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Last Flowers Until the Hospital Stats Formed: 29th June 2005 Split: 5th January 2012 Best Album: 'Daimios' 7/10 in the NME Best Single: 'Vina Aspic Gagster Momma Footslog' 9/10 in the NME (Single of the Week 31st March 2010.) Records Sold: 5,568,926 in total (2,099,494 albums, 3,469,432 singles). Reputation: National Groupies: opalite is a bizarre little creature, when they are not suckling at the non-proverbial teat of wildlifetrade, they spend the rest of their spare time trying to seduce anything on legs. Other In 2008 Osama Bin Laden threatened to release a cover version of 'Cholines Chirmed Fiberize Limnetic Slut Computer', unless he was immediately elected President of the United States. Presedent Bin Laden's first move was to announce a worldwide ban on orgasms. Last Flowers Until the Hospital Member Profiles leocadie Without leocadie, Last Flowers Until the Hospital would be a very different band. It is safe to say that leocadie's vision and charisma shaped the band during their most vital periods. wildlifetrade wildlifetrade is technically gifted but lacks the creativity and originality of cult heroes like Hendrix and Satriani. blim8183 For the past couple of years blim8183 has struggled with a drug addiction which has been negatively affecting their bass playing skills and their showmanship. A spell in rehab could resurrect blim8183's career' stilbornherring stilbornherring manages to compensate for a lack of natural musical talent through a unique and constantly evolving approach to percussion. eight_armed eight_armed posseses a wealth of potential but rans the risk of never actualising it. They seem to spend more time in the tabloids with their latest criminal offence spread across the pages than at the keyboard practicing. Single Releases # Title Date 17 Quinol Ostioles Gigged Mahzors Bairnly Resprung Jul 2005 11 Chicle Sep 2005 9 Kingdom Insaner Gingivae Accuses Oct 2005 2 Leanly Theist Dec 2005 3 Cholines Chirmed Fiberize Limnetic Slut Computer Mar 2007 4 Mediate Spinage Pinna Photons Bulimia Falsies Jun 2007 7 Gyres Jul 2007 5 Trench Vamoses Esters Midway Salable Lyard Sep 2008 1 Shrieker Nov 2008 2 Pornos Pontifex Brooder Fell Jan 2009 1 Task Defends Wispish Apr 2009 2 Vina Aspic Gagster Momma Footslog Mar 2010 2 Aurists Dearest Astonies Jun 2010 1 Bepaints Hygeists Outcries Exert Aug 2010 Album Releases # Title Date 24 Gorger Trenails Palmetto Abnormal Jun 2005 2 Drew Feb 2007 N/A Humidly Steel Woodsmen Dreidel Shriving Ghats Jul 2008 1 Daimios Jan 2010 northern ireland's worst

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Today I had my farewell lunch with my boss from Pfizer and my other sort of boss. We went to a sushi place and it was very very good. Possibly second only to Nobu.

It was sad but I'm excited to be starting something new on Monday (read: I got the American Express job).

They were also very very nice and got me a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble. Coupled with a buy 2 get a 3rd free deal, I walked home with the following:

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It's my last day here at Pfizer. Possibly forever. My boss informed me that his boss gave him a "hell no" when asked about rehiring me this year. Oh well. If they hire an intern for 2006 I will most likely be back.

My interview with American Express is tomorrow and hopefully that works out. As much as I enjoy sitting around and playing games and watching movies, it doesn't pay the rent :(

The past weekend was spent in Rye. I often miss the suburbs when I've been in the city for too long so it's always nice to go up there. Grass is always interesting to walk on when you haven't for months and at night it gets so quiet (at least relative to the city) that it makes my ears feel weird. Eating pretty much nothing but coffee cake and cookies all weekend doesn't hurt either...

I watched Serpico which was good. Al Pacino got hella pissed and broke a chair while yelling "He's a cop killer!" That part was great and the rest of the film was generally enjoyable. Frank Serpico was an all right guy and one of the lawyers Lee is working with was involved in that case. Interesting, no?

Last night I watched Jersey Girl and was surprised by how not awful it was. It was really cheesy and pretty dumb but I actually found it entertaining and watched the whole thing. If you feel compelled to watch it, I recommend you watch it the way I did: come into the movie 15 minutes late so that Jennifer Lopez is already dead.

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I've been at work for an hour and seven minutes now. I have two or three left today and then three or four on Monday. After that, I'm having sushi with my bosses on Thursday and then it's over. My boss is trying to get his boss to approve an extension for me but he's not sure if it's going to work out.

I have an interview with the publishing department at American Express (I didn't even know one existed until recently) on Tuesday. Hopefully that works out and I'll spend the rest of my summer working on Food and Wine Magazine's website. My boss at Pfizer is considering bringing me back in the fall if he does get the extension approved. That would be perfect. I could work at Amex all summer then go back to Pfizer in the fall. Of course all that working just goes straight towards paying my rent... *sigh*

The internet at our apartment is hella slow and hella whack. I even e-mailed them and complained. They said they were "working on it."

I suspect that next week I will be enjoying my first days of unemployment. Hopefully it won't last too long...

In other news. I watched Powell and Pressburger's "The Red Shoes." It's a little cheesy at times but overall a really really great film. Michael Powell is the director of "Peeping Tom" and although this movie is very different I think I might've liked it better. But, "Peeping Tom" is a pretty bad ass movie.

"Serpico" and "Notre Musique" are now on their way to my apartment. I love Netflix.

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Well, I've just made about $30 off of Pfizer sitting here and accomplishing nothing. As much as I honestly enjoy this job and as much as I think "Office Space" is a horribly overrated movie (minus the printer smashing scene), I'm starting to realize that the movie had some things going for it.

Maybe it's because of the guy in the neighboring cubicle who looks at girls on myspace all day inbetween reading tips on bodybuilding websites while downing protein shakes from his nalgene (This is when he's not calling his dad, who's a bigwig in the company, and complaining about having nothing to do).

I haven't been much better though. I spend half my day here at work looking at computer parts on zipzoomfly and then reading about them on cnet.

To my credit, I also spend a lot of my time reading the news and I just have to say that John Bolton gives me a sick feeling in my stomach whenever I see him. He looks like the evil twin of my highschool history teacher and to think that he could be working in the UN right down the street from me...

In other news:

Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle was very disappointing. It had its moments. The animation on the castle while it moves around was great and Miyazaki has an imagination that's just incredible. BUT, the movie... to put it lightly... sucked balls. Okay, maybe that's a bit too much... but it wasn't very good. Princess Mononoke is still brilliant though.

The Incredibles on the other hand was hilarious and I loved it. I think the Toy Story movies are still better but this was probably better than Finding Nemo and definitely way better than Monsters Inc.

Time to actually accomplish something. I hope.

edit:

Something I just learned from a man on the elevator responding to a woman raving about the popcorn in the Pfizer cafeteria: "Snack foods, you can't stop with just one." Genius.

Okay... you had to be there. The guy said it as if he were the first to ever realize this and he thought he was so cool. He even inserted a dramatic pause after "Snack foods," I mean c'mon.

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As promised, I'm at work looking at jobs on craigslist. I've applied to two so far today and will probably apply to a couple more later today.

I get off work in about an hour.

Today, NYU is showing the latest Miyazaki film, "Howl's Moving Castle" so I'm going to go see that and maybe play some Monopoly afterwards.

I saw the footage from Tom Cruise's now infamous interview on Oprah and it was really disturbing. I'm a fan of Mr. Cruise and I think he's a decent actor who has done some interesting stuff. Because I read the news on internet movie database everyday, I'm pretty in touch and up to date with my pop culture. Lately, there's a been a lot of hoopla over Tom Cruise's relationship with Katie Holmes and I thought it was weird but not that big of a deal. Then I saw this video... Tom Cruise is completely insane and somebody needs to find him some help (help not affiliated with scientology). Then again. I guess him losing his mind was to be expected after he and Nicole Kidman got seperated...

Elsewhere in the world, it is hot as balls outside today. Humid as balls too. Some might say I'm being overzealous with my use of "as balls" but if you were walking around today in a dress shirt and khaki's you'd understand. The sun was shining in my eyes too. Damn sun.

I feel naked when I walk to work without anything so I take my bag. I put my iPod in it so that I can tell myself I'm carrying the bag for reasons other than my feeling of nakedness but deep down I know the truth. Feel free to harass me if you ever see me going to work with my bag because there's nothing in it except for my iPod... and maybe a jacket or umbrella if it's cloudy...

That's as honest and revealing as this livejournal gets. It's one of my deepest darkest secrets, the likes of which will never be revealed again. I'm spent.

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Things have been going quite well lately. I'm no longer allergic to my apartment and I've spent a lot of time with Lee.

I do still need to find a job. I've applied to an average of two or three a day but so far nothing...

Batman Begins next Wednesday will mark the first time I pay to see a movie in a theater since... I dunno... a really really long time ago. Winter? I think so...

War of the Worlds comes out soon too...

The new computer is running well and editing video on it is SO much better than on my laptop. I think I'm going to install Linux on my laptop just so I can say I use Linux. There are still a few issues I need to work out with the computer (mainly the fact that there's no soundcard or speakers) but other than that it's pretty sweet.

The weather here in New York is pretty damn hot. I've decided that it's not really the heat that I can't stand, it's the brightness of the sun. I hate having the sun shining in my eyes. The humidity here is pretty nasty too. And summer hasn't even started yet... damn.

In my attempt to cook more often I've so far made Kalbi, Bulgogi, and Seasame Noodles. I've made spaghetti a bunch of times too but that doesn't really count. My two main goals for the summer are Panang Curry and Pad Thai.

I'm really sleepy. I need to go to bed now so that I can go to work tomorrow and sit at my computer and apply for new jobs while at my current job.

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