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This Week's Top Ten
I'm bored right now so I'll let the whole world know the top 10 songs this week in the world of Nathan. Note, these are NOT in order of what I think is better, the order is made up of which ones I thought of first.

1. Bug Eyes- Dredg
2. Is This Love- Bob Marley
3. The End of Heartache- Killswitch Engage
4. Of The Room- Dredg
5. Sad But True- Metallica
6. Buffalo Soldier- Bob Marley
7. Stockholm Syndrome- Muse
8. Speed of Sound- Coldplay
9. Broken Wings- Alter Bridge
10. Green River- CCR

Current Mood: What the fuck is recumbent?
Current Music: Do I have to answer this one? ^

A Mission Fulfilled
As it turns out, the ficticious life of Phillip Freidman did after all have a purpose. That purpose was fulfilled on the evening of June 30th, 2005. The tikun is complete, and Phillip's life will forever have meaning.

Steve Freidman, from the moment he first picked up the guitar, has been troubled by something that surpassed even his great mind. For years he has searched for the elusive swamp chord, that very collection of notes played numerously by non other than John Fogerty. He toiled and slaved many a nights to figure out what this chord was, but it was only the help of Phillip did he find it.

Phil, also a guitar player, suscribes to Guitar One, a magazine dedicated to the guitar player and music. Each month this magazine releases several tabs of some famous songs. One such magazine contained the song Born On The Bayou, written by John Fogerty. This song utilized the swamp chord more so than any other song, and only with a careful eye did Phillip see that it was in an old issue. As he presented the tabs to Steve, every Freidman's eyes lit up as that elusive swamp chord became clear, one more mystery solved.

This story is meant to immortalize the dedication of Phillip Freidman for finding that chord and helping Steve Freidman along his path of guitar understanding. We are forever thankful to Phillip and now understand why he came into this world. God bless.

Turn of The Tide
It's official, I'm a Trojan man! After one year of suffering at the hands of 13th grade, I finally get to move on. I sent out my declaration of intent to enroll and will do housing this weekend, sign up for orientation and so on. It's so sad that I literally wasted a year of my life, and will definitly be the object of many songs to come. But it is time to move on. I know that many of you will hate me for this, but fuck summer, I wanna start school! Seeing Josh and trippin from some shit and Yonah's b-day are basically all I have to look forward to (no offense mugz, but i know we'll visit each other frequently). I got fucked from all of my job oppurtnities (long story, dont care to tell), and REALLY want to move out of my house. Nothing against my family, but I'm bored out of my Goddamn mind, and have been for the better part of the last 365 days. Aside from that, I'm probably gonna start peeling from that damn burn I got going to Jamie's graduation anytime now. Damn my face hurts.

As much as last night sucked, it was good. First beer bong experience, not so good though. That was HORRIBLE beer. From now on, Persians can't buy beer. Period. And Steve has an awsome sense of humor. Alright, I'm done, gonna go find some aloe cream to rub on my tomato looking face. Peace.

Current Mood: pleased
Current Music: Best of You- Foo Fighters

In Search of Ideas
Okay, I have a question that I'm posing to anyone who reads this. Is there anything in your life that needs to get done but you are too lazy to do it or would be willing to pay someone else a reasonable amount to do it? If so then let me know, I'm interested to hear about it.

Happy Father's Day
I learned something new today, and that is whatever you do, do not eat Israeli food before you play soccer. You can feel the hummus and tehina just slowly coming up. Ughhhhhhhh.

Here's another thing. We have to go bowling more often, it's a lot of fun.

For those who haven't yet, go see Batman. Now. After you read this. It's so good. I'm gonna go again. It is perhaps the best comic book film ever made, kicking the shit out of Spiderman. Christian Bale IS Bruce Wayne and Christopher Nolan is an amazing director.

Ughhh, hummus.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Batman Filmscore- Hanz Zimmer and James Newton Howard

And So It Begins
Well, it certainly has been an interesting couple of days this week. First off, I didn't get the Disney job. I'm kinda pissed off about it cause I really wanted it, but it was a longshot, and in the end, their loss. I also got my grades, and it turns out I didn't fail anything, so barring something ridiculous, I'll be at USC in the fall. YAY! It turns out I got a 78% in my econ class, and my teach boosted it to a B. I'm so happy about that. That was a fuckin hard ass class. The amount of relief in me is enough to fill a sumo wrestler with food. So I have to make a call to USC and start getting the paperwork together.

On another note, I discovered that I have a special power. I have the power to make it rain. I know, sounds crazy, right? That's what I thought, but I've proven it. Everytime I wash my car, it rains within 5 days. This has happened literally the last 3-4 times I've done it. The sappy metaphors in my life are becoming obnoxious (you'd have to personally ask me about those). But, nonetheless, every time I sincerely wash my car (as when it's really dirty and I have to wash it otherwise I can't see) it rains. Some call it a blessing, but I just think it's funny. If only it could be something better, like every time I wash my car, I get laid, or win some money. That would be more usefull. Whatever, I'm just a dreamer. Speakin of that, has anyone seen the movie The Dreamers. I never did like French films, and with this shit, never will. What the fuck is the point to it? It bored me to death. I couldn't even make it through the second act. Please someone explain it to me, cause it made no sense. At all.

Anyways, I'm off, today's a free day para me. I want to see Batman, it looks DAMN good, and from what I've been told by insiders, it is damn good. Peace.

Current Mood: relieved
Current Music: CCR- Green River

Moments of Transition
As the title suggests, that is my life at this very moment. I have nothing of significance to report. I am waiting to see if I got the Disney job, and more importantly my grades. I'm so damn nervous about it, I HAVE TO GET OUT OF SMC, HAVE TO BE AT USC IN THE FALL!!!!!! The adrenaline level in my body over the last few days has been WAY above normal, and basically at any given moment I will find out what my fate is. I'm also kinda tense from being up literally all night, cause of the Shavuot thing (its a jew holiday). We (about 10 of us) were supposed to learn all night, but it ended up being hours of casually insulting, joking, playing chess, and messing with the Rabbi and this other dude who was drunk off his ass. At around 1:30, I remembered my trip to Rancho Mirage about a month ago, where, as Josh remembers quite well, we engulfed a bag of chips and salsa, and wow was it good them (we were stoned). So I just got up and went to Ralphs and bought guess what?, chips and salsa. And wow was it good. Kept me up.

Aside from that I've been rather bored. I finally got the phase shifter pedal I've been looking for, and it sounds quite nice, although kinda complex to figure out. I also rented San Andreas para xbox, and if you thought Vice City couldn't be topped, you're dead wrong. It is without a doubt the best game ever made, and I'm not even a big video game person.

Anywhoo, I'll have a real update whence I figure out what I'm doing the next three months. I'm gonna go cut the claws growing out of my fingers and write some music, my muse decided to pay a visit earlier (it's about damn time).

BTW, does anyone know how to hack into mainframes? I might need my grades "adjusted". All off the record.

Current Mood: bored
Current Music: Skynard- Freebird

Deconstructing a Fated Disaster
Hope, the one attribute that all humans share, is as the Architect said, the quintesential downfall of the Human being. In order to have hope, one must understand that the alternative is failure. Take Star Wars, for example. I had hoped that the third and final installment would actually be good, that all those good critical reviews would amount to a movie with depth, passion, and most of all, a coherent plot. Revenge of The Sith was not an independant movie. George Lucas just filled in the gaps from the end of II to IV. I won't divulge the details, but the most disapointing thing was that this film had the potential to become a classic.

It failed.

Although the special effects were by far some of the most amazing I've ever seen, a movie without plot is a glass filled with no water. It may look nice, but in all it lacks substance or depth. Aside from Hayden Christiansan being pretty much the WORST actor in history, his performance having occasional ups but was for the most part lacking any sort of talent or believability. Even though acting in the Star Wars universe is primarily a joke, the ensemble cast (some being copletely digital) did a terrific job, making Hayden look even worse.

The score, though, was brilliant. John Williams is in my opinion the main reason why Star Wars is as big as it has become. Everyone in the world knows the main theme to the movies, all because of the composer. Film scores are always underrated and taken for granted, but if Mr. Williams does not win an Oscar for this movie, I will be quite upset.

On one hand I'm glad I got it out the way, but on the other hand, I want my money back. That, I think, is the general consensus.

Current Mood: disappointed
Current Music: Collateral Soundtrack

Good Quotes
"The universe is driven by the complex interaction between three ingredients: matter, energy, and enlightened self-interest." JMS

"There comes a time when you look into the mirror and realize that what you see is all that you will ever be. Then you accept it, or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking into mirrors." JMS

Spongebob Needs To Die
A horrible and very painful death. This stupid cartoon, which makes your brain feel like it's caving in on itself, is turning my littlesiblings into mindless children. What the fuck happened to good wholesome cartoons, like Loony-Tunes, Scooby Doo, and Samurai Jack. It's a travesty that people get paid good money to write garbage that any 9th grader with an IQ of 42 can come up with.

On another note, you know what I hate the most about people? Unreliability. And I mean absolutely HATE. I've been stood up on Saturday night for the last two weeks. Unbelievable. I would like to think it is generally understood that when you say you will "hang out" with me on a given night, you will follow through. But the worst part is when people tell you they will call you and never do. Even when you leave them a message. Let's get something straight, okay? If you don't want to hang out with me, you can at least give me what people in the professional world call a courtesy call. If you don't want to hang out with me, or even talk to me, CALL ME AND TELL ME THE TRUTH INSTEAD OF IGNORING ME. I'd apprecieate it more. Yes, I may ask for reasons, and if you tell me, then fine, I'll accept it. When I'm ignored, I don't know if you don't care, had to take care of something else, or simply forgot. But when we decide to get together, I'm gonna go with door number 1. I just don't get it. When someone tells me to call them, there's about a 99.99% chance that I'll call (I leave the .01 in case my phone breaks or I die).

So in conclusion, I have decided that I hate Malibu people. And that I'm never living in Malibu on my own. Never. The people here are the flakiest people I have ever met. And there's nothing I hate more than unreliability. All it has done is fuel my apathy even more. I'm becoming so numb to all of this that I just don't care anymore.

Current Mood: numb
Current Music: Happy- Mudvayne

The German's Are After Me!
Okay, now I know that generally the German language typically sounds like they're constantly yelling, but today I received an email, in German, with an exclamation point! Usually when a German sentence has an exclamation point, it usually involves killing someone, mostly Jews. I was wondering if anyone knows German or knows someone who knows German, to translate the following line. I kinda understand some of the words, but need conformation. This was followed by a series of links that I won't click on until I know what the fuck it's all about.

The line:
Auslaenderbanden terrorisieren Wahlkampf - deutsche Buerger trauen sich
nicht ihre Meinung zu sagen!

Current Music: Selfish Thing- Jealosy Curve

Fuck Star Wars, I Got Something Better
Yes, that's right, ladies and gents. Yesterday came in all five seasons of Babylon 5, which is in my opinion, and the opinion of many others, the best science fiction show ever conceived. Yeah, I know, I'm such a loser blah blah blah. If you watch it, you'll like it, even if you hate sci-fi.

The thing though is why I like it, and here's why;

Babylon 5 is the first Amerian show to be what's called a saga, meaning that the entire show was based around a five year arc (And I don't mean stupid arcs in soaps like General Hospital or the OC, I mean a real plot). Other shows tried it, but without success. The story takes place 250 years in the future in a space station. The general plot is about the rise and fall of empires, and that macrocosm is played out also in the characters on the space station who represent the various species.

But that doesn't tell you why I like it.

Aside from this show being at the forefront of CGI when it came out, doing special effects you only saw in movies, the best part was the writing. The writing is pure literature, so amazing and well thought out that it's almost unbelievable. The creator thought it out so well that small things that happen in the first season that you may not notice end up blowing up into massive issues in the fourth season. None of the characters are perfect, they are true 3D characters, and many times it doesn't always work out well for them. It's funny cause a lot of the designs for futuristic technology have been debated at MIT and NASA. the basic fighter design for the humans has been adopted by NASA researchers as a potential future forklift because it makes the most sence in terms of manueverability in space. The physics is as real as a TV show can get. The show also employs a lot of biblical and mythological myths, and unlike Star Trek, the future isn't perfect. The same problems we have today also happen there, but through different context.

The best part, though, is that humans are NOT the most advanced or the smartest species. They're actually at the bottom rung of the technology list, which makes everything interesting. There's a lot more, but I'm sure you don't want to hear about it, you want to watch it.

Don't put it away just because it's sci-fi, once you watch several episodes you'll get hooked. Oh yeah, it's also an Emmy and Hugo winning series.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: To Buy A Gun- Idiot Pilot

Okay, I'm back. Wow that was close. So anyways, yeah this moron tried to sell me shit in the library, as if he couldnt find a quieter public place to do this.

Okay, here's a question. What is the best supergroup of all time? And by supergroup I mean bands like Audioslave, Velvet Revolver, and Blind Faith. APC doesn't count. Lemme know what you think.

Current Mood: quixotic
Current Music: Be Yourself- Audioslave

Retard Stoner
I think some guy I used to go to school with just tried to sell me some drugs. I'm in the library studyin for econ and sending out resumes, and this guy just walked up to me, wearing REALLY dark and large sunglasses, and was like: HIM: Hey, how's it goin? ME: Good. You? HIM: Listen, hey, do you want some, oh wait, nevermind. I'll be over there.

And he just walks off.

First of all, it's a fucking library, and OMG, THERE'S MISKABI!!!!!! I HAVE TO HIDE. SHIT.

Mother's Day and Other Bullshit Holidays
Why the fuck do we have Mother's Day? Or Father's Day, while were on the subject? The idea, as ingenious as it is from a capitalistic perspective, is realistically the dumbest hoiday's on Earth. I know what you're thinking, you think that I'm such an inconsiderate bastard for not taking one day out of my pathetic life to honor each of my parents, to give them a special day. You know what, I think that all of you who believe that are inconsiderate arrogant bastards. Why? Because the idea that on one day a year you elevate your relashionship with a parent is just ludicrious. EVERYDAY SHOULD BE MOTHER'S DAY AND FATHER'S DAY! Since when did treating your parents to something nice or being extra kind to them become a planned event? They both got together, created your sorry ass, raised you, and supported you in every way possible all to get a stupid card, a trinket, and breakfast in bed one day a year? This is unbelievable! And do you know why people bought into this bullshit? Guilt. Hallmark, Sees, Debeers, and all those other companies found a brilliant way to sell to you by making you feel guilty about neglecting your parents.

Here's an interesting thought; perhaps your parents truly don't give a shit about you getting them a card or a gift. Maybe all they want is for you to give back some of the unconditional love that they gave and constantly give you, and maybe they just want you to listen to their advice, listen to everything they have to say, and not to shrug them off as old farts.

I'm not saying that you don't have to treat your parents to something nice once a year, I'm merely suggesting that instead of following stupid societal dictates, that you treat your parents the way they deserve to be treated, with honor and respect. And not only one day a year, but every fucking day. That's the least they deserve.

Current Mood: complacent
Current Music: Blower's Daughter- Damien Rice

Living History
Today, in less than 5 min, will be a historic event. It will be 05/05/05 at 05:05:05. This happens once ever 1000 years, so have 5 shots in 5 minutes.

This is so fucking stupid, I can't believe I actually saw it on a legitimate news website.

Current Music: Boys of Summer- DJ Sammy

Okay, New Approach
So here is the new and improved objective for my resume:

An internship at Fox Music Publishing from which I can learn as much as possible about the Publishing Industry while adding my own skills in music, communication, research, and proficiency in Microsoft Office.

It's basically a no bull what I want and what I can offer. I sent out a copy of the whole thing, which I think is good to my dad, and I should hear from him soon. Probably more of the "Nathan, what the fuck is wrong with you?" kind of shit. Oh well, at least when he says it's good, then it'll be good.

Current Music: Heaven- DJ Sammy with Yanou

And Just As I Thought It Was Getting Good
Yeah so if you read the objective part of the resume I put up yesterday, I'm sure you want to know what my dad thought. Or maybe you don't give a shit, but I'll tell you anyway. He read it, gave me back the paper, and said "No." That's it. Just no. I spent the next 5 minutes trying to get him to at least steer me in the right direction, so today my objective is to write 10 different objectives, and then I'll let him tell me they're all garbage and that I should just shoot myself.

But not before Josh and I blow a few brain cells.

Current Music: Unrecorded- M83

I Can't Wait For My Dad to Rip This One Apart Also
So this is a third draft of my resume. I'm applying for an internship at Fox, as part f their Music Publishing department. Just so you know, it all fits on one page and looks nice. This is just the substance. Let me know what you think, and what I should change. I'll go study for that darn econ test now.

Nathan Pikover
My info would go here but since this is a public forum, you figure it out.
See above line

Objective
I am a Business Management major and Recording minor who, with a strong grasp and interest in the art of music, believe that my determination and pro-active work ethic combined with my excellent skills in communication and research, will result in first-rate outcome’s. Additionally, with my adept proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications and ability to accomplish tasks independently or in groups, I know that through my resourcefulness I will achieve all that is asked, while learning as much insight and valuable knowledge in the Music Publishing Industry as I can.

Qualifications
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Good at adapting to situations as they present themselves.
• Excellent understanding in song forms, songwriting, and adaptability of music to film.
• Beginner understanding of film scoring.
• Proficient in all MS applications.
• Capable of conducting solid Internet research.
• Work well independently.
• Pro-active work ethic.

Education
• College level education in music theory.
• High grades in Advanced Placement English courses in high school.
• Scored 4 on the Advanced Placement Music Theory Exam.
• Business Management major and Recording minor with an expectation of graduating with a B.S. in Business Management at USC.

Experience
• Spoke in front of a crowd of over a thousand people at a fundraiser.
• Made a brief appearance on the Annual Chabad Telethon on KCAL.
• Was named Captain of the Malibu High School Varsity Tennis Team.
• Was a member of the Ambassador Club while attending Malibu High School.
• Through the writing of several research papers, conducted much Internet and database research.

Other Experience/Qualifications
• Performed original music numerous times in front of large audiences on the guitar and piano.
• Hobby of writing and studying all types of music.

References Available Upon Request

Current Mood: Still Bored
Current Music: Crush-Featuring Second Sun- Paul Van Dyk

The Things That Boredom Does
As you can probably tell, I'm really bored now. I'm sitting in the library, writing my resume, which is REALLY freekin hard. I didn't think it would be so tough, especially with my dad, who reads these all the time, telling me how the one I thought was good was really a piece of trash, and wow, that girl that just walked by is really hot. Shit, back to virtual world. Anyways, I also have an econ test to study for, so I'll get to that soon enough.

On another tangent:

The group Tatu, yeah those two Russian lesbos, well the Russian language version of the song "All the Things She Said" is WAY better then the English version. First off, it's a lot dirtier. The English version lyrics are so warped into subtleties, that when I heard the original version, I almost had to change my pants. That's fo reel. For all you non Russian speakers, it's called "Ya Soshla S Uma", you should check it out if you like them.

Okay, back to the real world. Later foolios.

Current Mood: bored
Current Music: They're Not Gonna Get Us- Tatu

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