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  1. Tak-E

    What A Catch, Donnie

    By Tak-E,

    Something interesting about the new Fall Out Boy single "What a Catch, Donnie" that I found was the fact that the background tracks of other songs aren't sung by FOB. They are actually the lead singers from a ton of other bands that were singing them. Here's a list.
     
    * Elvis Costello - "Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet"
    * Gabe Saporta (Midtown), (Cobra Starship) - "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy"
    * Travis McCoy (Gym Class Heroes) - "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
    * Brendon Urie (Panic at the Disco) - "Dance, Dance"
    * Doug Neumann (Doug Does) - "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
    * Alex DeLeon (The Cab) - "Thnks fr th Mmrs"
    * William Beckett (The Academy Is...) - "Growing Up"
     
    Oh, and a fun little fact for ya', their album has been moved to December 16th. Same day as the new All-American Rejects album.
     
    -Taki
     
    P.S. How do you like the new color?
  2. Tak-E

    Badda Bing, Badda Boom

    By Tak-E,

    Well, most of my friends have started school by now. But I still haven't. I'm not home schooled or anything; I just start school on September 8th instead.
     
    So I just wanna ask as a question of the day - How is school going for you? Is it better or worse than previous years, and do you have high or low expectations for it?
     
    -Taki
  4. Tak-E

    All About Your Life

    By Tak-E,

    No, this isn't an entry about Green Day's Time of Your Life. But it is about a band whose Wikipedia entry I was just editing.
     
    As of July 21st, 2008 - Boys Like Girls has announced that they have a new album slated for this year.
     
    Added to the albums of The All-American Rejects, Plain White T's, Drake Bell, and the High School Musical 3 soundtrack, it sounds like I'll have no lack of music this school year.
     
    -Taki
  5. Tak-E
    Well, I'm back. It wasn't as long as an absence as last time, luckily. (My last unexpected take of leave was for a period of months.) But, not much has happened in the past days. The only thing of interest was going up to Wisconsin to visit a soda bottling plant. My dad took me up because he had to go and deliver some of his formulas to the plant manager. They package the Wallgreens bottle sodas, which apparently my dad formulated - which is the reason we have so much of it in my fridge. So next time any of you stop by Wallgreens, pick up one of their Deerfield Gorumet Sodas from their fridge section and let me know what you think of them.
     
    But that's all that really mattered to me. This is Tak•E, signing out.
     
    -Taki
  6. Tak-E
    July 5th, Drake Bell is coming to within an hour of my house.
     
    For a free concert.
     
    Do you know how psyched I am?
     
    He's like, my idol! His music is revolutional, and he's an amazing and inspiring guitarist!
     
    So, my question of the day is, who is your idol, and why? (Outside of family.)
     
    But that's really all that mattered to me today. This is Taki, and you've just been filled in.
     
    -Taki
     
    Edit: Two things. For one, we can't make the concert because my dad has a bulging disk in his back that won't even let him move...Blah.
     
    Second, my Premier Membership has at last run out, and on the Fourth of July, at that! So for a bit the blog will be lacking. But tomorrow morning I'm gonna get up nice and early and throw in the envelope for Premier Membership. I'll be back within the next two weeks, hopefully.
  7. Tak-E

    Wall•e

    By Tak-E,

    I know, right? First thing you noticed! I didn't use •'s in my title! that's because they were in the Wall•E name. I just saw the movie, as you might be able to tell by my avatar and banner. And I'm in love with it! Wall•E and Eve are undoubtedly the most amazing couple in the history of, well...EVER! So yeah, that's pretty much it.
     
    Question of the day: Did you see Wall•E? What were your thoughts?
     
    P.S. Yes, I am aware of the environmentalist and other implications of the movie. I don't care, I choose to ignore them.
     
    -Taki
  8. Tak-E

    • Rewind •

    By Tak-E,

    Some of you may remember a long time ago, I posted a blog entry about my Rewind mixes that I was making. Well, that was a long time ago, and I think I'm gonna finish that long overdue project. I have my first two mixes up. Even though they have some retarded songs, they still are pretty good.
     
    I'll post more on it later. Oh, and the revamp on the blog has begun.
     
    -Taki
  9. Tak-E

    • Revamp •

    By Tak-E,

    I'm gonna be revamping my blog in a few days. Maybe tonight if I get bored. Lol. But I need a new display picture. That's the biggest thing. And it has to be of me in a red shirt. I'll just wear a red shirt to my friend's house tonight. That works.
     
    Summer's been...good? Bad? I'm not exactly sure right now. It's been interesting. Two weeks in and already it's all weird. But no matter what, I promised myself that I will never go back to how I was last summer. (Wondering what I was like last summer? Go back to 2007 summer blog posts and most likely I'll sound retarded.)
     
    So, my question of the day for you guys is, how's your summer going so far? Better than expected? Worse than expected? Or are you still waiting for your expectations?
     
    But that's really all that mattered to me today. This is Taki, and you've just been filled in.
     
    -Taki
  10. Tak-E
    It's about 2:30 A.M. right now. My dad and my sister went out to my aunt's house to help plan for the wake and funeral (see last entry). But I can't sleep, and I don't know why. Well, I do, but I wish I didn't. My uncle's passing is nagging at something, and I don't know what it is exactly. All I know is that it's something that I wish I had asked him - something I wish I had a second chance at.
     
    You see, my uncle had a disease known as MS. I'm not exactly sure what it is, or what it does. But even as a man in his thirties (maybe early forties), it rendered him unable to walk and barely able to talk. I remember stories my dad would always tell me about how my uncle was so athletic when he was in high school. He was in track, soccer, basketball, ping pong - and he was in a huge family in the fifties and sixties. After that I know next to nothing about his life, though.
     
    Whenever I would go to visit my uncle, he would always have a smile on his face - DESPITE the fact that he could no longer do anything that he used to love to do. He couldn't even hold a book up to read. But he was always happy, always laughing and loving, whenever I saw him.
     
    So the question that I wanted to ask him, today's question of the day that is more rhetorical than the others, is this: How, in the midst of such suffering, such pain and loneliness, did he stay happy and content with himself? What gave him the strength to keep going?
     
    What made him who he was?
     
    -Taki
  12. Tak-E
    Apparently I sleep too deep. Last night, in the middle of the night, my sisters were trying to wake me up to tell me something I'd never expected. Instead, I found out this morning while grabbing something out of the fridge. I was asking what there was to eat for breakfast.
     
    "Well," my mom answered, unaware I didn't know. "We're going out to get some food for Uncle Mike's funeral."
     
    I didn't think much of it. But then I turned around. Almost spun into the fridge door.
     
    "Uncle Mike's funeral?"
     
    "Didn't you know?"
     
    I paused, sat down. I didn't wanna cry.
     
    "No..."
     
    Last night my Uncle Mike, not past thirty, passed away. He was in a nursing home because he had seizures, but he was still an amazing man. Nothing bad happened. He died in his sleep. He just stopped breathing. Heh. I'm attempting to hold back tears right now typing this. I don't know if he was a believer. But I can only pray that he was.
     
    -Taki
  13. Tak-E

    • Bubbly •

    By Tak-E,

    I've been awake for a while now.
    You've got me feeling like a child now.
    'Cause every time I see your bubbly face,
    I get the tingles in a silly place.
     
    It starts in my toes,
    And I crinkle my nose.
    Wherever it goes I'll always know,
    That you make me smile.
    Please stay for a while now.
    Just take your time,
    Wherever you go.
     
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    This is actually a song that is special to me. I'm sure a lot of you know it. If not, go and look for it.
     
    No question of the day today. But if someone wants to give me a good bedtime story, I'm down with that.
     
    -Taki
  14. Tak-E

    Adopt A Munkie!

    By Tak-E,

    A new thing has come to blogs. Munkies! So far you can adopt either one of them. They need to be placed where people can see them so they may smile and wave. We are searching for other colors as we speak. To adopt, simply fill out the form below: NEW COLORS FOUND! Green, Purple, White, and Black Munkies are available with the Brown ones.
     
    Munkie Name:
    Left or Right Munkie:
    Munkie Color:
    Your Name:
    Your Blog Link:
     

     

     

     

     

     
    -Taki
  15. Tak-E
    As I woke up today and yesterday, I found myself in utter shock that I wasn't leaping up or getting yelled at for not getting ready for school. The feeling itself was bittersweet. For one thing, no more school for three months! (Yes, I literally get three months. I don't go back till September 8th.) For another thing, I get to sleep in all summer. That's an upside, but it doesn't really matter that much; I don't need much sleep - I nap. But then there was one thing that had me in tears even as I was signing yearbook. I live forty-five minutes away from my school, and most of my good friends live out there, or the same distance in the other direction. For the next three months, I'll barely be able to see all of my good friends, or my friends, or my sorta friends, or even my mortal enemies.
     
    So my question of the day is this: now that school's over, what do you miss about it? Friends, relationships, the funny moments, the inside jokes? The categories go on and on.
     
    In other news, I'll be changing my main color to red very soon. So keep an eye out for the switch!
     
    We're in summerland. Let rock be rock, and live and let love.
     
    -Taki
  16. Tak-E
    As of 8:32:47 Central Time (Chicago), I am officially fifteen. I'm posting this right now, because technically it's the last...now twelve minutes...of my actually birthday. It was pretty amazing, if I do say so myself. Friends, cake, gifts, and even some reflecting. With age comes wisdom, after all.
     
    So, my question of the day, or more so night, is what was one of your most memorable birthdays, and what made it like that? Comments and replies go in the reply box down below. This is Taki, wishing you all a happy birthday for me, to me. Night.
     
    -Taki
  17. Tak-E
    Happy Memorial Day, people who actually read my blog. (And who actually live in the United States. For those of you who don't live in the United States, this might be a little more boring than usual for you.) Most of us just recognize this holiday because we get off school one extra day before it ends. And that's true, that is a good reason for this holiday. But it's not the real reason. Memorial Day is a day where we honor those who died in action for our country. So today, I highly encourage you to please, call up any friends or family who have lost someone who was killed in action and talk to them and let them know you care. It means a lot to those families when people do that.
     
    I'd have a question of the day here usually, but today I'd just ask if you could post just a thoughtful comment on your thoughts about today. Thanks, guys.
     
    -Taki
  18. Tak-E
    Last night I went out with my folks to see the new Prince Caspian movie. It was amazing, to say the least. I don't really want to post a review for you guys, but I don't want to reveal any spoilers. So when I say you'll love the part at the end that you see coming the whole movie, you'll have to take my word for it. Actually, there was a song at the end of the movie which I liked a lot. It's called "The Call" (talk about irony) by Regina Spektor. It's calm, so nothing special. But it's unique and powerful in its own way.
     
    So my question of the day is, if you had to pick a song - one song - that you listen to that gives you hope and encouragement, or that you just think is special and unique, what would it be and why?
     
    And to continue from my previous entry, yesterday Steven Curtis Chapman's daughter was laid to rest, and her memorial service attracted over 700 people. Keep these people in your prayers, guys.
     
    -Taki
  19. Tak-E
    This morning, for once in a million days, I'm stuck at home with a fever. Nothing severe, but it was strong enough to crash me yesterday. I decided to stay home from school so I could recuperate. As I was semi-sleeping on the couch (meowing kittens outside were keeping me up - more on those cuties later), I got a text from my good friend who moved out to LA recently.
     
    "Did u hear the news bout steven curtis chapmans daughter?"
     
    That's what my friend asked me. Naturally I replied no and waited for an answer, but nothing came. So just now, as I log onto my dad's laptop - the only working computer in our house thanks to me - and I go into Mozilla Firefox (don't you IE fans get up in my face about that), I see what my friend had been talking about. Our homepage is set to the Fox News website. And in the major headlines, it said this:
     
    "Steven Curtis Chapman's daughter, 5, killed after being struck by SUV driven by her teen brother at family's Tennessee home."
     
    And I cried. Now, granted, it's not easy for me to break into tears, but it's one heart wrenching story. And not only that, but I can't even imagine the guilt that this boy is feeling.
     
    So my question of the day to you is what do you think you would do in this situation? How would you feel? Would you ever be able to forgive yourself for doing something like this? Or if you were a parent, could you ever forgive your child for doing this?
     
    If you'd like to hear more about this, you can either read the story here or listen to a radio interview with Steven Curtis Chapman here.
     
    Note: Radio interview, as far as I've listened, is just an interview with Steven Curtis Chapman, and was done before the accident.
     
    -Taki
  20. Tak-E
    That's what my dad said to me as we were driving in the car this morning. Of course I smiled and said thanks, but I didn't really know what I was supposed to say to that. I mean, sure I could've gone, "Thanks, you're a great dad." But it doesn't mean the same thing coming back after he says I'm the good son first.
     
    So the question of the day is, have you ever heard something like this from your parents, and what did it make you feel like?
     
    -Taki
  21. Tak-E
    Today, instead of starting out with my thoughts, I thought (...shut up) that I'd start with the question of the day.
     
    When you're lonely, hurt, confused - who do you turn to? Family, friends, God, pets? What keeps your spirits up?
     
    I ask this because my best friend and I were having an argument (not really an argument, more like a "violent discussion") about if I was lonely because my friends were all busy, or because I wanted to be. And I asked myself, "Now why would I want to be lonely?" And there could be some reasons that the old me would want to be lonely. Just a few months ago, I used to be a depressed and hopeless person. And I used to like being lonely so I could mope. But I've changed a lot now, and I'm no longer like that. I'm happy and cheerful and loving. So that pretty much shot down that some part of me wanted to be lonely. Now, my friend was convinced otherwise, but we ironed things out.
     
    But it is an interesting point. There are some people out there that want to be lonely. Is that fair to them, or more importantly, is it fair to us?
     
    Thoughts, comments, ideas much appreciated. Just click the little "Add Reply" button down below. This is Taki, and you've just been filled in.
     
    -Taki
  22. Tak-E
    A long time ago, someone on BZP posted a very interesting blog. I forget the specifics of it, but I remember it going along the lines of the writer (who worked at a department store such as Target or Wal-Mart) telling the readers how much of a help it was when people didn't leave things on random shelves when they decided not to buy them. The writer continued to explain the hassle and time of getting the misplaced items back to their correct spots, and then ended the post by encouraging readers to put items back on the shelves if they decided they didn't want them. Now, mind you, this was over six months ago that I read this.
     
    So today, as I was walking through Target with my dad - I was getting some toiletries for myself - we decided that we didn't want a certain CD and yet another DVD that we had picked up on the opposite side of the store. My dad instructed me to place them on a shelf as we walked past a few before hitting the check-out aisle. I took the items out of the cart and placed them on some stuff, and we walked away. But something was nagging at me that I couldn't explain. Suddenly, I felt compelled to go and grab the items and return them to their rightful spots, though I couldn't figure out why; and so I did. After I met back up with my dad, I finally remembered exactly what it had been that had urged me to do what I had done. I told the story to my dad, and he enjoyed hearing it.
     
    Now, I didn't just tell this story for the heck of it, or because it was the only interesting thing that happened today (by far, it was one of the least interesting things of my day). But I wanted to show you guys that your voice, no matter how small, reaches through to some people in the oddest and most interesting ways. So I want to encourage you all to continue offering your sage and seemingly-meaningless advice, because one day it could impact someone in ways you couldn't even imagine.
     
    -Taki
  23. Tak-E
    50 degrees. Fifty stupid degrees. After a week of gorgeous 80 degree weather, you think mother nature would be happy. But, alas, as all mothers, she just bought me a brand new Bionicle, let me hold it, and then stuffed it in a corner for my birthday. Haha.
     
    So, my question of the day for you guys is what are your opinions on this crazy weather? You like it, you hate it, you don't really care because you don't live in the States? Lol.
     
    In other news, I'm drinking a bottle of Ice Mountain water <insert promotional information on Ice Mountain water here>, and listening to Avenged Sevenfold's latest single, Afterlife. It's pretty awesome. Some tight rifts, and powerful lyrics. Oh, and The Rev kicks butt on the drums, too.
     
    Well, I gotta go take a shower and hit the hay. Sorry to those who were expecting me to come online today, but I have to catch up on sleep (I missed my alarm this morning, and can't afford to miss it again ).
     
    -Taki
  24. Tak-E

    • Sorry, Y'all •

    By Tak-E,

    Hey, everybody. Sorry I haven't been very active on the forums or in my blog as-of-late. I've been swamped by schoolwork now that the school year is down to four weeks. I'm so excited, though, I must say. It's been a heck of a year. The only sad thing is that every person that I'm close with there is planning to leave when the school year's terminar (finished, in Spanish). It makes me really ... distraught. I mean, sure, everyone has to split up some time, but why now? The only reason I'd go back to my current school would be if my friends stayed. If they didn't, I wouldn't go back. Lol. Life there is too much of a ###### hole without them. Haha.
     
    Anyway, it'd be nice to hear some thoughts and comments from you. This has been Taki, and you've just been filled in.
     
    -Taki
  25. Tak-E
    Well, almost. You see, The All-American Rejects have a new in-studio recording they aired. And they had about seven seconds of a new song.
     
    Let me say, that seven seconds has me so excited for their new album! Thus, I went and made an MP3 of those seven seconds.
     
    So, if you want seven seconds of one of AAR's 2008 songs, let me know. I'll email it to you.
     
    -Taki
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