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Confusing

You may notice the volume of posts here has increased dramatically. For one thing, I’ve been diligent about putting up the “vid o the day” every day. The other thing– I just consolidated my other non-music-related blog into this one. So you may come across old posts referencing some other blog that just happens to be this very same blog. It may seem a little psychotic. I also tried to clean up the categories and tags. I may have self-induced OCD, but it doesn’t have me. Okay, maybe it does. Please forget you read this post.

What I do while my wife studies for her exams

I could do more productive things, but that’s what work is for, right? So here are a few things that have been helping me unwind lately.

National Geographic

I have a subscription. My grandpa had a subscription, and I’ve always been fascinated by the golden rectangle. The problem is they don’t come often enough– only once a month. It doesn’t even take a couple nights to get through. If you can limit yourself to one article a night, you can stretch it out. Sometimes I skip articles though. Philippine eagles just don’t capture my attention. Maybe I’ll go back and read it some day.

Zeta Gundam

I pretty much love anything Gundam.

Tape Op

My other subscription. This one is actually free. If you’re into recording, this publication is indispensable.

Flight of the Conchords

My sister got me the first season for my birthday, so I felt obligated to watch it. It was kinda funny actually. It’s the Kiwi version of Tenacious D back when they were on HBO.

Extras

I bought season one and two as a gift for my family’s Dirty Santa gift exchange. My poor grandma picked it. I could tell she wasn’t pleased for some reason. She was stuck with it for a while until Michelle swooped in to save her. So I got to watch season two, which I hadn’t seen yet. There are only six episodes though, so it’s not enough to cover months of lonely nights unless you watch it over and over again.

Casio PX-200 Digital Piano

I picked up one of these for my birthday. Lately I’ve been teaching myself Satie’s Three Gymnopedies. Not being a pianist, prior to this, the only thing I could really play on the piano was “Hey Jude”. I figured the Gymnopedies would be good pieces to work on for someone who doesn’t really play before I start diving into some crazy Chopin preludes.

Netvibes

I keep all my RSS feeds organized on Netvibes. I can go deep, or I can graze depending on my mood.

The Daily Show and The Colbert Report

I get my national and world news and laugh a little at the same time– what a combo.

Blade Runner

I got the four-disc set for Xmas. As to be expected, it’s loaded with making-of documentary footage to help you literally pick up the craft of film making.

Books

I’ve actually had time to finish the book my buddy at work lent me like a year ago. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon is an epic story of two Jewish cousins in WWII New York who take on the Nazis through their popular superhero comic, The Escapist. As a work of fiction, it’s meticulously researched and feels more like a true stylized biography of these characters as they interact with real people and events of the time. It was little too tidy and straight-forward for me, but I was still able to enjoy many sections.

So that’s what I’ve been up to. Now you can go off and be me. I’ll try to be more exciting for the next time.

Full-size Gundam created for GUNDAM CRISIS attraction - Engadget

Full-size Gundam created for GUNDAM CRISIS attraction - Engadget

Dude Shoes 0001

I’m sorry. I couldn’t resist. Be on the look-out for episode 0003 when I attempt to use Youtube’s direct record thing as DL suggested.

I’m now able to more effectively manipulate minds through face-to-face contact.

My new favorite band

I was going through some old boxes at my folks and found this old guitar book my uncle had given me when I started learning guitar. VARIETY: 90 Most Enjoyed Guitar Songs USING ONLY SIX CHORDS never got much use in my hands because (a) I was completely occupied with punk and metal at the time and (b) I barely recognized any of the 90 included songs. It was published in 1966, but it seems all the songs in it were written eons before that year.

I couldn’t then and can’t now bring myself to chuck the book. I feel like the covergirl is singing directly to me. She’s not looking at me, but she’s thinking about me. She’s not playing the guitar, and neither are the dolts with her. They’re faking it while she lip-syncs to the Rosie and the Originals song “Angel Baby” playing on the hi-fi out of frame. The guy to the right of her thought he could impress her by bringing back three cheap guitars from Tijuana specifically so they could form a fake band. The poor sap is going to be heart-broken when he finds out the reason she wanted to form a fake band in the first place was to impress me. Her mom forced her to include her mentally challenged brother in the band as way to unload part of the responsibility of caring for him. “When he’s pretending to play the guitar, he doesn’t make that repetive screaming noise,” her mother mentioned to her bridge buddy, Dot.

Her efforts worked. The yellow-sweatered girl caught me hook, line, and yeah, I’m using a cliche. I’ve got to wrap up this post. We’re headed to lookout point after this in my beetle, and there’s only so much room.

Ridiculously Awesome

“Ridiculously awesome” is now my official hyperbolic adverb-adjective term.

Parking Hack

Parking your car in LA is a hellish task. A buddy of mine just moved his art studio to Hollywood where a monthly parking permit can cost around $75. After being ticketed four times, he stumbled upon a novel solution. He got a gym membership at the Bally’s by his studio for $35 a month. Parking is included in the membership fee. That’s $40 a month in savings, and he can work out if he wants.

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