sal_paradise's Badges

Badges

These are the badges that sal_paradise has earned.
The Audiobiography Badge
Description: Awarded to those who chose to share a scene from their own life. Consider this a 'thank you' from the Collective.
Date Awarded: 6.24.06
The Audiobiography II Badge
Description: Awarded to those who chose to share another scene from their own lifes. Consider this a 'thank you' from the Collective.
Date Awarded: 1.15.07
The Beta Badge II
Description: A slightly-less exclusive reward for special people. Thanks for helping us out with our second stage of beta testing. We love you silly guinea pigs!
Date Awarded: 6.7.06
The Bronze Badge
Description: Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
Date Awarded: 4.17.07
The Bronze Badge
Description: Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
Date Awarded: 4.7.07
The Bronze Badge
Description: Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
Date Awarded: 1.28.07
The Bronze Badge
Description: Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
Date Awarded: 1.24.07
The Bronze Badge
Description: Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
Date Awarded: 11.10.06
The Christmas 2006 Badge
Description: Like the inconsiderate and unthoughtful youth we are, here is our belated Christmas gift. We hope you like the coal, because we lost the receipt.
Date Awarded: 12.30.06
The Christmas 2007 Badge
Description: Since we are young and generally unthoughtful, here is our belated Christmas gift to you. Eric colored it himself. Yay!
Date Awarded: 1.1.08
The Copy Editor Badge
Description: Programers aren't known for thier excepcional spelling skills. It's people liek you who keep us in chekc.
Date Awarded: 6.30.06
The Corey Appreciation Week 2007 Badge
Description: Welcome to the kickoff of the Corey Appreciation Week 2007. Drinks are out back, we've got a clown magician in the living room and a trampoline in the basement. Have a good time now. Welcome to Paradise.

ALL PRAISE BE TO COREY.
Date Awarded: 7.17.07
The Festivus '08 Badge
Description: Frank Costanza:

"Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."


Festivus For The Rest Of Us, MTC 2008
Date Awarded: 3.7.09
The Friday the 13th Badge I
Description: Friday the 13th taught us all the heartwarming lesson that if you are a camp counselor, it's probably not in your best interest to let that (potentially mentally retarded [see wikipedia]) kid swim alone while you are trying to get a piece of ass.
Date Awarded: 7.14.07
The Halloween 2006 Badge
Description: Happy Halloween from the MTC staff. Also, we put razorblades in your candy.
Date Awarded: 10.31.06
The Halloween 2007 Badge
Description: Happy Halloween 2007! In celebration of this event, here is a recipe to make your very own candy corn:

Combine 1 cup of razor blades, 2 cups of clown tears and 3/4 tablespoon spider eggs in a pan and bring to a boil stirring constantly. Stir occasionally. Remove from heat and add 2 cups hemlock and 3 ounces of fish oil. Stir until cool enough to handle. Shape and distribute.

Trick or treat!
Date Awarded: 11.1.07
The Halloween 2008 Badge
Description: "You don't have to have blood pumping through your veins to enjoy some wicked mixtapery. All you need, are some ears that are still intact and a zest for life."

-Bub the Zombie, on mixtapes.

Happy Halloween 2008
Date Awarded: 12.24.08
The July Fourth Badge
Description: A gift from us to those who logged in on the most glorious day of the year -- America's birthday. Now, where the crap are my M-80s and beer?
Date Awarded: 7.4.06
The July Fourth Badge II
Description: In light of America's current political turmoil, let's all take a moment to represent for the land of the free, brave and morbidly obese. Yee-haw!
Date Awarded: 7.5.07
The Level 10 Badge
Description: Welcome to level 10! Credibility is just a few levels away.
Date Awarded: 10.17.06
The Level 15 Badge
Description: Welcome to level 15! If we had a dollar, we'd give it to you...
Date Awarded: 4.18.07
The Level 20 Badge
Description: Welcome to level 20! Now, you can finally start bragging.
Date Awarded: 2.16.08
The Level 21 Badge
Description: You're finally legal! Huzzah! We all know you've been boozing since you were 13, but don't worry, we'll keep quiet.

Now, get off the damn computer and go hit up the bars.
Date Awarded: 6.17.08
The Level 25 Badge
Description: Welcome to level 25! If the Mixtape Collective were local politics, you'd be chief of sanitation by now.
Date Awarded: 11.6.09
The Level 5 Badge
Description: Welcome to level 5! Keep up the hard work.
Date Awarded: 7.1.06
The MLK Badge
Description: Because Civil Rights rock (and roll).
Date Awarded: 3.7.09
The New Years 2008 Badge
Description: Let's hope this new year is as chock-full of fun, friends and kick-ass mixtapes as 2007 was. Yay!
Date Awarded: 1.1.08
The New Years 2009 Badge
Description: Prophecies for 2009 by alamongordo.com:

"
- Economy will not recover but will get far worse. (Prophecy 2008)
- Second and 3rd “bailout” will not help.
- Iran will become nuclear (Prophecy 2008)
- Conflict between Iran and Israel (See Proph 2)
- Russia is “surviving” the economy (See Proph 1)
- A “weak” Barack Hussein Obama” is dangerous for the world
- Danger of Barack Obama assassination
- Conflict with / by Russia - Vladimir Poetin
- Bad will get worse in 2009
"

Here is to a tumultuous 2009!
Date Awarded: 3.7.09
The Newbie Badge
Description: The true sign of a fresh mixtaper. This badge is awarded to everyone. Don't feel special.
Date Awarded: 6.7.06
The One Year Anniversary Badge
Description: Issued to those who have stuck it out for a year here on MTC. What a long, strange trip, huh?
Date Awarded: 10.7.07
The Serendipity Badge
Description: You're just too good. In looking for one thing, you found another. Way to go, champ.
Date Awarded: 8.16.08
The Turkey Day Badge
Description: Things we're thankful for: Mashed potatoes, whiskey, guns, jumpropes, the internets, cassette tapes and that all of you are a part of this wonderful community.
Date Awarded: 11.24.06
The Turkey Day Badge 2007
Description: Things we're thankful for in 2007: Mashed potatoes (as always), tequila, soap, broadband, m80s, loud pipes, cassette tapes and that you have chosen to be a part of this wonderful community.
Date Awarded: 11.24.07
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
Description: Happy Valentine's day from the MTC staff. We really love you guys. That said, put your pants on and get out before we call the cops.
Date Awarded: 2.14.07
The Valentine's Day 2008 Badge
Description: Happy Valentine's day from the MTC staff. We really do love you all. So much so, in fact, that you should probably investigate a temporary restraining order -- we're crazy like that.
Date Awarded: 2.15.08
The yay! Badge
Description: A super limited (5 total) special badge bestowed to those who can truly understand the dark complexities of the 'yay!'
Date Awarded: 6.28.06
The Yay! Badge III
Description: A super exclusive (4 total) special badge bestowed to those who can truly understand the intricacies and cult-like implications of the phrase 'yay!'
Date Awarded: 8.23.06
The Yay! Badge IX
Description: This astonishing badge is bestowed to the MTC brethren who can truly conceptualize the wondrous spectacle and mind-altering ramifications of the of the elusive 'YAY!'.
Date Awarded: 8.17.08
The Yay! Badge VI
Description: This elusive badge is bestowed to those who can truly comprehend the colossal sophistication and the unfathomable, enigmatical origins of the elusive 'YAY!'.

Plus, 500 users. Hell yay!
Date Awarded: 5.16.07
The Yay! Badge VIII
Description: This confounding badge is bestowed to those who can truly realize the wondrous consternation and inhuman scintillance of the of the elusive 'YAY!'.
Date Awarded: 1.11.08
The Yay! Badge X
Description: You are so full of Yay! that you exclaim it even when unprovoked to do so.

Yay!
Date Awarded: 12.21.08
The Yay! Badge XII
Description: Another badge for those that don't need to be bribed to Yay!
Date Awarded: 1.29.09
The Year One Badge
Description: A "Thank You" to those who were willing to reveal the year they were born, as well as for giving the rest of us some insight into their musical taste.
Date Awarded: 9.13.08