Diseases class and acted like I actually cared. I acted SO INTERESTED. Keyword: acted. I was actually pretty impressed with myself.

So it snowed in Keene...and all of New England...a lot. We got like 8 inches, trees were breaking, huge branches falling everywhere. And after a day and a half its almost all gone. It snowed 8 inches before Halloween. That's all kinds of wrong. I had to walk home from work in the storm, walk down Main St., then walk back to campus so I could do the Humans Vs. Zombies mission. It was snowing the whole time. I hated it.

Trick or Treating was postponed in New Hampshire until November 6th. What the hell? GOD DAMN IT SNOW! I don't trick or treat, but the fact that it was moved a week, that's just crazy. I'm not blaming them for postponing it, I'm blaming the WASTE OF SPACE I CALL SNOW. Snow can suck it. In the words of Kris Bartol. "SUCK MY NIPPY NIPS!"

Speaking of Kris Bartol I saw him post pictures of the original Super Smash Bros. on his bloggity. I wanna play Super Smash Bros. now. 

So if I buy an Xbox 360 with Kinect I get Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster for free...I'm sold. Free Sesame Street game? I'm going to Gamestop anyway! Hell to the yeah.

That's a joke. I am going to Gamestop though. I need to Pre-order Modern Warfare 3, renew my GameStop PowerUp subscription, and redeem my coupon for a free download of Crash Bandicoot. Yay spending money...

I got my Gameboy Advance emulator working. Finally trying Pokemon Sapphire! I'm playing that and the Pokemon Trading Card Game online during my Criminal Justice class. This is what I call a good use of  my time.

One of my new favorite foods is the Toasted Chicken Bacon Ranch sub at  the Hoot N' Scoot. It's heaven in a sub roll. Comes with waffle fries. Can't ask for more. Just got some because there was a 10 minute break in class. Got Mountain Dew and Doritos. Can't ask for much more.

One one more final serious note, Kris also posted on his bloggity, and I quote: "Nicky Nickelson is the man.
I love him like a brother." That made my day. He's my best friend and I love him like a brother too. Simple as that.

I died...

Or should I'm UNdead!

I got tagged...it was a cheap shot too. Two steps out of Randall and someone jumped from the bushes and tagged me. Cheap shot.

As of Friday, 10/18, Day 3 of HvZ at the time I'm posting this, there are 47 humans and 36 zombies. 4 zombies have already starved.

But I've gotten over the depression of being a zombie. I do miss the paranoia though...strange but true. But I'm embracing my zombified blood! I've already gotten one tag. Here's the story in two parts.

First, I'll explain how I know the kid. On the first day of orientation this big hefty kid walks over to Allie and says "Wanna hear a fun fact?" and she said "Sure! I love fun facts!" then he went straight-faced and said in a creepy monotone voice "1 of every 10 guys you meet will masturbate to you." WHAT THE FLIPPITY FUCK?! Who says that? What a creep. Since then we call him "Masturbation kid."

So I tagged masturbation kid. Allie and I were walking down Main St, off campus by the way, and Fatty runs up next to me. I have my bandana around my neck saying I'm an inactive player since I was off campus. He stares me down and says "Are you a human?" and after much hesitation I said "...yes..." He caught me off guard so it was hard to lie and I thought he was gonna see right through me. His response? "Ok good. I can't trust anyone here! I can't even trust my roommates!" So I played along like "Oh yeah, same here. I'm always so paranoid." and the SECOND we stepped back on campus I put my bandana on my head and smacked him. He looked at me all dazed and said "Bitch!"

My message to him: Take your own advice. Don't trust anyone.
That's what you get for talking to my girlfriend that way.

In other news, I have made 2 terrible, terrible mistakes. First, a few blog posts back I was talking about getting Sarku with Lindsay. I did, however, fail to mention that Katerina Sweeney was with me when I got Sarku for the first time. I'd like to apologize for that, Kat. It will never happen again. (Can't wait to get Sarku with you and Lindsay over Thanksgiving!)

My second mistake! I said that the only games Allie likes is Spyro and LittleBigPlanet. Oh how wrong I was. I'd like to make a correction to that statement. She also likes Mario and Kingdom Hearts. My sincerest apologies.

Side note: Arkham Asylum is great.

Tonight I'm going to a costume party with Allie. I'm gonna be Scott Pilgrim and Allie is Ramona Flowers. I even have a Sex Bob-Omb shirt that she made me! It's gonna be sick. Kris Bartol would be proud. Pictures to follow on my next post!

-Insert abrupt ending here because I still can't think of a good way to end these-

Alive and Kicking!

Night 1 of Humans VS Zombies was a success. At 12:01 am this morning at the athletic fields the Moderator's Nerf gun was shot in the air signifying the game has begun and it was a mad dash away from the fields. The original zombie (O.Z.) was among us. I didn't wanna be that guy that gets tagged at 12:01 so I hauled ass away from everyone. As of right now I'm only packing one of my Nerf guns (I have 2 Mavericks) because there are only 7 zombies among 80 humans. I think 6 shots is good enough for now since I doubt they are already planning together.

Allie keeps laughing at me because I act so paranoid when I'm outside but I don't care! I'm staying alive and that's all that matters. It's gonna be a long week for both of us if she's already laughing and judging me. It's only gonna get worse...

Walmart is a magical place. I went with Allie last night to pick up a jacket and shoes when I walked over to the games section and laid eyes on something beautiful Batman:  Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition bundled free with Arkham City, both for a grand total of $60. Guess who is going to Walmart after my classes? This guy. That's a deal I can't pass up. I was going to buy both anyway so why not get Arkham Asylum for free with all of it's DLC on the disc. It took a little convincing from Allie to get it but she convinced me. The selling points? 1) Its 2 universally acclaimed games for the price of one new game. 2) Allie wants to play it. She doesn't even like playing video games except Spyro and LittleBigPlanet! This is amazing!

I got an 84 on my Sociology midterm that took me 10 minutes to take, 25 multiple choice, and I didn't even study. I wanted to and I planned on it but I had better more productive things to do. Like killing Nazi Zombies. And sleeping. Either way I passed.

I've been playing this game lately. A new kind of game. No reward or anything. I just check to see how many times I see my name in Kris Bartol's blog. I show up at least once in almost every post. It should be a new drinking game. Every time my name appears on his blog, I take a shot xD. But I like that he talks about me on his blog. He calls it "best friend privileges" so I feel privileged. Kris Bartol, my best friend. This is one of your best friend privileges. I'm not saying I'm going to throw his name randomly into each one of my blogs (or will I...?) but I'm just giving him a shout out because he's my buddy, my pal, my chum, my wingman. The list goes on.

I leave you with this. It goes along with Batman: Arkham City...in a way...kinda...even if you dont play video games just take 45 seconds and check this out.

Thanks Lindsay for the link!

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffc02.deviantart.net%2Ffs70%2Ff%2F2011%2F255%2Fe%2Fb%2Fbat_cat_by_neoslashott-d49iof2.swf&h=zAQELbbiZ

That's it. I wish I could figure out a better way to end my blogs. Instead of abrupt endings I want it to actually "fit" instead of just stop.

The end.

Speaking of segues...

One of my earliest posts about a month ago that "I vow to not buy any more games until I beat/100%/Platinum 3 more games." But I'm preordering Modern Warfare 3 and buying Uncharted 3 after I beat Uncharted 2. Sue me. IGN.com gave Uncharted 3 perfect 10s across the board. The last few games to get perfect 10s came out almost a year ago. So I will definitely need to play it.


Speaking of games, Justin and I played a game of Zombies on Black Ops on Der Reise. We got to round 31 because we kick ass. That's pretty much it. That, and we were getting drops like Max Ammo, Carpenter, Nukes and Insta-Kills like crazy. At least one every two minutes, not exaggerating. Just got a Max Ammo? Here's another one just for S's and G's.


Speaking of zombies, Humans VS Zombies starts Wednesday morning at 12:01 am. There's a rally at the athletic fields on Tuesday night at 11:45 and if I get tagged at this rally once the game starts I'm going to be beyond pissed. I've been looking forward to this for weeks and if I get infected immediately I just might quit. (Totally joking. If I get infected humans are gonna have to bring the heat because I'm coming after them full force... Here's your warning.) 


Speaking of running out of segues...I found this band called Say Anything (Thanks Carolynn and Stewy!) and the first song I heard is Alive with the Glory of Love. I can't stop listening to it. I have listened to it upwards of 20 times since Saturday night. It's addicting. Surprisingly it's about the holocaust but its great.


Link below!


Long post yesterday, short one today. Ran out of things to talk about x__x If I think about anything else I'll post is ASAP


Say Anything - "Alive in the Glory of Love"

*NSYNC, Almost dying, and love.

On Wednesday, October 19th, via Twitter, I guaranteed 2 blog posts for that day.
...about that...

I feel like I have failed to keep up my end of the deal. I write funny, witty, giggle-inducing blog posts with the  occasional serious post, and you uphold your end of the bargain by LOLing, ROFLing, and Ling your AO. But with the lack of blog posts. You have gone without these things. I say BLASPHEMY!

Finally I found the time to write a new post. I've been busy with school and work on the days so I've had a really hard time finding time to sit down and write a blog post.

I'll start out with this. I listen to all kinds of music. Judge me as much as you want. Superbass by Nicki Minaj? Who doesn't like that song. OutKast? Remember them? Was listening to Roses and The Way You Move earlier. *NSYNC? It was only my entire childhood, no big deal. I heard Space Cowboys last night so I HAD to look it up on YouTube today. I felt obligated, you know, to listen to it for the inner 90s kid in me.

So I found this tweet on Twitter (shameless plug: follow me on Twitter @NickGarrity) and I saw this tweet. I quote:  "#TheresNoWayInHell people are in love after a few months of dating..cut the shit, you don't even know what love is" Yeah, about that. It took me 11 days of knowing Allie to know that I was madly in love with her. 11 days. I knew on July 1st, 2010. I even know what time of day, where I was, and what I was doing when I realized I was in love with her.

I was at her house, we had been going out for 3 days, and as I was leaving her house, she walked me to my car, we kissed and said goodbye after a great night of spending time with each other, laughing, talking, watching TV and just hanging out. As she said bye and walked away from my car. I opened the door, sat in the drivers seat and said to myself "I'm in love with this girl."

11 days. I knew her for 8 days before we started going out. So, yeah. I know what love is. I was going to say it hasn't changed since then but it has. It's gotten more powerful. I've grown more in love with her since July 1st, 2010, around 10pm that night.

I posted a shortened status about this on Facebook: "So I saw a tweet that said, and I quote: '#TheresNoWayInHell people are in love after a few months of dating..cut the shit, you don't even know what love is' I knew after 11 days of knowing her. So...yeah."

17 people liked it. I got comments like "so cute." and "D'AWWWWWWWW" which always makes me happy that Allie and I are a cute couple not one of those gross couples that are mushy gushy 24/7 (with the exception of the novel I just wrote about her above) but then I get this one comment from my project partner in my Bio class about when we need to meet up for our project and that it's due on the 31st.

Why not post this on my wall instead of being extremely irrelevant to my status and say it there? My friends Justin and Ryan were laughing their asses off when they saw that comment. Justin commented "Yo dawg you  hungry?" and Kris wrote "BROski" just to be random and write something completely off topic. Love my friends!

So in more exciting news I was almost hit by a car a few days ago. Some old lady who was talking on her phone and wasn't paying attention to the road tried to drive through the crosswalk as I was walking through it. I was two inches away from getting hit by her mini van. So I did what any person would do and I screamed many obscenities at her. After that I was really shaken up, honestly. I sat down and had to catch my breath and calm down because I was literally shaking after it.

I went on Facebook and Twitter and posted a status about how she was a crazy bitch who needs to get off her fucking phone before she fucking kills someone. I meant that in the most polite way possible. I got many likes and a few retweets. Got into this huge 26-comment conversation about it and other things. Then I get a text from my mom saying that I need to take the status down because I was swearing and there are kids on Facebook (I'm friends with one 'kid' and she's in high school...) No one swears like that in my family apparently and I'm an embarrassment because of it. I embarrassed my family by posting about how I almost got hit by a big car going almost 30 mph through a crosswalk. Makes sense. So I deleted it. Gotta pick your battles I guess.

I have many more things to talk about that I'll write in my blog tomorrow/technically today during Criminal Justice.

See you tomorrow night!
As Kris calls me,
-Nicky Nickelson

 Here's my planning process for my blogs. Some stays, some get cut, some get postponed til the next post. You'll just have to wait and see!

I CAN'T STOP! (WUB WUB WUB WUB WUB WUBBBB)

I think this was a good idea, just posting a few songs I've been listening to. Check them out.


The Skeleton Song - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Cough Syrup - Young the Giant

Flux Pavillion - "I Can't Stop"

Wanna hear a joke? I have free time.

Not one of my best one-liners. What's up guys?

I'm working 28 hours this week...on top of all of my classes...this sucks. I asked for less than 20 hours a week and they pile me with 28 on my second week. Lucky me, I have midterms coming soon too. The worst part of it all though is that I won't have any time to play Zombies with Justin and Ryan!

I know what you're all thinking. "Nick, how could the world be so cruel?" I know, I know. It'll be rough but I think I'll pull through. I'll find time to kick some Nazi ass, because if I make school and work my priorities, the Nazis win.

So Shaws...not that bad actually. Fairly simple, easy work, but I just need to get used to using the equipment like the slicers and the scales for the food. Biggest problem is probably going to be learning all of the codes for all of the items. It's just going to take some practice but that's it. I'm just glad I have a job. It sucks having less than $40 in my bank account. College life, am I right? Never thought I'd be perfectly happy with minimum wage since I've been making upwards of $8 an hour for over a year and a half. Money is money, so fuck yeah minimum wage!

Bad news though: I'm working Friday and Saturday all day long. How is this bad news? It's Pumpkin Fest. I don't work til midnight or anything and I should have time to go out at night, but I'm not sure how much energy I'll have after working such long shifts. Mountain Dew may be my partner in crime this weekend keeping me awake.

I've been craving Sarku for so long now. I used to always go to the mall with Lindsay, get my number 1 (chicken teriyaki) with white rice, no vegetables, and sauce. Is that too much to ask for? The stir fry here at Keene with chicken teriyaki just isn't the same. Don't get me started on the talks Lindsay and I would have! You know that line that people are afraid to cross when talking with someone that could be considered inappropriate? Yeah that line doesn't exist between us. That or we literally cross that line every time we talk. But that's just us and I wouldn't change it. I can't wait until November break so when everyone goes back to Nashua, I can go to Sarku with Lindsay and hang out. I miss that.

I'm actually looking forward to going back to Nashua for Thanksgiving break so I can see Lindsay, Kris Bartol, Kevin Le, and all of my other Nashua peeps. I miss them. I miss going to the movies with Kris and Kevin then staying up until 2 am playing Rock Band, having movie marathons with everyone, Sarku with Lindsay, Zombies with Kris, and just hanging out with my friends. I'm making a lot of friends here at Keene but I do miss my friends in Nashua who have all gone away. That's why I'm excited for Thanksgiving. The turkey is merely a perk.

Alright that's about it for this post. I'm thinking I'm going to post another post today since I've been spamming Twitter. I'll probably take my thoughts I said on Twitter and transfer that here. So if you don't follow me you can still know what's going on. That's what I usually do but I haven't really mentioned anything I posted on Twitter in this post.

I'll end this with a shameless plug
Follow me on Twitter! @NickGarrity

Til next time

I'm not a coward I've just never been tested. I think that if I was I would pass.

In 1997, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones released a single called "The Impression That I Get" and history was made. I was 5 years old then and I remember that song coming on the radio all the time and I loved it. I remember little 5-year-old Nick dancing in the kitchen as it played on the radio. I would make my mom leave it on that station and turn the volume up. I couldn't get enough of that song.

In 2010. 13 years after that single was released, I went to a Mighty Mighty Bosstones concert in December after Christmas at the House of Blues in Boston. It was their 13th annual Hometown Throwdown. They played that song and I still absolutely loved it.

Its amazing to think that after 13 years, I'm still listening to the same band, and the same songs that I was when I was 5 years old. I find it so cool because there's not much else in my life that I've liked for 13+ years. I do <3 my Super Nintendo still though. Also, I love the fact that I am still so into the Bosstones, I like them enough still after all these years to go see them in concert over a decade later.

I'm writing this listening to the Bosstones sitting here as a college freshman thinking back to little 5-year-old me, not even in Kindergarten yet listening to this song in the car, singing along. I'm not just writing this to say how much I love The Mighty Mighty Bosstones though. I'm writing this because I find it fascinating how music can have such an impact on someone like this. There isn't any other song that I know that I will gladly listen to today from when I was 5.

I'm glad I still love the Bosstones. I'm going to Hometown Throwdown 14 this December. I told Allie after we went together last year I want to go every year. It was that good. They have a great stage presence, great energy, and love what they do. I've grown to like them more and more over the years and they and their music are why I keep listening to them.

No excuses

There is no reason why I haven't posted a blog. I have 2 drafts of blog posts that I started but never finished. I act like I don't have free time to write a blog post. That's not the case. I don't have classes on Tuesdays, Thursdays, or weekends.Also, it seems like my only "free time" is during my Criminal Justice class. It's this class and my Sociology class where I'm able to sit all class with my computer open. I should be getting these blog posts out more. It's gonna happen. I'm going to try and get at least 2 out a week. That's my guarantee. 

Now that that's out of the way, what's up Internet? Missed you guys. 

I keep forgetting that I need to be funny in this blog because of the title. Might need to change it. Or just tell bad jokes when I'm not feeling funny.

A seal walks into a club.

*ba dum tssshh*

"Aww Nick that's not funny that's terrible!"

It's a joke.

So I got a job at a grocery store. This is my second job at a grocery store job. My other job? Walmart. I work the worst jobs in the world - retail. Can't I just get a paycheck every week? Just for sitting around. I'd like that. No work involved. My ideal job at the moment would be becoming an RA. Free housing, guaranteed housing, and you get paid to be an RA and to desk attend. Not saying I'd be sitting around as an RA, I know there is a lot of responsibility that comes with the RA job, but it would be completely worth it. I am definitely going to apply for an RA position for next year. Not sure if it is possible to get a mid-year RA job as a freshman. I'm going to try to become an RA though. 

Retail sucks. Customers can suck it. Of course there are some customers that are really nice, but 70% of customers are dickheads. I say that in the most polite way possible. I've had so many rude customers I've had the urge to quit both previous jobs I've had because they get bitchy because I can't find the teriyaki sauce they so desperately want or I asked them a simple question.

Real life example.

A woman comes through my line as I'm bagging. She has three items, 2 small items and a half gallon of milk.

Woman: "You don't need to bag the milk."

Me: "What about the other two small items?" Thinking she might want to hold on to those in her huge Coach knock-off purse she could fit a computer in.

Bitch: *glares at me* "Don't. Bag. The milk."

What a bitch. I bag your groceries and you treat me like shit? I know its a stupid job but I'm doing you a favor. Appreciate it or don't say shit. I can handle it if no one thanks me, but if you treat me like I'm the stupidest person in the world, I have a problem with you. Ok, ma'am. Do you want me to take this plastic bag I didn't use and shove it up your ass?

Didn't think so. Move along.

I'm Sick

2 tissue boxes, a bottle of cough syrup, 1 all-nighter, 10+ water bottles and 6 days later, I'm still sick. I've had a cough, sore throat and I've been congested up the ying-yang and yesterday Conjunctivitis decided to in-vitis-self into my body. (Get it? Invite itself. Even when I'm on the brink of death I still got it) I haven't puked in 8 years. I don't feel nauseous or anything, but I feel like the way things are going, vomiting is going to want to try and join the party.

I went to the infirmary and they had a meeting to go to so they couldn't take me. I see where your priorities lie, Infirmary... They told me I could either spend tons of money at a private practice or spend more tons of money at the ER...or come back tomorrow. I chose the last option.

*Inception noise*

I was privileged enough to witness the greatest ad I've ever seen. It was the new PlayStation ad from their "Long Live Play" ad campaign. Witness it for yourself.

Michael...

TO MICHAEL!
Gives me chills. Makes me wanna turn on my PS3 and isolate myself from all of my loved ones.

Sorry for not posting lately. This whole "brink of death" thing has kind of kept me occupied.
Will update more often since I don't have class til Monday.

Oh, and Kris. Transfer to Keene.
That is all.

We smooth as hummus on fancy toast

These are the songs I'm currently addicted to. They're amazing, I suggest giving them a listen.

Can't Stop Won't Stop - "Stop, Drop, Roll"

Coheed and Cambria - "Deranged"

deadmau5 - "Some Chords"