I've been a fan of the Manic Street Preachers since 2002 when alawston made me a mix tape of some of their best songs. Yes, a tape. But they never tour the U.S., so I basically just resigned myself to the fact that I would die without ever seeing them live. That's what I told James Dean Bradfield last night when I talked to him. The first time. That's ( Read more... )

To: WonkyWheels, WW's Brother
Subject: Happy Yom Kippur

Yes, you're welcome for not making you be observant Jews.

Love,
Mom

Usually when I tell people that something awesome is going to happen, it turns out to be not as awesome in reality. Fortunately, that was not the case with the U2 concert. It was awesome. Seriously awesome. Possibly the best experience of my life. Being on the grounds crew at Fenway was awesome. But it was more awesome in theory than in reality. In ( Read more... )

I ran into my downstairs neighbor last night and she told me that the guy with the dog (or at least the dog) will be moving out by the end of the month. YES!!! The beast is tearing shit up. And peeing all over things. Gross. I feel bad for her, but I am so psyched that soon I won't have to be checking my shoes everytime I walk through the yard. ( Read more... )

So, yesterday was a good day. I was super-excited about U2 and going to New Orleans, and I got free underwear at Vicky's, and it was perfect running weather. When I got to the top of the stairs after putting my bike back in the basement, I noticed a disgusting smell. I had stepped in dog shit. My downstairs neighbor's dog shit to be exact. I was ( Read more... )

So, we have a pedometer contest at work, but my partner is a moron, so I am carrying the team on my own. As a result, I discovered that the mall is only a 15-minute walk away. And as a result, I spent $50 on new editor pants. Ooops. I put a moratorium on buying new clothes until I lose 20 pounds, but they were on sale, and they had my name (er, ( Read more... )

I went to see Living Colour last night at Johnny D's. It was totally random that they were playing at such a small venue, and it was an awesome show. My friend Mike got me in because he was on the list, and I was his plus-one. Ten years after my first time being on the guest list, I still get a kick out of it. "I'm with the band" never gets old ( Read more... )

I have a half-season package for the Celtics next year, but I'm trying to get tickets to a couple of hot games that I don't have tickets for -- Lakers and the second Cleveland game. I didn't get either of those, but I did get a laugh at the security checkwords that came up:

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So, Blender magazine was on my list of addresses to change when I moved, but I went to their web site and couldn't find any phone numbers or anything. When I went back to my old apartment to take the last of my stuff and meet the guy whose girlfriend is going to sublet my room, I discovered that Blender has gone out of business and they had sent me ( Read more... )

OMG OMG OMG look what I just bought:

Manic Street Preachers at Paradise Rock Club
Thursday 10/08/09
Show: 9:00 p.m.

They never tour the U.S. EVER! I thought they were banned from coming here because they were friends with Castro or something. Holy shit.

So... who wants to go with me?