Let's make this a thing again?

Here it is, better late than never, I guess. I can't believe there were actually a few of you were who like, "can't wait to see your list, dude!" When it comes to new music, I am seriously lagging these days, but the funny thing is, I don't really care as much as I thought it would. The last time I went record shopping, I mean like, serious ( Read more... )

The waning moments of 2008 were spent with a few friends and a whole lot of strangers, one of whom was Josie from Josie and the Pussycats (the cinematic remake). Other friends were scattered, and dearly missed, but honestly, I was right where I wanted to be. This was the first New Year's Eve in memory where I didn't place enormous expectations on ( Read more... )

The most violent crime committed in the county of Los Angeles this year happened on Christmas Eve about 2 miles from my apartment. Most people in LA don't even know where Covina is because we're just a little city of under 50,000 people located about 20 miles east of downtown. But I love it here. We've got an Ikea, a Hooters, all the usual big- ( Read more... )

I've asked this question before in a different way, but seriously, what is the protocol for getting gifts for your boss? Is it expected? Does it make you look like a brown-noser? I know I could probably Google to find out what Emily Post has to say about it, but I want to know what y'all think. My boss owns the company, and he spends more on ( Read more... )

One thing that bewilders me about getting older is the realization that the age gap that once existed between me and professional athletes, guys I grew up admiring and once upon a time tried to emulate, is almost completely gone. I am now as old -- and in a lot of cases older -- than these guys. They're like my peers now, not my idols. By the ( Read more... )

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Okay, so 20 degree weather isn't really that bad as long as you're not out in it for more than a minute at a time. I don't know why it didn't occur to me that I was only going to be out in the cold for literally a minute since I was going from the airport to a taxi and then into a building. It's not like I was going sightseeing. So I didn't even ( Read more... )

( Seriously, this is not going to be fun )

I may not be going to as many shows as I once did (due in no particular order to: not as much disposal income, i.e. having a spare $30 for a ticket to see a band that I've seen before for half that and in a much smaller venue, not to mention the added costs of gas and drinks and merch; not finding as many interesting shows as before; laziness; ( Read more... )