~*~ New Phone Preeze ~*~ ^_^b

My work phone fell out of my bag on the way to San Diego a few weeks back, so I had to replace it myself. So I started browsing around Craigslist for some cheap phones and met the kind xieweingwe or something like that. This is the amazing back and forth conversation we had:

Dickhead

What is worse than waking up at 4:15 to fly to Worster Massachusetts because your coworker booked into Providence instead of Boston? Waking up to this:



So let us recap. The douchebag behind me was practically touching my bumper and the person in front of me was about a hands width away. Needless to say, I couldn't do anything so I got a cab. ugh.

Updated Room

I figured it may be time to post some pictures, so here are a few. I re-organized my room this past weekend to be a little more functional. I've been told I needed another chair in my room, so that is what I did, I brought in my leather chair (that was never used) from the living room. It was a bit tricky to figure out the layout, but I'm pleased.

When you walk into my room and look to the left, this is what you will see:


I bought a receiver and turntable recently, so I got a little crate for my records:


I used my short dresser as a stand for my turntable and receiver and gave it some separation by putting my plant and candles between it. This also allowed for me to hide the chords behind it:


This is my new little sitting station. I put the chair and night stand in the bay window and my computer chair can swivel around as well:


This is what you see when you walk in and look towards the right.



No real change to my desk, same ole' setup:



And I still love beer. This is one of my favs. TYVM brotha

Great Cover

For the one or two people who stumble upon my blog every now and then, I wish to share this cover I found on Stereogum.

The song is Bluish off of Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavillion. The artist covering it is Sondre Lerche. Just click away Bluish

Hello Wednesday

This is how my day has gone. Its 4:00p.m. and I'm about to grab lunch ^_^b

UghghghHGGH DPT

I have received many B.S. tickets from San Francisco Department of Parking and Transportation, but the one I got this morning was over the top. I received an $88 ticket for "parking in a driveway." These are pictures of where I was parked.

So here is the "driveway" I was parked in front of...

Or maybe it was the white curb? Is this white? is it even possible to discern this at 10p.m. when I parallel parked into a small spot? Um, no... its not.

Premiere: St. Vincent:

Very Very good

Premiere: St. Vincent: "Marrow"

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What the Heck. Indie Elitists to see the New Twilight?

Reading around I found out that not only will Death Cab for Cutie appear on the Twilight Sequel, New Moon, many other reputable indie bands are too. Check out the track listing that was released on Myspace:

1. Death Cab For Cutie – Meet Me On The Equinox

2. Band Of Skulls – Friends

3. Thom Yorke- Hearing Damage

4. Lykke Li – Possibility

5. The Killers - A White Demon Love Song

6. Anya Marina – Satellite Heart

7. Muse - I Belong To You (New Moon Remix)

8. Bon Iver and St. Vincent – Rosyln

9. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Done All Wrong

10. Hurricane Bells – Monsters

11. Sea Wolf – The Violet Hour

12. Ok Go- Shooting The Moon

13. Grizzly Bear - Slow Life

14. Editors – No Sound But The Wind

15. Alexandre Desplat – New Moon (The Meadow)

Ummm.. I'm sold on quite a few bands in there and the others aren't bad. Maybe it won't be compelling enough to see the movie, but who knows.

Some Music for the Week Off

After 8 long months, I am finally taking a little time off. Everyone keeps asking me "where are you going?" Pshh.. Sucka, I am going nowhere. I am sitting at home, not planning anything and enjoying some R&R. I turning the email function off on my phone and not answering any calls from work. I really need this time off, I was starting to get really crabby.

So my goal is to focus on finding some new music, listening to music, reading, biking, etc. I guess I sort of do have some plans...

My good friends The Local Natives were up for a show at The Independent this last week and played a great show. I was talking to Matt about their publicity and told him how much I loved their exlcusive they put out on the Aurgasm blog. They also played a new song, which sounded great (I really can't describe it, I was a bit tipsy at the time). Keep an eye out for them in the near future, they're doing great things!



Local Natives - Camera Talk (Acoustic Aurgasm Exclusive)

Secondly, I will be attending the Telefon Tel Aviv concert this next Saturday. Not that many people come across my blog, but they're great. If you haven't heard them, listen to the media player on the side... I'm still learning to link the music to the yahoo player.

Was that a Bomb?

Originally uploaded by fgfathome

This Saturday at about 9:00a.m. I was minding my own business, sleeping when I hear a loud BOOOOOOOM. I immediately woke up and the aftermath, a low growl lingered... I wasn't sure what was going on, so I litterally grabbed my bed and braced myself because I thought we were going to have a massive earthquake. Brent on the otherhand was convinced it was a bomb. Well, this guy was smarter and pulled the camera out and got a crazy shot of the wrath of Zues.

Dinner Feast Prepared by Brent

I just posted a few entries of the new apartment that may stretch through more than one page. Please take a look at it. The last post will be one of my room. KTHX ^_^b

The Table is Set

Annerbur (Annabel) is quite excited & so is the fun little fam

Delish Ensalada

Digging in & mixin the Salad

New Apartment Part 3

We're on the Second Story, not to be mistaken with a French Restaurant. Our stairs up... Mike hates the effort it takes to get to the kitchen for a beer.

The toilet room is separate from the bathroom
Mikes Room
Bathroom

New Apartment Part Two

My Room and the Toast

I moved into a new place in the Mission District of San Francisco the other week and after a couple crazy weeks of work and moving, I finally found some time to take a few pictures and upload them. Here we go.

Brent taking a look at the cork from the Dom P he just opened. The champagne was delightful, even my dad liked it. The next 4 pictures after, are few different views of my room. For the most part, it is done aside from getting some pictures.

Rating for Reviews etc.

Just a quick thing to think about when you are giving someone a review (ie. after you buy a car you may get a survey or Yelp or whatever else):

If you have the 5 options, whether it be stars, the popular strongly dislike-strongly like, or any other type of survey that may effect the business of a place thing of it this way. If you are giving 4 stars out of 5, you are basically saying they are below 80%... Is this really a C to you? 5 stars = 80-100%. I know this post is not well constructed, but realize that your consumer surveys do make a difference.