2019 PROCRASTINATION POST - FREE WILLIE

Y'ALL GONNA BE MAD AT ME FOR HOLDING OUT SO LONG WITH THIS ONE

ALSO HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS GODDAMN ROTTEN YEAR JIMINY CHRISTMAS

I AM A TWITTER ADDICT BUT I MOSTLY USE IT TO BULLSHIT ABOUT NONSENSE, RETWEET SHITPOSTS AND KEEP UP WITH SOME NEWS SO I CAN MAINTAIN A CONSTANT LEVEL OF ANXIETY AND EXISTENTIAL DREAD AT ALL TIMES. THERE ARE MANY OTHER USES FOR TWITTER SUCH AS PROMOTING YOUR WORK, OFFERING UP STUFF FOR SALE, UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY AND PROMOTING FASCISM, AND RETWEETING EVERY SINGLE CONTEST OFFER ON TWITTER IN AN ATTEMPT TO MOOCH FREE SHIT. I AM ALL FOR MOOCHING BUT I USUALLY DON'T ENTER TWITTER CONTESTS UNLESS IT'S JUST A SIMPLE FOLLOW/RETWEET AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HONESTLY REALLY REALLY WANT. YOU'D BE SURPRISED THE HOOPS SOME PEOPLE WANT YOU TO JUMP THROUGH. LIKE, RETWEET, FOLLOW THIS ACCOUNT, FOLLOW ANOTHER ACCOUNT, CLICK ON THIS LINK, COMMENT ON MY PINNED POST, REGISTER AS A LIBERTARIAN FOR THE UPCOMING PRIMARIES, NO DON'T VOTE FOR VERMIN SUPREME WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BEAT DARK SOULS USING A GUITAR HERO CONTROLLER, QUOTE TWEET WITH YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER YOUR MOTHER'S FIRST PET AND YOUR CAT'S FAVORITE SPICE GIRL, EAT SOME VEGETABLES, GET YOUR LIFE TOGETHER FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT. THIS BEING SAID I ENTERED A CONTEST THAT WAS A SIMPLE RETWEET FOR SOMETHING I LIKED A LOT

1956 TOPPS WILLIE MAYS BVG 10

I WON A MAJOR AWARD! GOT THIS PERFECT WILLIE MAYS CARD FROM A CONTEST @card_mosaics HELD ON TWITTER. BEN IS AN ARTIST WHO CREATES MOSAICS FROM CUT UP BASEBALL CARDS. HIS ARTWORK IS VERY IMPRESSIVE ESPECIALLY TO ME SINCE I'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE MOSAICS. I'LL STICK TO MY SCRIBBLY SKETCHING, THANKS.

IT WAS POSSIBLE TO WIN WILLIE, ERNIE BANKS AND ROY CAMPANELLA. I ALREADY HAD ERNIE BUT HEY, LET'S COLLECT TWO! SO IF I WON ANYTHING IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. MAYS IS GREAT BECAUSE HIS CARDS ARE EXPENSIVE AS FUUUUUUUU AND I PASSED ON HIS 56 CARD AT A SHOW YEARS AGO AND KINDA SORTA REGRETTED IT. ONLY KINDA SORTA BECAUSE IT WAS 25 BUCKS AND I'M PRETTY SURE I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH MORE CASH THAN THAT ON ME AT THE TIME. I'VE GOT A PRETTY DAMN GREAT COLLECTION OF CARDS I WAS OFFERED AT A SHOW WHEN I WAS A BROKE ASS BITCH WITH NO MONEY

I THINK THIS CARD MIGHT HAVE HAD A TEAR AT SOME POINT BUT REALLY YOU CAN HARDLY TELL. IT'S AMAZING AND A LITTLE SCARY WHAT TRADING CARD DOCTORS CAN DO NOWADAYS TO HIDE DAMAGE ON CARDS AND GET THAT HIGHER GRADE. NOT THAT I WOULD EVER GET THIS CARD GRADED OF COURSE, I AM AN HONEST COLLECTOR THAT WOULD NEVER TRY TO DECEIVE MY FELLOW HOBBYISTS JUST TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK. BESIDES IF IT WAS GRADED IT WOULDN'T FIT INTO THE BINDER. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE JOY OF A COMPL- UM, MOSTLY COMPLETE- ER, JOY OF A... PAGE. OF CARDS

SO YEAH. HALFWAY COMPLETED PAGE AND I'M PRETTY SURE ROSELLI AND LOGAN ARE PHOTOCOPIES FROM MY TEAM SET. STILL! HALFWAY THERE! THAT'S NOT TOO BA- OH WAIT. THE CARD NEXT TO JOHNNY LOGAN IS MICKEY MANTLE. OH WELL, FUCK THIS PAGE. I'LL GO DIGGING FOR A REPRINT.

 INCLUDED WITH THE CARD WERE A COUPLE GOODIES. FIRST IS A HONUS BONUS

HERE'S A NEAT VINYL STICKER OF THE T-206 HONUS WAGNER. AS A FAN OF ELDRITCH HORROR SEEING A FACE MADE OUT OF LITTLE FACES IS RIGHT UP MY ALLEY. I'M GUESSING THE BACKGROUND IS '87 DONRUSS, NOT SURE ABOUT THE BORDER THOUGH. THIS KINDA STUFF FASCINATES ME, HOW THE HECK DO YOU PICTURE ALL THIS IN YOUR MIND BEFORE YOU START HACKING AWAY AT CARDS WITH SOME SCISSORS. THE STICKER IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF AN INDEX CARD AND IS HELLA STURDY. IT WILL  PROBABLY NEVER GET STUCK ON ANYTHING THOUGH BECAUSE I'M WEIRD ABOUT REALLY COOL STICKERS

ALSO INCLUDED WAS A BUSINESS CARD. PATRICK BATEMAN WOULD - WELL, HE'D PROBABLY HATE IT. BUT THAT GUY'S A DICK. I'M OBSESSED THOUGH. ARE THOSE STARS HAND CUT? TAKEN FROM ACTUAL '52 CARDS? HOW THE HELL WAS THE SIGNATURE DONE? THAT LOGO? SO MANY QUESTIONS. I DIDN'T SCAN THE BACK BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT THEIR PHONE NUMBERS PLASTERED ON THE INTERNET BY SOME WEIRDO. DAT FONT THO. THE SUBTLE OFF-WHITE. THIS THING'S ALREADY IN A TOP LOADER

BEN'S WEBSITE IS  www.sportscardmosaics.com GO CHECK IT OUT

BONUS 2019 IN REVIEW CONTENT!!!

BEST MUSIC OF 2019

SO THE THING WITH ME AND MUSIC IS THAT I LISTEN TO A LOT OF IT BUT IT ALL JUST FLOWS THROUGH ME AND I CAN NEVER REMEMBER MY FAVORITES AT THE DROP OF A HAT ANYMORE. IS THERE A YOUTUBE FEATURE THAT TELLS YOU WHAT SONG YOU PUT ON A LOOP FOR THE LONGEST? PROBABLY KOMM SUSSER TOD. NOW THAT I DON'T HAVE AN HOURS LONG COMMUTE MOST OF MY MUSIC LISTENING IS LISTENING ONLINE OR PUTTING ALL MY RIPPED MP3S ON RANDOM. I CAN TELL YOU MY MAIN LISTENING FOCUS THIS YEAR WAS FUTURE FUNK/CITY POP/VAPORWAVE MIXES*, METAL - ESPECIALLY ANYTHING REFERENCING WITCHES OR WIZARDS IN THE TITLE AND OLD-ASS JAZZ/FUNK/R&B**. THIS STUFF WAS USUALLY THE SOUNDTRACK WHILE I PLAYED VIDEO GAMES. AS FOR NEW STUFF, I DID MANAGE TO FIND A COUPLE OF GEMS THIS YEAR

BEST ALBUM: MASTER BOOT RECORD - INTERNET PROTOCOL

GOTHIC CHIPTUNE CLASSICAL METAL

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

THIS POPPED UP RANDOMLY IN MY YOUTUBE RECOMMENDATIONS. I TRIED IT OUT AND DAAAAYUM IT'S GOOD. VERY GOOD FOCUSING MUSIC. MBR IS VERY PROLIFIC, GO CHECK OUT THE BANDCAMP AND ALSO KEYGEN CHURCH FOR MORE EPICNESS

BEST SONG: NATE MERCEREAU - RIGHTEOUS ENERGY

MY FAVORITE LOCAL RADIO STATION IS ALBUM 88 BUT IT'S HARD TO LISTEN TO BECAUSE NPR GOBBLED IT UP AND EXILED THE MUSIC TO THE ALTERNATE HD STATION FROM LIKE 7AM-7PM. I GOT NO HD RADIOS SO I HAVE TO LISTEN ONLINE OR AFTER HOURS. VERY OFTEN I'M LISTENING ALONG WHILE DOING SOMETHING ELSE AND A SONG WORMS ITS WAY INTO MY SOUL WHILE I'M NOT LOOKING. THIS HAPPENS TO ME A LOT, THERE WAS A SONG FROM ABOUT 2006-07 THAT I ADORED BUT I NEVER FOUND OUT THE TITLE OR BAND NAME AND THE ONLY LYRIC I COULD REMEMBER WAS 'THE OWL GOES HOO-HOO-HOO-HOO' WHICH IS UNGOOGLEABLE. THIS SONG DID EXACTLY THAT AND I COULD NEVER FIGURE OUT THE TITLE AND IT'S AN INSTRUMENTAL SO AIN'T NO DAMN LYRICS TO LOOK UP. I KNOW, USE THE SHAZAM APP, MY OLD-ASS PHONE CAN BARELY MAKE CALLS. I FINALLY FOUND A WEBSITE THAT HAD THE PLAYLIST.  PROBLEM WAS IT IDENTIFIED THE SONG AS JOY TECHNIQUES. I LISTENED TO THE WHOLE DAMN ALBUM (WHICH IS VERY GOOD), FOUND THE SONG AND NOW I LOVE IT. THE FUTURE IS AWESOME, IF A LITTLE COMPLICATED

HONORABLE MENTION: LISEL - ANGELS ON THE SLOPE. THIS IS ALSO GETTING HEAVY PLAY ON ALBUM 88 AND I DIG SEVERAL SONGS ON THIS ALBUM

*ANYTHING WITH LOOPING ANIME GIFS FOR THE VIDEO IS EXTREMELY MY JAM
**WITH A BIG FOCUS ON SONGS THAT WERE HEAVILY SAMPLED BY HIP-HOP HITS

2019 PROCRASTINATION POST - HOSS

WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME DOING MY TWELVE DAYS OF AD-MAS POSTS AND THEN I ACTUALLY FINISHED THE SERIES (RARE FOR THIS BLOG) AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF. IT WAS THE HOLIDAYS SO I FELT JUSTIFIED BEING A LAZY BUMP BUT NOW IT'S A NEW YEAR DECADE AND WORLD WAR THREE MAY BREAK OUT AT ANY MOMENT SO I'M FEELING THE PRESSURE TO DO SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE AGAIN. LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE DOING 'BEST OF 2019' STUFF BUT I'M WAY TOO DISORGANIZED FOR THAT AND BESIDES I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL I DID IN NOVEMBER LET ALONE FEBRUARY SO HOW CAN I JUDGE THE BEST OF A WHOLE-ASS YEAR UP TO MY RIGOROUS STANDARDS WITHOUT HAVING ALL THE FACTS. IN DESPERATION I LOOKED THROUGH THE DRAFT POSTS I MEANT TO PUBLISH MONTHS AGO FOR SOME EASY CONTENT AND DISCOVERED I ALREADY HAD A BEST OF 2019 SERIES ALREADY UPLOADED! I JUST HAVE TO TYPE IN SOME NONSENSE AND HIT PUBLISH! BEST OF ALL IF I FIND ANYTHING LYING AROUND ON MY DESK I MISSED IN THE MEANTIME I CAN JUST POST IT AN Y'ALL WILL NEVER KNOW

IF YOU WANT A REAL TOP 5 LIST GO CHECK OUT THORZUL WILL RULE DEATH STARE CARDS WHO DOES THIS RIGHT EVERY YEAR, GOING SO FAR AS TO TEASE A GREAT HIT ON TWIRRER AND THEN MAKE US WAIT MONTHS TO SEE IT

1975 TCMA ALL TIME GREATS OLD HOSS RADBOURN

I MAY HAVE LIED WITH THE ADDAMS FAMILY CARD, THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST OF THE YEAR. IN THE 70'S TCMA PUBLISHED A SET OF ALL TIME GREATS POSTCARDS WHICH ARE REALLY COOL AND WERE FAIRLY COMMON AND CHEAP IN THE 80S AND THE ONES I GOT I COLORED ON AND GENERALLY TRASHED AND NOW I WILL NEVER SEE ANOTHER ONE AGAIN. MAN I WISH I COULD DO THE ENTIRE DECADE OF THE 80S OVER. THE POSTCARDS WERE SO COOL, THEY DECIDED TO DO A SMALLER SIZED SET OF TRADING CARDS. THESE AREN'T STANDARD BASEBALL CARD SIZE BUT ARE A LITTLE LARGER, MORE LIKE CARDS FROM THE 50S. FOUND A SMALL PILE OF THEM AT THE FLEA MARKET IN A BOX FOR $1.50 A CARD AND POOPED A BIT WHEN I FOUND THE OL HOSS WITH THE FLIPPING THE BIRD POSE. WHO NEEDS A SUPER EXPENSIVE OLD JUDGE OLD HOSS WHEN YOU CAN GET THE VINTAGE CHEEPNISS. I SOMEHOW GOT THIS FOR FIFTY CENTS PROBABLY BECAUSE THE SELLER FORGOT HE WAS EVEN SELLING THESE THINGS

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS VICIOUSLY JABBING MY NOSTALGIA GLAND MORE - THE TEXT THAT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE SHOVED AN INDEX CARD IN A TYPEWRITER OR THOSE INEXPLICABLE LITTLE DOTS THAT LOOK LIKE FAKE PERFORATION. THIS IS LIKE A BASEBALL CARD ZINE AND IT'S FRIGGIN FANTAZTIC. I WANNA GET SOME INDEX CARDS AND A BUSTED OLD TYPEWRITER AND MAKE MY OWN CARD SET NOW

BONUS 2019 IN REVIEW CONTENT!!!

BEEN FEELING INTROSPECTIVE LATELY AND HAVE KINDA SORTA FIGURED OUT SOME OF MY FAVORITES OF 2019 SO WHAT THE HELL, LET'S SHARE THEM HERE. MOST OF YOU HAVE ALREADY CLOSED THE TAB AFTER DROOLING OVER THE OLD HOSS CARD, THIS IS A NICE LITTLE BONUS FOR THE STRAGGLERS

BEST MOVIE OF 2019

I DON'T GO TO SEE MOVIES ANYMORE, I GET DRAGGED BY MY FAMILY. SO THE 2019 MOVIES I'VE SEEN CAN BE COUNTED ON ONE HAND AND I WASN'T CRAZY ABOUT MOST OF THEM. MY FAVORITE OF WHAT I DID SEE WAS:



STAYING ON BRAND BY ONLY LIKING THINGS FROM LAST CENTURY. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT SHOULD REALLY BE SEEN IN A THEATER BUT I'M SURE SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE A 96 INCH PLASMA SCREEN SO THAT SHOULD BE CLOSE ENOUGH. I WAS OBSESSED WITH SPACE TRAVEL AND THE MOON LANDING AS A KID AND BEING ABLE TO SEE ALL THE BEHIND THE SCENES STUFF WAS FANTASTIC

AS FOR MY FAVORITE FILM OF 2019, I DID MANAGE TO WATCH A BUNCH OF MOVIES THAT I HAD BEEN PUTTING OFF AND I GENERALLY REALLY ENJOYED THEM. HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO GET OUT AND HAUSU BUT MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE IS DEFINITELY



THIS MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE MOVIE PERIOD NOW. I'VE ALWAYS LOVED GODZILLA AND I'M A BIG FAN OF NEON GENESIS EVANGELION AND IT'S LIKE BOTH OF THEM GOT MOOSHED UP INTO A DELICIOUS CINEMATIC PEANUT BUTTER CUP. NINETY PERCENT OF THE FILM IS IDIOT BUREAUCRATS RUNNING AROUND WITH THEIR HAIR ON FIRE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE OTHER TEN PERCENT WHICH IS GODZILLA ABSOLUTELY WRECKING SHIT. I LOVE THE JAPANESE OFFICIALS BICKERING. I LOVE THE INTERNATIONAL MEDDLING. I LOVE HOW THE UNDERDOG SAAVED THE DAY. I LOVE GOOFY-ASS BABY ZILLA. I LOVE ASS KICKING GROWNED UP ZILLA. I LOVE IT ALL. THE POINT WHERE IT WENT FROM MY FAVORITE OF '19 TO MY FAVORITE PERIOD WAS WHEN THE NERD SQUAD CONVENED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH ANGRY KAIJU AND THE GODDAMN EVANGELION BATTLE THEME MUSIC PLAYED. AND THEN IT BECAME THE NERD SQUAD THEME SONG. JUST WATCHING THE TRAILER HAS ME ALL VERKLEMPT, I NEED A MOMENT

MORE 2019 MEMORIES SOON AFTER I BUY THE DVD