tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170639632008-07-05T14:46:29.758-04:00Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-68539197450655245592008-06-29T15:40:00.001-04:002008-06-29T15:40:31.929-04:00

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1. Iron Man. Ever since I heard Robert Downey Jr. was playing Tony Stark, I was on board. With great reviews (it's at an unbelievable 95% on Rotten Tomatoes) and the 10th best US opening weekend ever ($100 million domestic, $200 worldwide), I'm nothing but happy for both RDJ and Jon Favreau, both whom I've been a longtime fan. If you haven't yet, go see this. It's just two hours of pure fun and

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-46425918635548754972008-04-27T19:58:00.009-04:002008-04-30T22:24:48.990-04:00

See Jon. See Jon and Ben Roethlisberger. See Isaac and Meagan. See Meagan dancing with Ben Roethlisberger. See Ben Roethlisberger dancing with the same girl as Jon at the same time. Yes - Ben Roethlisberger and I were grinding on the same girl at the same time. There's plenty more to the story, of course, but it's no big deal. After all, it's just another day in the life of Jon Burdick. -----

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-47004047127267120952008-04-23T14:13:00.016-04:002008-04-24T12:35:43.755-04:00

I never thought I'd see the day, but I'm in love again. She's so bright and she makes me feel so warm, although I admit she's a little on the big side. Yes, that was my dorky attempt at humor and saying that I'm in love with the sun and I'm glad it has been back at full force the past week. Having it back has made me realize even moreso that a year from now, I am definitely, unarguably leaving

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-57353633555924459282008-04-16T19:45:00.008-04:002008-04-22T16:53:47.490-04:00

As Jon Beardsley so aptly put it, "you have by far some of the worst luck I've ever seen." And as I responded, whether it's luck or not (I do like to think I have a little more control over things, but I reckon sometimes I just don't), things do tend to break in my life quite a bit, without much reasoning behind it. Nada. Zip. If it is a result of Lady Luck, I'm genuninely not a fan of hers, nor

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-17026484545061878412008-04-08T01:25:00.016-04:002008-04-08T02:33:40.088-04:00

This was an absolutely awesome, awesome concert. Of course, Spoon blew my mind (not even the really tall, awkward guy in the front who chose to stand directly in front of Britt Daniel could lessen our experience), but both The Walkmen and White Rabbits were far better than I could have ever expected. I could go on, but we'll leave it at that: awesome. I captured a lot of video too, but the sound

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-1166861783972840892008-03-31T21:06:00.011-04:002008-04-08T02:27:03.839-04:00

Just a couple of days ago I bought two tickets to go see Foo Fighters in Cleveland on July 25. Right in the pit. I'm going to make sure I fight my way close enough so I can be drenched in Dave Grohl's sweat. Anyway, they're my favorite band, Grohl is my hero, and it's going to be nothing short of mind-blowing, that much I'm sure. Exactly a week from today, I'll be seeing Spoon, The Walkmen, and

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-17099101935871456022008-03-17T14:06:00.000-04:002008-03-26T18:24:34.763-04:00

Another spring break has come and gone. While I decided it wasn't in the best interests of my bank account to go to Germany or California (isn't this always the case?), it was still an enjoyable, busy, relaxing(?) week, full of nights that never ended before four a.m. and mornings that never began until noon. The end of the break also marked the end of Samuel's extended visit. We failed in

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-849084319954188622008-02-27T13:59:00.007-05:002008-02-27T23:42:10.745-05:00

I'm very pleased with the Oscars this year. My Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay choices all took the prize. Harrison Ford presented an award. Cormac McCarthy was actually in the audience. Jon Stewart made me laugh. And it was a VERY cool, classy, and memorable move to invite Markéta Irglová back out to have her moment (did you realize she

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-11020105860023703632008-02-20T18:56:00.018-05:002008-02-26T21:57:23.102-05:00

I figured I might as well make another mix blog, because I have all of this bandwidth and storage on my domain that I'm not using, but I'm paying for. So download some of these. Then tell me, so I feel special and so I can have some meaning in my life - which would be, I guess, putting music on my blog. This is a wide array of music for The Mix Blog Vol. 2, as I'm continuing to broaden my

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-21962337121819186342008-01-03T14:05:00.001-05:002008-02-19T20:26:13.743-05:00

So, mix tapes have officially gone to way of the 8-track, and now with Itunes, Ipods, and all the other I-cessories of the computer age, the mix CD has all but faded away too. So, I'm trying something new here. The blog... digital... download... mix... Okay, I need a more clever, catchier name, I realize, but it's still a work in progress, an experiment. Think of it as a spiritual successor to

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-87749502714883036992008-01-02T21:57:00.000-05:002008-01-02T22:09:02.966-05:00

So, did anyone actually check out The Mix Blog Vol. 1? Just curious if it was worth my time or not and if a Vol. 2 is in order. Not a whole lot going on in my life that is exciting enough to blog about really. Don't get me wrong, it excites me, but I think some of the excitement would be lost in translation. It's the semester break and my waitering days are over until late-March or early-April

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-3469372265406820222007-12-14T02:55:00.000-05:002007-12-14T03:41:41.773-05:00

I figure I should write something, anything, because it's been nearly a month without much word on my end. Who knew people were still reading this blog (I always reckoned that lack of comments = lack of interest)? I'd like apologize if you were eagerly checking here each day for some new update or some pointless musings on life. What can I say, it's been a pretty unpredictable, pretty rough past

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-3613331174497803352007-11-19T23:36:00.000-05:002007-12-14T03:01:11.901-05:00

I've been on the local news a few times over the years, but here was one moment of fame captured forever thanks to my mother and her trusty VCR. I converted the VHS to DVD and the DVD to MPEG on my computer, so there could be some other stuff coming online too someday (to those that have known me for a while, you might have heard about an infamous Taco Bell video project from 8th grade - it'll be

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-34470834792908055532007-11-12T22:49:00.000-05:002007-11-12T22:53:19.002-05:00

"After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her." -Mark Twain

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-8346372708056895582007-11-08T22:00:00.000-05:002007-11-09T00:17:34.378-05:00

A poll conducted by CNN released today says twenty-three percent of Americans think George W. Bush is the worst president ever. Another poll, conducted by me, says twenty-three percent of Americans are idiots. Granted, I'm not a big Bush supporter by any stretch of the imagination - seven years in and he still seems confused about what exactly his job entails and his tax policies are ignorant, to

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-85348756120708688202007-11-06T23:13:00.000-05:002008-01-03T02:59:27.210-05:00

If you watched the absolute pounding that my homeboys down in Pittsburgh gave to the Baltimore Ravens last night, you're undoubtedly in agreement that James Harrison gets the much sought after Man of the Week award. 3 forced fumbles. 1 fumble recovery. 2.5 sacks. 1 interception......... all in the first half. It was a legendary performance, one of those that will be discussed in Pittsburgh for

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-57552731670248580822007-11-01T19:56:00.000-04:002007-11-02T00:36:15.173-04:00

I felt like a criminal walking out the library today. The beep, beep, beep of the alarm went off, something that I've seen often in the past, whether at the school library or American Eagle in the mall, but have never actually had happen while I was strolling through. I would have just kept walking, as I was fairly confident I hadn't stolen anything, but the librarian immediately made her way

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-73651693762695802342007-11-01T13:48:00.000-04:002007-11-01T20:14:07.136-04:00

Okay, so not really. But I was able to convert the .mov of Slow Children Playing to .avi, so I cut together some of it with the original One Lane Bridge to make it look like a (poorly made) trailer, and I did it just because I had a half of an hour to waste the other day and I enjoy doing this sort of thing. I tried to implement some overused trailer cliches, and I even had a lot more ideas in

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-41941032515173150602007-10-30T18:06:00.000-04:002007-10-30T23:34:23.866-04:00

Hi folks, I'm here to tell ya something, something that some of you may find offensive, while leaving you others saying, "Waaaaay ahead of you, buddy." Well, you've got trouble. Right here in Interweb City. With a capital "T," that rhymes with "B," that stands for browser. You see, folks, if you're still using Internet Explorer or (eek) Netscape or another not so secure, memory-sucking internet

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-39051238532240139162007-10-22T22:36:00.000-04:002007-10-22T23:35:26.372-04:00

I finished watching the final season of Arrested Development on DVD today and I find myself feeling a bit empty, a bit cheated. Being one of the best shows on television this decade, there's no question, it was an absolute crime to cancel it after only three seasons and while the series finale closed off most of the main storylines, I'm left yearning for more - at least another season or two.

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-12378358399160148152007-10-12T12:06:00.000-04:002007-10-12T12:22:24.269-04:00

You remember how when you're a kid, if you weren't getting hurt you weren't having fun? Flipping over the handlebars of your bike, falling from a tree when the branch you grabbed broke off, trading punches in the face with your friends with the boxing gloves on, playing tackle football on Lord's field without any sort of pads or protection... ahh, wonderful, wonderful pain. Then there was

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-43847668293453613372007-10-05T16:52:00.000-04:002007-10-05T20:33:59.048-04:00

I remember noting a little while back how I had trouble staying in the same place for too long. Looks like I'm still having that problem, seeing as I only spend one year in the same place before moving again: 03-04: Cambridge Springs 04-05: Union City 05-06: Lakeland, Florida 06-07: Cambridge Springs 07-08: Edinboro I'm on a role here and I haven't even graduated college yet. I haven't stayed

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-471710727867570512007-10-02T15:51:00.000-04:002007-10-02T16:19:42.043-04:00

A few weeks back, I was pretty excited to hear Frederick Douglass IV was going to be speaking at Edinboro. Of course, being a history buff (and, you know, a future teacher of it), I knew I couldn't pass up the opportunity. How often do you get to see a direct descendant of one of America's most important historical figures speak? So, I went. I enjoyed myself. I found myself respecting this man.

Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948964394469083456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17063963.post-74295721333798596892007-09-24T17:26:00.000-04:002007-09-25T16:23:38.162-04:00

You may have already seen or heard of this, but I had to post something on this in case you haven't. Needless to say, this is pretty ridiculous. Perhaps one of the craziest things I've seen in quite a while and something that people found so unbelievable, they were calling "hoax" and "photoshop" before the police commented on the photos and said they were indeed unaltered and consistent with

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