11.30.2007

What if you spray your whole body?

Crazy Germans always coming up with cool things.....this time its spray-on condoms.


Just imagine the fun/awkwardness/pranks/etc. associated with this....

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,518492,00.html



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Now playing: Funeral for a Friend - Storytelling
via FoxyTunes


11.29.2007

White Tie Affair/Boys Like Girls=sexy

Okay,

First off: Check out The White Tie Affair

http://myspace.com/thewhitetieaffair

Secondly, it wasn't easy, but I found one of the sexiest live acoustic Boys Like Girls videos ever. (It was pulled from Youtube for legal reasons)

http://music.aol.com/sessions-under-cover/boys-like-girls

Good talk,

DFA

Milwaukee Kids Might Get This

Okay Kiddos,

So I had to attend an outside assignment for my JMC201 course. It was a pannel discussion about Alderman Michael McGee sponsored by some multicultural club dealio. I think what I wrote below is pretty self-explanatory. Love me, hate me, or whatevaaa.


To start, I’d like to say that the panel discussion about Michael McGee and his arrest was not very well organized. Both panelists showed up late and one of them, Mr. Sanford, couldn’t even talk about the issue as it related to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel because he had signed an agreement with the paper about two weeks prior.

Overall, the goal of the organization sponsoring the panel, and the panelists themselves, was to show the audience how the media, and individuals involved in McGee’s arrest, were all racist. I did not buy into this concept. Although it is possible that all of the individuals involved in his arrest, arraignment, bail-setting, etcetera were all white, I highly doubt that they were all racist. The same goes for every news outlet that has covered the story.

Most of the arguments made were based on emotion, rather than logic. The fact that McGee has been shown in photos in a jail jumpsuit outfit and in handcuffs, to me, is not racist. He was arrested and that is the standard operating procedure for such and event. Additionally, panelists asserted that the term “thug” has been used to describe McGee on numerous occasions. Panelist Shaw alleged that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had used the term to describe McGee several times. Panelist Sanford, who used to write for the Journal, disagreed with him outright. When all was said and done, it appeared that Mark Belling and some online bloggers were the only ones who actually used the term “thug” to describe Michael McGee.

Personally, I do not see myself as a racist person. Yet, any white person in the audience who disagreed with the panelists was told that they were just so used to seeing racism in the news media that they didn’t even realize it when it was right in front of their face. To me that is fairly ridiculous. I’ve seen both white and black men shown in orange jumpsuits on the news and in the papers: so why is it racist to show McGee in this fashion?

One final point that really astounded me came from a lady who was in the audience and enjoyed sharing her opinion every five minutes. She said that Michael McGee was a figure of authority, an elected official. The fact that he was an Alderman meant, to her, that we should never say bad things about him. We should “respect the office,” she said. I have one name to respond to that concept: George W. Bush.

Now I am not the biggest fan of our president, but I think that any person who isn’t a fan of totalitarianism would say that we should question authority and hold public figures accountable for committing crimes. I can guarantee you that at least half of the crowd in attendance had made fun of, accused, questioned, or otherwise spoken negatively about George Bush at some point in their lives. This lady must have been smoking something before she came to the event.

11.27.2007

Joe Dad's Response to As The World Turns

So as Corey has cited Joe Dad previously as a reliable source and commentator, I will do the same here.

I have nothing to say to prepare you for what you are about to read, so just read it...


GreatGnome (2:43:32 PM): Dear David
GreatGnome (2:43:35 PM): I feel like I want to punch you.
GreatGnome (2:43:40 PM): I watched the freaking "As The World Turns."
GreatGnome (2:43:58 PM): my virgin eyes and ears have been exposed to the half-naked (and dripping wet) truth of homosexuality
GreatGnome (2:44:25 PM): previously i thought it was just one man... accidentally sitting on another man's penis... ... ... repeatedly
GreatGnome (2:44:38 PM): now i know there might be more to it and i am disgusted and offended
GreatGnome (2:44:40 PM): thank you
GreatGnome (2:44:44 PM): i hate you

[The video he is referencing is posted on previous blog about 2 or 3 below this one]

As always,

Shoes,

DFA

11.26.2007

Music For You Kids

Hey guys,

Kevin has been holding a gun to my head and making me listen to new music because he works for Sony and just bought a new gun. So, uhh I guess I wanted to share some bands with you guys and that's all.

Bands:

www.myspace.com/metrostation

www.myspace.com/thehoosiers

www.myspace.com/manchesterorchestra

I'll tell kevin to post more stuff on here once I get a bigger gun.

Aloha,

DFA

11.24.2007

I'll respond to Dave's posts in a little bit after I get back to school from break, but today I was Stumbling* and came across this picture that I felt it was necessary to share with the world. And yes the entire world reads this blog. duh.


Image taken from "http://www.evilmilk.com/pictures/Abstinence.jpg"

*If you are not familiar with the term Stumbling, please enlighten yourself and go to www.stumbleupon.com. It takes over your life, but it is well worth it. Trust me.

11.22.2007

Two assignments for you kids...

Watch both of these, and then respond with comments. From there, we will have some debates :)










Shoes,

Svendel

11.20.2007

Highly anticipated/much needed UPDATE!!!

Okay, so maybe this update is neither "highly anticipated" nor "much needed," but I know for a fact that a girl from Canada/Austrailia/Pennsylvania was asking for it.

That's good enough reason for me to write these words that I am writing right now.

So here's the deal: I will actually be getting an SUV to replace my totalled car. You can decide whether or not it was because of the poll --->
OR
if it was simply how it worked out...

Let's just say it was because of your votes... cough.

Tomorrow night I will be picking up a 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe. It's pretty sexy, but I have to pay the monthly payments and my back/neck are still messed up :(

In regard to the "Who's Gay?" poll... you guys seem to be very much so inclined to think that all three of us are in some sort of gay love triangle...

We AREN'T.

Which actually reminds me: Strange sidenotemonster...

I started watching As The World Turns (yah I dont know why) a few weeks ago. A bunch of episodes are on Youtube and somehow I got hooked on the one called
"Luke and Noah's Story"

The first video of the series is here:



AND it starts getting "interesting" here:



AND then after that...

Well, you watch them if you care.

Alright, well I have to do some homework, but you kids stay classy.

DFA

11.11.2007

FOOTBALLLLL!!!


Alright,

So Packers are 8-1. That pretty much rules. But what I really wanted to share was this ridiculous return by the Cleveland Browns against Pittsburg.

It won't give me the imbed link so heres the link to the site: http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d804140b6


Absolutely nonsense.

DFA



P.S. who wants to buy me a new car, a lady thought it would be cool to hit me going 45 and push me into an SUV. I'm in a bit of pain :(

Davey

11.09.2007

Shout out from The Man, The Myth, The Legend

So this is just a quick post that I wanted to share with the readers about this heated debate regarding Pennsylvania and Wisconsin (college football colors).

Joe Dad, AKA Joe Dad, was our (Dave and I) RD freshman year, and I'm severely underestimating this when I say that he is the coolest person to ever walk on the face of the planet. I'd like to share his input:

"I had a thought I care to share with you. In reference to which state is better, Pa or Wi, I want to weigh in. Wi is only one little "i" short of being Wii. That's pretty bitchin... if you're 1) afraid (or allergic) to the outdoors, 2) afraid of physical fitness or 3) neither you just like Wii. BUT... PA is also one teeny "i" away from being "IPA" which as we all know stands for India Pale Ale. So... hands down, despite the unusual flavor of most pale ales, it wins hands down in my book. The only compromise would be if you could create a state called "Wisconsylvania" or "Pennsconsin" (I prefer the first). If you lived in Wisconsylvania, you could avoid the discussion of which was better and drink IPA until you Wii'd all over the floor. Thank you for your time."
Further enhancing his awesomeness one rant at a time....

---CRH---

11.08.2007

Okay Kids, Looks like our readers are deep thinkers

If you glance to the right side of the blog, we asked you what you wanted to hear about first.

Choices were as follows:
- If the 2008 Election were today, who would we vote for and why?
- Which state is better PA or Wi
- Is there a "God"/ Can you prove it?
- Something Else, If you pick this, sent a comment on what you want

I know there are still 2 days left to vote, but it has become apparent that YOU, our loyal readers, have spoken.

We could have talked politics, pros and cons of different candidates.
We could have discussed religion and debated the existence of "God"
You could have asked for something else, maybe something more meaningful to you

BUT

Of Course

The deep, highly debated, and timeless question of: Which state is better Pa or WI is clearly the choice of you, the reader.

So Here goes:

Neither is better. There, I said it. NEXT DEBATE!!!

Okay, but seriously. Here's an answer for you:

For summer entertainment, PA loses hands down. If you have ever heard of, or been to SUMMERFEST-->THE WORLD'S LARGEST MUSIC FESTIVAL then you would know why.

http://summerfest.com/

As for Fall: I give it to PA. The rolling hills/mountains with the leaves changing....glorious.

Winter: Neither, get the hell out of both states before Fall ends SERIOUSLY.

Spring... I'd probably hang out wherever I fled to during winter until Summer time rolls around again.

Short but sweet,

DFA

11.06.2007

Colbert, Lucky Boys, Marquette Stupidity, PA vs. WI WINTER

So you will see if you continue reading this sentence right now, this phrase, THIS word, and the rest of this post, that I have a lot on my mind right now.

Unsurpisingly, as you will also see, none of it is really of any immediate or dramatic consequence, yet all of it is interesting enough... at least to me.

So in no particular order and lacking any sort of inherent hierarchy, (and yet somehow seeming to make everything right in the world...) I begin:

Marquette University: Worst news writing I have ever seen for a college newspaper
(And I wrote for the Troubadour and now the UWM Post. So go figure.)

The writer basically interviewed a few mentally challanged freshman from UWM and then wrote a bias-filled, typo-ridden, hollier-than-thou slanted article. I wont go on a rant right now, just read the article for yourself and then read all the responses directly underneath it: Prowling in Panther territory—life at UWM

NEXT!

Stephen Colbert: Democrats Ruin the Fun


I'm not sure if you kids have heard, but the Democrats turned down Colbert's Democratic run for President in the state of North Carolina.

Declaration video:



Just when you thought politics could be fun and not dominated by gray-haired, mean-faced liars, BOOM! They shot him down.

Damn Democrats...video:




Claiming that he didn't turn in his paperwork on time, the Democrats of the committee in N.C. spent more time preaching about the seriousness of politics, and how Colbert wasn't "qualified."

The last time I checked we had Senators and Representatives soliciting sex online, in airport bathrooms and hiding hundreds of thousands of dollars in their freezers (gotta make sure that illegal funding doesn't go bad).

Hell, I would have loved to have seen Colbert ask the questions that nobody else will to the other candidates. Can't you picture his face? He wouldn't even have to put up the facade of politeness. I'm sick of politicians being tossed up softball questions or just dodging the issues.

Conclusion: The Democrats ruined what could have been history in the making, or at least highly entertaining. Everyone is always saying how they want CHANGE; change in the system, change in leadership, more honesty, more openness.

I guarantee this would have increased voter turnout, especially amongst younger kids. People would have started to PAY ATTENTION to political process more. COLBERT PLEASE JUST RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT IN ANOTHER STATE!!! (yeah, I know he's not reading this...)

NEXT!

I was going to do LUCKY BOYS CONFUSION video posting now, but it's still downloading from Kelly... sooo.. ummm...

wow, this is awkward... (averts eyes from screen)

ahhh, here's something:

Pennsylvania v. Wisconsin: Which has the dreariest/crappiest/darkest/most suicide inducing WINTER?

I propose that Corey in PA and I, David Allen Acker the 5th (long line of French Kings) post photos on here of just how shitty and depressing the winter gets.

RULES:
1- They must be somehow related to winter (that's a given)
2- They CAN include people
3- They must be taken by either Corey or myself...gotta avoid © Law...
(And yes, I stole that little "©" sign, but good luck proving where it's from)

So I guess we will post these pictures and compile them somehow then at the end. And you then, our loyal readers from across the globe, will vote to see who has the most dreariest/crappiest/darkest/most suicide inducing WINTER.

Download is at 98%, hang in there... maybe vote for something on the right if you haven't --->
or vote twice, that's the fun of unsupervised elections...

OKAY

HERE IT IS: "Cigarettes" by Lucky Boys Confusion, Live @ the Varsity Theatre, Marquette University 's writers suck.



Yah, it wont let me upload.

So just as most of my posts end....

Happy disappointment,

DFA

11.05.2007

Testing 1, 2....

Hey kids and grandmas,


For the record, "no-shave November" has started and pictures are coming soon....


Here's the quick rules:

1) only applies to mustache and beard area.....unmentionables are ok

2) neck beard is ok to shave to prevent insanity....

simple enough, right? we'll see...

so I pretty much gave up on the NFL this year being that my favorite teams are the Dolphins and Eagles.....hockey started right, HEY let's go Devils!




Saint Francis is highly anticipating the upcoming visit from Mr. David Acker....can't wait, destruction time....




I think that's all for now, just wanted to try this blogmoster thing out...



no expectations, no disappointments,


---CRH---


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Now playing: Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
via FoxyTunes

11.04.2007

Lucky Boys Confusion

So I went to Marquette University campus tonight with Kelly Strosser and saw Lucky Boys Confusion.

Basically, to make a long and sexy story short, Kelly took some sweet video with her camera from our front row location.


If you like the song "Cigarettes" I will be posting the live video of it on here as soon as possible.


If you do not currently listen to Lucky Boys, but would like to, you can do one of two things:

1) go to www.myspace.com/luckyboysconfusion

2) IM me and plead with me for free music sharing adventuremonster time.
(If you do not already know about the importance of the "monster" suffix, please refer to the previous blog post.

AIM screen name: thevbplaya9

Alright, I'm watching Spider Man 3, so ... uhh... yah

Later kids

P.S. Packers 7-1... call it luck... call it skill... chances are it's better than your team ;)
(unless of course your team is, in fact, the Green Bay Packers... in which case we are tied)

11.03.2007

What do you expect from us? GOSH!

Hey Kids,

So Here are some things to expect on this blogmonster soon:
Sidenote #1: The suffix "monster" can be added to almost any word to make it that much better/confusing/descriptive/exciting.

1. Corey Hine's "NO SHAVE NOVEMBER" including preliminary pictures

2. Music updates from Kevin (We just saw Paramore w/ The Starting Line)

Sidenote #2: If you do not currently listen to Paramore, start doing it: www.myspace.com/paramore

Kevin gave me a good little lecture on why we should stop downloading music illegally and start paying, maybe he'll tell you kids about that too? I might have to poke him with a hot iron, but something will be written about it.

3. I suppose we might also start up a debate on something religious or political. I mean, that's kind of the point right?

So I am going to post a new survey right after I post this one. I am not too certain as to whether or not old surveys are kept in archives, so I will also post the results of the last survey on here.

IN FACT... I will do that right now:

The Question Was: "Which kids do you know?"

Results:

12 votes recorded
Kevin 0%
Corey 0%
David 8%
Kevin and David 8%
Corey and David 50%
All 3 of us 33%

Analysis: I am more popular, eat it.

Until next time,

The Dave