R.i.P. Arnold "Red" Auerbach

Red Auerbach died the other day, not too long after his 89th birthday. As the man that orchestrated the Boston Celtics into the greatest basketball franchise ever, it is sad to see him go and he will not be forgotten.

Online Networks

I was thinking back to when Facebook first came out to UMass and how swiftly it grew. I remember how excited Nicole and I were those first few weeks that it was going around campus because we were able to connect with people we knew. I also remember how there was this collegefacebook.com that found it's way to me like a week or two sooner than the now enormously popular facebook.com had and I believe connectu.com was discovered not too long after that as well, this being all in like October of 2004—back when I first lived in Orchard Hill. It seems so long ago now!

It makes me wonder if there will become a market for exclusive college & university online communities since facebook as well as myspace have both become so big and open to anyone. I know that facebook users—prior to facebook going public—were upset at the idea of it going public but it nevertheless did. It will be interesting to see if connectu or collegefacebook make a comeback and create a popular and exclusive online community for college students again.

Social Distortion

Social Distortion rocked last night @ the Avalon. I would actually consider going to see them again tonight. Mike Ness kicked ass! I am so glad that it worked out for me to go, since I was not originally going to bother. I will be looking for a few of their albums to add to my collection.

Waiting for the *boom*

I saw a guy delivering oil to my building this morning while smoking a cigarette. I am not 100% on this, but is that a bad idea? I would figure to at least hold off on the smoking until I was not around that could even slightly be chanced to blow up.

The next several days...

The end of this week, as well as this three-day weekend, should be real good. I am going to see Porcupine Tree (if you have not heard of them, look 'em up!) tomorrow and I think it will be a good show. I own three of their albums and they are all amazing and a little different from each other. On Friday I am going to see Iron Maiden, which undoubtedly will be insane. I need to remember to bring my ticket for that because I see myself forgetting it. Hmm.. I have not seen any live music since Locobazooka, so I am pumped about that.

Speaking of which, I saw Black Stone Cherry at that music fest and I just bought their album last night. I gave it a listen this morning and it is the best album I have heard from a newer band in a while, though there have been some other good ones that have come out in the last year or two. For a few years I did not find anything worth while, unless it came from a band that's been good for years. But this is definitely a band to check out.

As for the rest of my weekend, I am going home again because my parents are throwing me a graduation party. I think it has been prompted more because it is also a going-away party for my sister, as she is moving to Florida in a few weeks. That should be interesting.