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“My girl likes to party all the time party all the time parrrrttyyyy all the timmmmeeee” Yes its true I know girls who like to party all the time. Welcome to another edition of the dimesia I call my collective conciousness. To whet your appitite today I give you an early post with an interview with a man I’ve never met. He’s a character introduced to me through my good friend Shane Pajak. His name is Timmy Dierkes and he has an interesting hobby and that is he is the master of Mix CDs. I sat down with him tonight to get more info inside this art of Mix CD making:

Sean: Introduce yourself
Tim: alright my name is Timmy Dierkes. by birth its timothy, and most of the time its Tim.

Sean: where you from
Tim: born in alsip, IL home of a guinness world record for most syllables rapped in a minute. set by Rebel XC (over 600). moved to lockport, IL in 1994. lockport is the
home of the first steel plow.

Sean: Very Interesting. How old are you?
Tim: 20

Sean: Now correct me if im wrong you are famous for your cd mixes?
Tim: that is correct sir. world class famous you should hear the first agnes mix. revolutionized the mix cd

Sean: Tell me about some of your mixes?
Tim: it all began with “booyah mix” thats when mp3s were just becoming widespread. so it was really just odds and ends. by booyah 4.0 it became an art form

Sean: sounds like a party in disc form
Tim: sounds from movies incorporated, no bands repeated, 80s represented

Sean: very amazing
Tim: booyah 10 was a greatest hits. booyah 10 i let people vote. big mistake, it was my only failure. so on 20 its all me and it will shock the world. some songs will appear with my vocal talents adding to the mix. i sing a little meatloaf

Sean: very exciting. Now it is my understanding you use Mix Cds to talk to women?
Tim: truly the best way to speak to a female is the mix cd

Sean: tell me about this
Tim: song selection can say so much more than my clumsy words ever could. i started dating this chick helen. helen is in lockport, me at school 2 hours away. i mail her “mix tape for helen”. called a tape yet its a cd. she listens. it literally blows her mind. she is amazed at my talent; her older sister borrows it constantly likely falls in love as well. i slow it down a notch for disc 2, the flame is still burning. disc 2 the original is STOLEN. her sisters discman ripped off with the CD inside. so some stranger is probably in love with me. anyway, helens leaving for a trip to poland, will be gone all summer and i make disc 3. she listens to it in poland for months, keeps us alive. so i make disc 4 for an anniversary and i notice a decline in appreciation. still, some appreciation.

Sean: Sounds to me like you were slackin
Tim: not so, i mean dude; i fade out songs and shit. it was still amazing

Sean: Utter Craftsmanship
Tim: so i notice something. helen is becoming more and more a bitch, calling me less and less, relationship not so good. i decide to save it via a cd. her birthday is approaching in april of 02. i make a ridiculously tight cd. get this, first, it was full cover art, not just any art; pics of me and her, a random picture of arnold from the movie collateral damage…the cd itself has 3 pics on the label: my head, her head next to it, and mr t’s head looking at us menacingly. i literally cross fade songs into each other

Sean: Nothing says romance like Mr. T and Arnold
Tim: yes i needed to make her laugh. the first song? Happy Birthday Helen. something i dug up by deep blue something, the one hit wonder who did breakfast at tiffanys

Sean: yes we all know that ditty
Tim: this disc was a masterpiece in every sense

Sean: sum up what happened
Tim: she dumps me the night i get back home from school. its sad, we talk a week later she mentions various factors leading to the breakup. in passing,
she says that the cd you made me, it wasnt like the others, you just put songs you thought I’d LIKE, not songs with meaning. immediately i was over her. i realized she was worthless. So then later on I met this girl agnes in a class. i mention to agnes that i am sick of all my cds. she volunteers to make me one. she does and its amazing. i just gave her the agnes cd a few days ago and, its love.

Sean: thats truly an amazing saga. Do you have some tips out there for aspiring mix masters like yourself?
Tim: of course.
1)never use a band twice on one cd. thats a fool’s move
2)kick it off with an instrumental. make people WANT words, by the time track 2 is there they NEED vocals.
3)use, but dont overuse, obscure movie sounds. i call them zounds.

Sean: why zounds?
Tim: it has to do with the practice of replacing the letter S with Z constantly. began with an SNL skit. “zima: tastes like zit.”, “limp bizkit zux”

Sean: I got it. what else?
Tim: 4)give them shit they dont know in the beginning but also, use a single that you know theyll love but havent heard yet. people like that.
5)represent the 80′s. the 80s were an amazing decade, people need 3-4 80′s songs per disc
6)put a cover on there, but only if it truly works

Sean: I like the think that Eddie Murphy’s Party all the time defined the decade’s music pinnacle
Tim: you might have something there
7)dont put anything slow on there
8)do something funny with song editing. once i found the youngstown song on my friend mark’s computer, go go gadget, so i took that song and faded its beginning into a linkin park song. suddenly a new mix was born! it fooled mark and mocked him also. dont be afraid to edit a song. you know the song my disease by saliva? the best part of that song is the beginning when he says “huuuh” so, i edited it so he said he says it 5 times seamlessly. suddenly the song is worthwhile.

Sean: way to breathe new life into a mundane tune. Any other last words?
Tim: dont be afraid to redo it if it sux. make it 18.1 and discard the 1st version.

Sean:Tim I’d like to thank you for enlightening us with your words and talent that you have
Tim: you’re most welcome

Be sure to check out Tim’s Downloadable song of the day by clicking HERE. I’ll have more for you later. Enjoy for now!

Motown Philly Back Again? Actually its no where near coming back…Hello and welcome to the first 2003 entry coming to you live from Rider University! Back in the dorm as of yesterday and gettin back into the swing of things. Tonight was Super Bowl or as I like to call it Super Waste of Time minus the funny commercials. Danielle and the roommate (Steve) joined me in the festities as we enjoyed the game.There is snow on the ground here at beautiful Rider University and I have my first classes tommrow. I am looking foward to them tommrow because one of my classes is INTRO TO FILM! HAHAAHAHAH! My secret passion will soon go acknowledged and realized very shortly.

Alecia: hi
Alecia: i amm alecia screechin and bonin and i am iming you~
Alecia: and i am drunk
Alecia: and i apologize
Alecia: goodnight
Well she finally IMed me…Alecia the Screechin and bonin chick finally imed me. And thus has begun an onslaught of conversation…more as that develops…

I find myself thinking about the G35 still…to me its like this girl that came into my life and wowed me with her charisma and beauty, and then just packed up and left with no explanation at all…God Damn girls and G35′s….
Its nice to be back in the company of the roomie. I missed his sarcasim and wit. Also his pissed-off-ness is great and give me large amounts of laughter. Also being able to see Danielle on a daily basis is good, shes one of the few real friends I have here at Rider. I value her company and conversation more then any amount of gold or money. So its nice to be back in their company.

I also added a comment system to my site. So feel free to leave comments and stuff on my entries.

I am tired now and I don’t feel like writing anymore so I’m gonna go…

So You’ve seen me with the car, you’ve seen pictures of the car, now its time for the story about the car. This morning at 8:30 AM I woke up threw clothes on and drove to West Long Branch to drop off my 1998 Infiniti I30 off for service. I recieved a 2003 Infiniti G35 as a loaner car for the day. As I drove home from West Long Branch back to Toms River on the Garden State Parkway I noticed I was having a little problem…My problem was keeping the car under 90 mph. I mean I was really trying but it was too hard so I gave in. At one point I was doing over 100 mph and I didn’t even feel it. I got home, showered, and got dressed up for the G35 in the outfit you see in the picture 2 posts ago. I made a G35 Mix Cd and then I immediately went to see my car afficiando friend Shane at the mall where he was working. I took him to lunch and the two of us went joyriding for about an hour. Shane was really impressed with what the G35 had to offer. Especially at the fact that him and I could fit both of our Wendy’s cups in the cup holders at the same time. (A luxury not allowed in my I30) I dropped Shane off back at work. I continued to zip around TR just for fun. I figured I’d put this bitch to the test so I took it to Whitty Rd where the sharpest turn in TR exsists….I took that turn at 80 mph with out ANY slipping at all. This car just hugged the road. I couldn’t believe it. I got back home and putzed with the pictures I took of the car for a while and then my phone rang…It was Circle Infiniti they wanted the G35 back because my car was ready…All good things must come to an end…So I got back into my car with G35 mix cd in hand and hit the parkway once again. As I drove back I noticed many lookers at me, the cute girls in the Jettas and other VWs were paying more attention to me then usual and even smiling at me as I zoomed past them I drove back to Infiniti and got my car…How I so did not want to give up this 260 HP 3.5 L V6 Sport Sedan but I had to. As we parted ways I realized how alive I felt in that car and how one day IT WILL BE MINE. With in an hour of dropping the car off I felt empty again; I missed the car oh so very very much All in all today was a great close to an amazing break I could not have asked for a better last day of freedom. Thank You Circle Infiniti…

This is the greatest day of my life. More on it later…I have to return the car.