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  1. Laughing Man
    when Nine Inch Nails announced Hesitation Marks earlier this month, my first thought was literally "the only way this year can get any better is if Katatonia releases something new, and since they just had an album last year I know that's not gonna happen".
     
    boy, am I glad to be wrong.
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    I typically never do these kinds of things but some stuff's been goin on recently so yeah
     
    a couple weeks ago I saw a doctor about a cold, and while I was there he took my blood pressure and was very concerned about how high it was and told me to schedule an appointment with my usual doctor to have it looked at.
     
    about a week later I did so and was sent home with a prescription for blood pressure medicine that I now have to take regularly as well as instructions to have lab work done ASAP.
     
    on thursday I went in and had bloodwork, urinalysis, chest X-rays, and an EKG done.
     
    today I received a call from the hospital, who want me to come back in for more tests to be checked for possible liver and heart issues after some potentially problematic things apparently showed up on the tests.
     
    I've also been experiencing some pretty constant stomach problems that I'm honestly kind of scared to tell the doctor about and have looked at, because they line up pretty condemningly with symptoms of a serious health issue that runs in my family and has already affected my mother and second-eldest brother.
     
    on top of that I was recently dropped from the insurance plan I was on and now everything has to be paid for out-of-pocket.
     
    kinda sucks tbh.
     
    EDIT 12/10/13: I went in and had more bloodwork and an echo cardiogram done. the bloodwork results came back fine, thankfully, but they're still waiting on the results of the echo. should be getting a call about that sometime within the next few days.
     
    meanwhile, last week I had a follow-up appointment regarding my blood pressure. they told me that it was still too high and have doubled the dosage of my meds.
     
    unfortunately the insurance issues haven't been resolved yet, so everything is still being paid for out-of-pocket.
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    pretty great special but I think people have been waaay overselling it, seeing the Doctors together was honestly the best part of it for me
     
    the story wasn't anything amazing and I thought the ending was dumb
     
    buuut it was enjoyable and certainly not the worst thing Moffat has ever done.
     
    (also for god's sake, can everyone please stop assuming that everyone else has seen it and thus it's okay to thoughtlessly post untagged, warning-free spoilers everywhere? like, I knew several major plot points and most of the jokes because of gifs/quotes/whatever all over Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, and here. I've only seen one person, out of all the people I know who have been ranting and raving over this, actually bother to give a warning before posting spoilers. one person.)
  9. Laughing Man
    just finished watching it
     
    I guess it's to be expected, but it wasn't all that great
     
    it wasn't necessarily a terrible movie, either, it just
     
    the whole thing just seemed very uncharacteristic for L and I feel like they could've done a solo spinoff movie a lot better
     
    like L generally just kind of doesn't go around in public showing his face and getting involved in high-paced action sequences involving bio-terrorists, he's a mysterious and secretive detective who solves impossible crimes entirely from his hideout
     
    if I had to stack it up against Death Note and The Last Name, which I'd give a 3.5/5 and a 4/5 respectively, I think it'd probably get a weak 2.5/5 overall
  11. Laughing Man
    you can trust me I'm a professional critic
     
     

     
    10. That's the Spirit by Bring Me the Horizon
     
    best hardcore album since Meteora by Linkin Park
     
     

     
    9. Drones by Muse
     
    #OccupySesameStreet
     
     

     
    8. A Head Full of Dreams by Coldplay
     
    once again proving why they're bigger than The Beatles. without a doubt the definitive British feels-rock band
     
     

     
    7. Wilder Mind by Mumford & Sons
     
    a nurse once told me I look like Marcus Mumford. no joke. I'm not even a dude
     
     

     
    6. Got Your Six by Five Finger Death Punch
     
    haven't heard black metal this kvlt since their last album
     
     

     
    5. Dale by Pitbull
     
    liked him better when he was playing Rufus on Kim Possible but his music stuff is pretty good too. can't wait for the prequel album, Chip
     
     

     
    4. Purpose by Justin Bieber
     
    shhhh Justin bb it's ok. I forgive you
     
     

     
    3. Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz by Miley Cyrus (and presumably her dead petz)
     
    it's, like, art and stuff. and if you don't like it you're probably just a misogynist or something
     
     

     
    2. Wake Up! by Pope Francis
     
    pop-rock more like pope-rock
     
     

     
    1. The New Calassic by Cal Chuchesta
     
    pure fire
  12. Laughing Man
    if you live in the US and there's a primary in your state today and you're able, go out and vote
     
    I want to vote in the primary but because of my current living/family situation and the way voting works in my state, I unfortunately can't. so if you have the opportunity to vote and you pass on it, I'm judging you extra hard today
  13. Laughing Man

    Sully review

    By Laughing Man,

    my only complaint is that people keep saying Tom Hanks played him, which simply isn't true. Tom Hanks was Woody in Toy Story; Sully was played by John Goodman.
     
    other than that, easily one of my favorite Pixar characters.
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    Skyrim

    By Laughing Man,

    hey guys I found this great new game I bet nobody's ever heard of
     
     
     
    okay so I'm almost 5 years late to the party but I finally broke down and bought the Legendary Edition of Skyrim during the last Steam sale and it's slowly consuming my life
     
    also: mods make the game 1000x better
  18. Laughing Man
    not even kidding. I had one of these in my room and last night it exploded and almost started a house fire
     
    smelled something burning and suddenly there was a loud bang like a firecracker and a flash of light and smoke and sparks started pouring out of the top of it
     
    unplugged it and threw it away this morning. I didn't even realize it was still plugged in, I hadn't even used it in 10+ years
  20. Laughing Man

    Sonic Underground

    By Laughing Man,

    idk what's better about this absolutely, horrifically cheesy show:
     
    the sweet 80s-esque heavy metal theme song
     
    or the fact that all three of the main characters are voiced by the guy who played Steve Urkel, including the girl for whom he literally just does his Urkel voice
  21. Laughing Man
    apparently he's the Lego art director whose name was the inspiration for the Order of Mata Nui member Tobduk?
     
    I always knew of him before as the vocalist of the legendary Boston metalcore band Aftershock, which he formed alongside his brother, Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz.
     
    I guess this explains the "Lego, Let's Go!" official promotional music video featuring a pretty neat original hardcore punk song credited as being written by Toby.
     
    really cool.
  24. Laughing Man

    Children of Bodom

    By Laughing Man,

    after getting a damaged copy, waiting for a refund, ordering another, waiting an unusually long time for it to be shipped, and then finally getting the final piece needed today, I've completed another discography collection.
     
    from top to bottom:
     
    - Something Wild (2008 deluxe reissue)
    - Hatebreeder (2008 deluxe reissue)
    - Follow the Reaper (US edition)
    - Hate Crew Deathroll (US edition)
    - Are You Dead Yet? (US edition)
    - Blooddrunk (US edition)
    - Halo of Blood
     
    also owned, but not pictured:
     
    - Relentless Reckless Forever (I own this digitally. I bought it entirely with free credits I saved up over the summer from an AmazonMP3 promotion a couple years back and I still felt ripped off. I even tried, unsuccessfully, to get it refunded by telling them I bought it by mistake. I absolutely hate this album with a passion and have no intention of ever wasting money on a physical copy. it's bad enough that I've wasted hard drive space on the MP3s. I'd rather just pretend the album doesn't even exist.)
  25. Laughing Man
    NEW VOLBEAT ALBUM.
     
    mixed feelings on the title. it fits with their theme and all, but it doesn't really roll off the tongue and it isn't as cool as past titles like Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil or Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood.
     
    title aside, it's pretty much guaranteed to rock in every sense of the word.
     
    so color me psyched.
     
    OH. sidenote. just to make this relevant to people unfamiliar with the band. like all of their previous albums, it's being produced (along with Rob Caggiano of Anthrax fame) by Jacob Hansen, who also produced Cryoshell's debut album and all of their subsequent singles.
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