I’m Jeff Rabinak. I’m 24 years old, grew up in the Chicago burbs and currently work at Company 3 in New York City. Any part of my life that isn’t lived in front of a computer will surely be blogged about anyways. email me at jeffrabinak[at]gmail[dot]com _uacct = "UA-3413305-1"; urchinTracker(); Tumblr (3.0; @sandboxwarrior)http://sandboxwarrior.com/<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lze19lpbtq1qz55xyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields is the perfect album for February 14th, even if you’re not in Valentine’s Day spirit.</p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/17607497703http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/17607497703Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:12:14 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz36z5UdI61qz55xyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/world/europe/russian-scientists-bore-into-ancient-antarctic-lake.html" target="_blank">Russian Scientists Bore Into Ancient Antarctic Lake</a></p> <p>There’s a large part of me that hopes there’s some type of gigantic, arctic monster waiting for us down there.</p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/17271143408http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/17271143408Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:21:04 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz15o46BN51qz55xyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I can’t wait to slip “affluenza” into conversation.</p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/17211947627http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/17211947627Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:57:40 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwpxs7rVVI1qz55xyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1760998/" target="_blank">Somebody Help Me 2</a>, the first feature I ever worked on, is now available at <a href="http://www.redbox.com/movies/somebody-help-me-2" target="_blank">Redbox</a>.</p> <p>It’s terrible.  It first premiered on BET two Halloweens ago and was never broadcast again.  Imagine my surprise when I’m thumbing through movie options the other night and this thing pops up.  </p> <p>I can’t say I recommend it, and not just because my name is misspelled in the credits. </p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/14727950577http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/14727950577Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:26:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-CU040Hqbas?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This girl understands the construct of gender roles better than most adults.  </p> <p><span>“Some girls like super heroes, some girls like princesses, some boy like super heroes, some boy like princesses! Why does all the girls have to buy pink stuff, and all the boys have to buy different color stuff?”</span></p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/14725623526http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/14725623526Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:29:00 -0500<a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/the-lord-rings-fellowship-ring-released-10-years-today/">‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’ Was Released 10 Years Ago Today</a>: <p>I literally gasped while reading that headline.  Time flys.  </p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/14486683066http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/14486683066Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:51:21 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw5sojZgeF1qz55xyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“I wish I could <a href="http://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Nicole-Polizzi/Snooki-13729.html" target="_blank">smell like Snooki</a>.” - No one.  Ever.</p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/14177429231http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/14177429231Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:24:19 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2K-xgBpQU84?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Brooms Up! - Quidditch World Cup IV</strong></p> <p>This is a 30 minute documentary about the creation of Muggle Quidditch and the 2010 World Cup.  I can not recommend it enough. </p> <p>Back when I was a freshman at Syracuse University in 2007, I read that Quidditch teams were forming at colleges around the east coast.  I decided to make a facebook page to see if other students at SU were interested.  Although the facebook group grew in size, it never gained enough momentum to actually launch and I quickly lost interest.  The facebook page still exists, and still has the goofy logo I made for it, although I am no longer the admin.  </p> <p>Watching this documentary and reading about the <a href="http://www.internationalquidditch.org/" target="_blank">IQA</a>, I wish that I had worked harder to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2230666656" target="_blank">Make ‘CUSE Quidditch Happen</a>.  Luckily, someone else took up the cause and today Syracuse has its very own <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/60733958814/" target="_blank">IQA Quidditch team</a>.  This past month they made it to the quarter finals in the 2011 World Cup.</p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/14153109090http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/14153109090Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:22:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvwvm2cUVD1qz55xyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I can’t think of anything more disgusting than Smirnoff Vodka.  Oh, wait.  Nevermind.</p> <p>Smirnoff Fluffed Marshmallow. </p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/13944648085http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/13944648085Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:49:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvwryw09vp1qz55xyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I will be obsessively tracking the progress of “Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol,” <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Bird" target="_blank">Brad Bird</a>’s live-action directorial debut.  </p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/13940635907http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/13940635907Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:30:32 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RSsstXfcRWw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Nerd rock + 50% of Tegan & Sara = 75% of things I love.</p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/12673307266http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/12673307266Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:01:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HXDu2U-CmkI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://links.laughingsquid.com/post/12472320134/high-school-student-builds-his-own-tiny-house-in" target="_blank">laughingsquid</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/high-school-student-builds-his-own-tiny-house-in-parents-backyard/" target="_blank">High School Student Builds His Own Tiny House in Parent’s Backyard</a></p> </blockquote> <p>This kid is chill.</p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/12473215351http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/12473215351Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:49:42 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luau0g3Jwo1qz55xyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Did you know you can have a <a href="http://www.giordanos.com/shop/" target="_blank">Giordano’s Chicago style pizza</a> overnighted to you anywhere in the US?  It’s true. </p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/12471186314http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/12471186314Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:33:52 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8e94GcOC1qz55xyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I’m really enjoying A Song of Ice and Fire, the book series the HBO show Game of Thrones is based on, but give me a minute to complain about these cover illustrations.</p> <p>There are several swords described in A Game of Thrones and as many crowns in A Clash of Kings, none of which match these illustrations.</p> <p>Show me Ice or Needle or Rob’s crown or Stanis’! Such a missed opportunity! I guess I should have sprung for the hard cover editions.</p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/11586702450http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/11586702450Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:24:00 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/v5Lmkm5EF5E?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>There was once a guy on a buffalo (technically a bison) and this is his story.</p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/10985632238http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/10985632238Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:24:43 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls7g0dxY7A1qz55xyo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>A group gif from our hike in Solstice Canyon</p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/10744607648http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/10744607648Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:31:00 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr8vwlIPNG1qzss4xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://latimes.tumblr.com/post/9999499612/bike-path" target="_blank">latimes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>In traffic-choked L.A., a car lane is given to bicycles: </strong> City officials unveil a new 2.2-mile path stretching along 7th Street from Catalina Avenue in Koreatown to Figueroa Street downtown. All that was needed was paint, a few signs <a href="http://lat.ms/o4vpBQ" target="_blank">and some traffic light adjustments</a>.</p> <p><em>Photo: A cyclist uses the new bike lane on 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles. The lane used to be for cars only. Credit: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Can’t wait to use this.</p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/10005183704http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/10005183704Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:38:01 -0400los angelesbicyclestransportationstreets<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr4rn5RfrN1qz55xyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/awesome-return-jedi-set-photos-empire-strikes-back-deleted-scene/jedi-set-6/" target="_blank">“Return of the Jedi” set photos. </a></p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/9903151021http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/9903151021Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:16:17 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpybqtmqDe1qz55xyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Where I am now.</p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/8938807156http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/8938807156Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:13:41 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo4wznYvQL1qz55xyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>and this one</p>http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/7465067132http://sandboxwarrior.com/post/7465067132Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:30:58 -0400