For your Friday entertainment

This site has killed most of my day today. So funny!

TV in Japan

you've GOT to be kidding.

Another example that our country is full of stupid people.

Phriday Photos

Making this quick today...

Here's some photos from the Res Mag release party.
Here's some photos of the Blue Owl where Xtina and I had some free Gin. Nothing really exciting.

I hope this weekend doesn't suck. With the rain coming, it's going to add salt into an already open wound.

ah...the good ol' days

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big things in the works for July kids....stay tuned!

what is this world coming to?

oh the vapors!

Last night was the Stereo/Vapors party. Jason Lee was MIA (as I expected him to be)and the crowd sucked. It was way packed and full of weird kids. Not the crowd I was expecting at all. Fashionistas and Bape-fiends. I guess you can say that I wasn't even excited enough to shoot. The highlight (besides the video that I've seen x-illion times) of the night was when Truth and Soul played. Tight band. Dubbing themselves "Puerto Rican Funk", they were the perfect background music to the convo about Real Dolls that Xtina, Moo and I were having. Here are the few shots I took.

It's hell all right...

indie kids have done too much drugs.

How do I know?

Well, I remember when pitchfork was the end all on what albums were essential. You wanted to know what was good and they'd recommend the Buttkisser Trio or some crap. Well no more.

I took it upon myself to "obtain" albums of bands I've never heard of before to see if they could be the "next big thing". I guess kinda doing one of my life long dreams. I've only recently FINALLY finished listening to all those albums to date, and of course there are tons more that pop up each day, but I decided to put the cap on it and look to pitchfork for their reviews.

Alas, some albums that I have reviewed over the last few months were not on pitchfork's radar. I would like to say that it was for the best that they stay that way. Of the albums that were reviewed, a few of my ratings matched the pitchfork staff, but one album in particular SHOCKED me. The freakin' Liars album nabbed a 9! A 9! This album sounded like the Gregorian Monks got their hands on a Ween CD and a foley sample CD and decided to make an album while falling down the stairs of the temple. This convoluted piece of crap proves to me why bands like Man Man and Gil Mantera's Party Dream are drawing such big crowds. Obviously people like to feel their ears bleed.

Now I do say that I also don't get why Sufjan Stevens is getting God status. He held the top spot for a lot of people's top 10 list of 2005. Why? I don't know. Illinoise wasn't genius. I think it was alright, but come on now.

So, I'll keep on my musical journey and ignore what the kids are raving about. That's fine. More booty house for me suckers!

oh peter

this is the one thing that has made me laugh this week.
enjoy family guy fans

oh and futurama fans, it's not true. it's not coming back to fox, but some unreleased stuff will be on a new DVD!

I'm now addicted to white lines

Sadly, I don't have any photos to accompany this post. I'm sad about that, but I think it's for the best.

Snarky, Xtina and I headed for the mountain last week for an adventure. Waking up as the bars were just winding down was not ideal, but we did get to see drunk make out sessions at Union Square, and lots of people just trying to remember that it's one foot in front of the other. Pure comedy.

Three lost souls at this place. This was an absolute first for me and Xtina. Skiing was never a family destination for me anyways. FOB my parents didn't know. Hell, the only mountain we touched was during the summer for picnics...and three summers ago was our first family outing to a beach since I was 3 going to Coney Island!

Still, it's about time I learn. I needed to learn how to snowboard.

At first, I got that same feeling I do when I ride roller coasters. Fear. For some reason I don't just fear falling, but I fear falling and my head bouncing off the floor causing my untimely death. I know, but I get it from my dad who, on a plane back from Barbados 4 years ago, told me how when he gets on a plane, he thinks about what if the plane catches fire; that he's afraid of burning alive because that HAS to be the worst way to die. Thanks for the genes dad. I guess they finally fit.

Overcoming the fear and realizing that it just felt natural, I got the basic movement. It was stopping before reaching the slush and mud that encompassed us on this 60 degree day that was the problem. Several slams to my left butt cheek later, I found that it was easier to make turns and stop heel side. I got low to the ground and dug my heels into the ice and I stopped. Holy victory! I wanted to get faster. Screw trying to carve, I wanted to fly! But, this was my first day and the bunny slope was more a newborn with the lack of snow. My biggest problem the whole day was just starting. With a rainfall that drove us in for an early lunch, the ice was slicker, and it was a lot harder to slam my foot to lock the bindings. I just kept sliding. It was amazingly frustrating. We all felt defeated. We were at different levels struggling with different problems. Snarky couldn't stop without falling, Xtina's starting form looked more like Kelly Slater, and I couldn't even get into my bindings.

Then, our instructor helped give us a nice kick to our collective ass. He made me try turning and stopping toeside, made Xtina freeze in a squat down the hill and tried to make snarky overcome her fear getting lower to stop. After numerous falls on my poor knees (and no, I don't spend enough time on them as is...smart asses) I did get it twice. I was getting better and better after every frustrating run, and then I realized that I didn't want to stop. I wanted to keep going. This was new for me. I had ADD towards activities I don't get off the bat. Guitar playing, bowling, you name it. But this was different. I was constantly improving and having so much fun. We decided to all end strong and go in for a quick pint before getting on that bus.

It's a crazy expensive activity to do enough to really get good at. I know it's not like I can just get up and decide to go do it, but I would love to go do it more next season. Hopefully it's like riding a bike and I won't forget everything by next October!