Tuesday, May 17, 2011

5/17/11

Fixed previous posts so that the embedded videos don't auto-play. That was really a bitch and I'm really glad I figured that out hahaha.

Weber is home and of course I've chilled with him every day. Good to have him back. Today we went to the batting cages, which I've never done before, and it was kinda cool. Might play softball this summer.

TOMORROW I GET MY RC-30 LOOPSTATION AND I'M SO PUMPED<3<3<3

Hopefully I'll start writing some legitimate tracks now and post some of my music on here by the end of the summer.

21 in 8 days. Who wants to get DUUUUHRUUUUUUUNK?

Saturday, May 14, 2011

5/14/11

TWO DAY'S IN A ROW OF VIDEOS WOOOOO!

Today I worked fucking 9 hours and it was brutal but good money as always. Also it should be noted that last night at 3:30 AM Kyle called me from Brooklyn telling me he was locked in his car surrounded by "enemies," and didn't know where his friends were. He does not remember doing this. HA!

After work I zoomed home and got changed and zoomed to Northport for a little basement show/party that Tyler was playing. I went there once last year, and it was different from I remembered, I was hoping to meet some people but I felt a lot less outgoing than I had originally planned, but it was nice seeing some Commack bros and there was a fine gathering of Smithtownians as well.



Shenanigans. I'm only posting this next one because Omar says don't film this and I ran into some random dude and you can hear me say "sorry" at the end.

Then the beginning of Tyler's set.



Then here's Tyler's set, I actually think I missed the first song... but whatevz.










Amazing set. I was pretty awestruck. You've come a long way since This Barrel to Hazel buddy! No joke though man, better every time I hear you play, amazing stuff.

Then chilled for a little while longer and eventually took Kim home and had some nice talks, despite her drunk-nyquil-bronchitisized self. I sort of realized that I rarely ever think about the reasoning behind the judgements I make, or the thought process I go through when determining whether or not I like someone, or dislike them, or anything for that matter... which was kind of alarming. I got into thinking about it a lot more since then and I came back to some recurring thoughts I've been having lately about originality and the reason behind my actions and my overall motivation to do the things I do, say the things I say, etc. Lately I've been thinking a lot about how much I crave attention, and how I feel like I say a lot of the things I say just so someone hears me say them, as in nothing I really say or think is a thought of my own. I like the things I like just to be able to tell people I like them, that type of deal... it's weird because now I keep racking my brain and even writing this right now feels like I'm sharing it with all of you just so you hear me say it. I can't really tell how much merit this has, because I don't really know what drives me to do things or say things, so assuming that what I just wrote is true would be just as stupid as assuming anything else. I don't know. I don't want to second guess myself more and more as a result of this, but I do need to give this some more thought for sure, because I hate feeling like I have nothing to call my own, and I hate questioning my own character, which has been happening a lot lately. This is a hard thought to capture, but whatever.

Also, lastly, in regards to last night, Kyle's situation really just reassured my theory about girls. I seriously (and yes, this is cynical, but I'm not being funny or pessimistic,) think that in order to have a girl like you, you can't like her. This is just for a certain type of girl, and obviously once you engage in a relationship with a girl things are different, but I'm talking about the very beginnings. It's seriously disgusting how true it is that we all love challenges, and I am so guilty of it myself, historically and presently. I can chase a girl forever and unless there's some random happening that shifts me into a stronger emotion, as soon as the girl shows affection, I lose interest. This, which I previously assumed to be true of just guys, is arguably more true of girls. Girls love guys who don't give a shit. And what sucks is, that you can't really fake this, nor should you try really... and what sucks more is that, since you can't fake it, the guys who don't give a shit, genuinely don't give a shit, so it doesn't matter either way to them. It's like an eternal spiral. This all sounds really douchey, but the situation I'm referring to is a perfect example and I'm not gonna use names right now because I haven't asked him if it's cool, not that anyone reads this hahaha, but, the girl was obsessed with him, and they were sort of together, but he didn't care at all, thus the relationship was sort of nothing to him. He would have felt no different if this relationship didn't exist. So, he is in no gain or loss. At some point, he gets feelings, and then she starts to lose interest, and now he gets upset that she's not the same as she was when she was chasing him. This sounds a lot more trivial in writing, but in my head this was a pretty important thought. FUCK YA'LL. Alright, enough with this shit, let's talk business, acquire more currency, disregard bitches. TYLER THE CREATOR RIGHT THERE. No, but seriously, the world of attraction and emotional connection is a fucking shitshow to me and I will never grasp it completely, that's pretty much all I'm trying to get at here. Whatever, I'm tired, and I'm eating more pizza.

Goodnight.

Friday, May 13, 2011

5/13/11

Sick day off and a lot of potentially cool things to record that I didn't have my camera for...sucks. Kyle came over and we went food shopping which was a blast, then I got some sweet new tee's and shoes and some high socks at the mall and ordered a fresh new hat. I'm definitely gonna spend too much money on clothes this summer but whatever, today was my mum's treat so I haven't started that yet. Lavelle picked us up and we met with Nucci at wings and had a nice meal, then met with Seligman and his girlfriend Jen who was nice. Hit up Denny's and chilled and then it was just me and Nucci and Lavelle back at my place. Got a frisbee and went to the armory to toss, and these three girls were walking past us and stopped to tell us that they had called the cops on some kids drinking, and didn't want us to get in trouble. I thought that that was pretty cool of them to warn us, but couldn't figure out why they called the cops on some stupid kids drinking at a park. But, nonetheless, cops came, and we got kicked out of our little frisbee spot, but whatever. Went to the plaza and the frisbee got thrown on the roof by accident and I had to scale a pipe and climb up and my heart was racing, haven't done any roof climbing in ages, and the top was sick and there was some nice graffiti spots that we should probably hit up this summer...

Anyway, then we all parted ways, and I went to Omar's. Bonfire chillin with Matt, Omar, Dillon, Jess, Tyler, and Ashley. Shot the shit and had some laughs, took some stupid videos where I was fucking around with lighting and stuff, it was cool. I'll post em just for Matt.



Weber, if you are watching, yes, this video is about the Web-Wham, and Ashley's apparent confusion regarding the move.



Matt was being funny and I missed it, so this is my desperate attempt to capture the hilarity.



This one I'm posting only because I figured out how to cut certain audio without actually splicing the file, and this alone got me solely excited for video editing and I want to get some decent software, so if I ever become a famous director or something of that nature, this video was the start of my career. Also, on a side note, I could've saved a lot of decent videos and posted them by cutting out awkward name drops, which makes a lot of these videos generally not presentable to the public. Although, to be honest, the awkward name drop-ees would probably never read this blog anyway but you can never be too careful hahaha.

Ummmm I had some thoughts to post but being that I'm posting May 14th's videos right now too I'll just write them in that.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

05/05/11 - 05/09/11

Binghamton trip, never a dissapointment. Got in Wednesday night after a long day of traveling/stalling in the city, at like midnight. Chilled and waited for our ride, went back to Koke's place, Jake came and we played some basketball and chilled. Got into a heated debate regarding the character development in "He's Just Not That Into You," Katon got the whole thing on video and I hope to see it turn up somewhere soon so I can post it. Because I am right, and Scarlett Johansson is a whore.

Thursday woke up, stalled around campus for a while, got some supplies to start making the skittles vodka, did a little bit of drinking and then Ari finally picked me up to go to campus. I really don't remember what I did that day, because the amazingness of Titus Andronicus really just overwhelmed my senses. I do seem to recall drinking a little bit and hanging out at my old room, and at the bike-a-thon. Jason Kushner and his friend from Albany came down with a bottle of whiskey and we chilled and headed to the concert. Set list was perfect... They played every song off The Monitor besides Theme From Cheers and A Pot In Which to Piss. Lots from the first album too, and even a Ramones cover. The crowd was going nuts which was good because I seemed like less of a psycho. Honestly one of the best shows I've ever been to, high energy, great crowd, great set, great stage presence. They are amazing. Headed back to the apartment, watched some Curb, ate some Taco Bell.

Friday, woke up and was lazy. Forever. Eventually my and Kyle walked to campus. I ended up hanging out with Sam for a couple hours which was nice, always good company. Went back to the old room, drank some beers, Greg and Eric came over, played some stupid drinking games, then hopped on a bus home.

Saturday woke up, Dragon came over and picked me up asap. Broke out the skittles liquor which was FANTASTIC. Drank all day and had a couple too many but I was back to being good again right before Taking Back Sunday. Chilled with everyone all day, chilled at Jake's for a while, chilled at Berger's for a while. Taking Back Sunday really sucked ass hahaha I lost, my shoes, socks, and glasses. Anyway, went back to Jake's partied for a while, had a blast, went to Escape, chilled on roofs, played games, passed out. Fantastic night.

Woke up at 9:30 UGH. Walked to Salwen's, hung out there for a while, then took off with Jess. Drove to Taughannock which was beautiful as always, then went to the Ithaca commons, and got a good burrito. Then took the voyage to the six mile creek to go gorge jumping... always the best. Got some good footy, it's really hard to capture how large this cliff is haha.

me and silly gorge jump from Jordan Rebolini on Vimeo.



silly's jump from Jordan Rebolini on Vimeo.



Rode home, chilled out for the rest of the night with Kyle at my old apartment, watched The Machinist, Koke came home and we chilled for a little bit too. Got dropped off at the bus at like 3AM, scariest bus ride ever, most tired day of my life, but eventually made it home.

That night I went to play frisbee and met up with Mike and Tyler and Kenny, so gooood seeing everyone, haven't seen Mike or Ty in months. Me and Kenny went back to Ty's and I slept over and it was nice chillin, he's got a sick new room. Woke up, Jess came over, chilled a bit, came to my house, got Subway, then I went home. Kyle came over after a while, did a jigsaw puzzle, Tyler, Jess, Omar, Kim, and Mike came over and we chilled and told stories and all cuddled up while watching an episode of "Secret Life," which is the worst thing in the entire world.

SUMMER 11 BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

Monday, April 25, 2011

4/25/11

Saturday night I worked and then went to Koke's cousin James's for some drinks and playstation. His brother got engaged so we took a couple shots in his honor and tried to beat frogger which is an absurdly hard game. Farkas stopped by for a little and it was a nice night.

Yesterday was probably my favorite day of 2011. Drove over to Greg's, took a bike ride down to the industrial park, such nice weather, first bike ride since my syracuse trek. Biked back to his house and went outside and sat on his old swingset. His little brother and sister came outside and we played volleyball and then I taught them SPUD which is this really old street game I used to play when I was like 7... so nostalgic and amazing haha I also really think our group could enjoy playing it a lot. Then his mom cooked us a delicious dinner and I sat in on my first Salwen family dinner in a long time. After that we drove down to Dennison to play some rainy frisbee. Great two games. Met a few really nice kids through Nicky's core group of players and I'm really amped on smithtown getting back into the action when everyone comes home! Anyway, went back to Salwen's and watched some of this movie that seemed awful, then Konrad came over and we chatted and talked about music and scoped out some equipment, I am ALMOST positive I'm picking this bad boy up within the next couple weeks :

http://www.digitech.com/en-US/products/timebender

Seems really swell. Then Berger came over and Kenny came over eventually and we endless youtube looped and chilled and chatted. Konrad and Eric dipped out and me and Kenny and Greg sat and talked and played guitar and whatnot, then went for a walk to the sandmine. The fog was so thick it was like we were standing on the edge of the planet and the faint lights looked like far off stars. We soon discovered that there was an INCREDIBLE cyclical echo that bounced from every point around us in a circle. It was creepy and we couldn't stop screaming into it because it sounded just as amazing and unbelievable every time. Walked back and improved a song about people bullshitting and it ended up being really jazzy and hilarious.

10 days til Binghamton trip. Then Weber comes home like 9 days after that. Then the cascade of amazing summer of 2011 begins. So amped.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

4/22/11

So this break has been nothing but sick so far. Saturday after work we all went to Omar's for a classic hookah session, and it was awesome as always. All the Bing people showed up except Rob, and Farkas and Koke and Kenny were there also... did our usual bullshitting, caught up, talked about our most recent adventures, held a trial, talked about girls, smoked a lot of hookah... people started clearing out and eventually it was just me, Greg, Kenny and Omar, and we chilled til like 5 am.

EDIT!

Untitled from Jordan Rebolini on Vimeo.



Took a while for that one to encode. Hehe.

Sunday was sick frisbee, I don't think anything happened prior to it, I might have been working. I took my brother and his two friends to this game, it was cool and I'm glad to be taking my brother around with me nowadays. So we had a great game of frisbee, it drizzled lightly but no one minded, then me, my brother and his two friends, Greg, Nicole, and Lindsey went to the dunes at Long Beach. It's been sooooooo long since I've jumped those and the feeling is still so incredible I love it, if anyone hasn't done it, they need to come do it this summer or something. Climbed the big entry-way tree and sat on that and chilled for a little while. Then we went to 24 hour bagels and ate and Kenny and Greg came over to chill for a short while. Solid night.

Monday night I believe Greg came over. We went to Steve's house... me, Omar, and Greg. Danielle made an appearance for like 5 minutes, what a hoe. Played ping pong, watched American Psycho, some of Zombie Fest, got a lot of snacks from walgreen's and pretty much just chilled as hard as possible. Pretty sure I just went home that night.

Tuesday I went to Greg's after his Passover dinner, enjoyed some Matzah ball soup of course... then we planned out the megabus tour. It's 9 days in total and we go to Pittsburgh, Cincinatti, Chicago and St. Louis. Booked our tickets and it's going to be amazing. Went to Home Depot and looked up pricing on some supplies for this project Greg wants to do, then visited Kenny at work. Met up with Farkas and drove to my old neighborhood. Took a late night walk through the woods to Little Italy.

Untitled from Jordan Rebolini on Vimeo.



Haha my video-ing has been so shitty. Damn. Had some great talks and a great walk. Met up with Kenny at Greg's, booked the tickets for megabus tour, then headed home.

Wednesday afternoon it was beautiful out so we all went to Maple and played basketball and kickball and frisbee, solid day of sports. Me Greg and Kenny walked down and got free pizza and Ralph's, then went and picked up some spray and some supplies so we could get working on some stencils. Came back here and drew up a bunch of things and I cut mine out and gave it a test run and it looks pretty cool. Zahava came over, Rob and Steve came over, then we all went to Omar's for a bonfire session. Finished my bottle of whiskey and had a nice cigar and had a wonderful time. Ended the night with a Wendy's session and Omar took me home. That was a good night.

Last night Koke came over and we were gonna play frisbee but it got cancelled, so we ended up just hanging out and playing CoD and getting McFlurries. Farkas met up, we went to 7/11, wanted to go stenciling but I didn't. I'm so pumped on it though.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

4/14/11

I need to make it so that the things that I rationalize in my head, I actually commit to and follow through with in real life. The rational me I create in my head would fair a lot better in the real world than the real me.