One of the reasons I absolutely love Windows 7 is the rotating wallpaper background. It rocks. I currently have 224 different wallpapers that it randomly scrolls through. That’s a lot of wallpapers. Naturally, I forget about some of them, and when they come up… it is a delightful surprise. Like this one, for example:
Yeah, that’s from the awesome Doritos commercial from the Super Bowl. Good times.
Yes, my dear friends… I have failed. My little blog a day experiment failed. I didn’t have high hopes for it anyway, but it was fun. I think it felt a little too much like homework for me… and if you know me, you know that I absolutely fucking despise homework!
So I think I’ll just do whatever the fuck I want to do again. Hell yes for freedom. I thought of making an editorial calendar, but I don’t feel like doing that quite yet. Maybe I’ll start out with one topic assigned for one day of the week and that’s it. Maybe.
That’s all for now. I will be posting more often. Probably.
Weezer. The Flaming Lips. Tenacious D. She and Him. They Might Be Giants. Ok Go. AND LOTS MORE! w00t!
Ok. Let’s do this. No more breaks… probably. Like I said before, I really needed to stop and take a chill pill. Personal blogging should not be stressful. Especially if you suck at it and aren’t trying to make any money off of it.
So I completely redesigned Heather and Adam are Totally Rad! Instead of using Dreamweaver templates and static html, I went with my beloved WordPress. I customized the design by styling a child Thematic WordPress theme. I’m really happy with the result. It’s not nearly as busy as the last site, but it still is pretty freakin cool looking IMO. I even snuck in some of the dreaded Comic Sans font. Take that, professional graphic designers! Don’t worry though… the logo is in Helvetica. Calm down.
Sorry about that. I took an unannounced break from the blog a day thingy. I was getting burned out. Didn’t want to start hating the blog so I stopped. I’ll be back in full force pretty soon. Thanks. I love you. I mean it.
It starts with you
on a mattress in your parents’ old room,
clipping your toenails into the room
like the room will fade
and you will move
onto other rooms
and you will go
to other places.
Then the wedding,
Then the woman passed out
in the driver’s seat
at the order board at White Castle.
We woke her up and she went
’round to the pick up window
like she knew exactly where she was.
Then I wept
with my face in your night shirt,
trying hard as hell to say
“until death separates us,”
loosening the skin on your breastbone,
I painted your nails
and you sleep
while I write all this down.
There was a moth caught in the soapdish
laminated in lye
Will you still remember me well
If I don’t get to two-o-o-five?
my dead line Gemini
When we’re on different sides of the globe
I thought we’d keep our veins tangled
like a pair of mic cables,
And if there ain’t enough slack to reach
that we’d solder them together
and across oceans they’d stretch.
Our faces reflected in separate windshields
and all our body hair pricked up
an elephant eyelash.
Should we be tempted by thief or saint
it seems I leave and you stay
to crawl the cage and curse.
But don’t regret the done dirt,
there is no life plan set,
you just swallow the cold
and follow your breath until death.
Now even if the will to sleep persists
I can’t ’cause a harsh cloth, it grazes my blisters.
There was a moth caught in the soapdish
laminated in lye
Will you still remember me well
If I don’t get to two-o-o-five?
My dead line Gemini.
Today I fell asleep in a bath of hair.
Hair that once sprouted from my own
white wet chalk follicles.
I swallow a coal
and follow my breath
and I did it with the grapefruit soap
thinking of you.
Bathed, shaved, and oiled,
your legs are two skinny dolphins swimming
between the mattress and the layers of bedding
turning in your drug dry sleep.
When I ask you to kiss my pulse
you offer to start the shower.
I want a verb and you give me a noun.
What do you dream up while I tongue you down?
There was a moth caught in the soapdish
laminated in lye
Will you still remember me well
If I don’t get to two-o-o-five?
My dead line Gemini.
You know my build.
You know my size.
The degree to which my eyes
are astigmatic.
I am so blessed. Mine eyes have finally seen the coming of the glory of the lord. I cannot believe what I used to be, but I can love and be proud of the man I am now. I met someone. His name: Jesus. Jesus Christ. Yes… I have realized the error of my sinful ways and have accepted the big man himself as my lord and savior. No more Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, or Carl Sagan for this guy! No, sir! It’ll be Pat Robertson, George W. Bush, those wonderful God Hates Fags folks, and late 70s Bob Dylan for me! Hallelujah!
I just finished part of our wedding invitation and it looks very cool. We should be sending them out pretty soon. I’m really enjoying the wedding planning process. I’m getting more and more excited the closer we get. Heather is doing a great job, and mom is being a good resource. It’s going to be an amazing wedding.
Well, we are officially one week away from LOST! ABC played the two hour finale from last year tonight, and I caught the last 10 minutes of it. Wow. I can totally remember how insane that was and how upset I was that I had to wait for almost a year for the next season. I’ll never forget seeing the LOST screen go white at the end instead of black. It was epic.
We are also less than a week away from Heather’s birthday! Her presents this year are “off the hook”. Yes. They are that good.
Tomorrow is the Apple event. I usually get excited for these as they are fun and interesting to watch, but this year I actually have an Apple product! I’m hoping they announce a new iPhone OS along with this mysterious tablet thingy. No more will I have to be shamed by Heather’s Droid and it’s superior operating system! Huzzah!
I’m getting really good at Photoshop. It’s pretty cool learning something new. I haven’t done it for a while. I should do it more often.
I’ve been missing Disneyland quite a bit lately. I wish I made more money so we could go more often. Maybe some day.
We’re now caught up with Glee. Man… that last episode was intense. I had no idea the show would be this good. I can’t for new episodes!
I feel like I am running out of juice on this blog. I need some inspiration. It will come.
Also, I posted this video of the malfunctioning bathroom light in my office from my iPhone, and it now has almost 700 views. What the fuck?
Heather and I just started watching Glee from the beginning! It’s very good. I would suggest watching it. It’s kind of nice to watch something so uplifting and fun after watching shows like Dollhouse and Fringe. And I will admit… it has made me cry a few times already. Yeah… it’s really good. I mean… not as good as LOST… but it’s good. Oh man… LOST is soooo fucking close! I cannot wait!
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Simple blog post: some of my favorite things. I’m pretty sure I’ve done this before on this very blog, but guess what… THIS IS MY FUCKING BLOG. Deal with it. That’s what I love about this blog. I can do whatever I want. It’s just for fun. I’m not trying to impress clients or create linkbait or attract the ladies or anything! That also happens to be the good thing about being an adult… I can do whatever I want. People forget that but they shouldn’t! Just think back to when you were a kid and you were in the toys section of a store. You wanted to buy the toys but you couldn’t. Guess what… now you can! And I do! Look at these pictures from my office:
I’m sure it annoys the crap out of Heather when I drag her into the toys section so I can buy an action figure or some legos, but it really makes me happy. It helps me remember to never ever grow up. Never to become boring. Never forget how amazing the world is and how much there is to learn. Grown ups think they know everything and, therefor, are boring. When you live you life knowing that there is a whole bunch of new and exciting things to learn and experience every single day, life is fucking awesome!
Seriously, the next time you are at Target or Walmart, go to the toys section and buy a toy. It’ll really bring you back. It’s fun!
Whoa… can you say… tangent? Anyway. Here we goooooooooooooo…
Favorite Artist or Band: The Beatles. I know it sounds boring and lame, but I mean it. I mean it so much. I love The Beatles. There is no getting around how great they are. I still can’t believe I got to see Paul live. I cried so much. That was the closest I will ever get to a religious experience.
Favorite Album: The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips. True, my favorite album is not by my favorite band, but The Soft Bulletin really is the best album of all time. It’s the kind of album that you listen to all the way through and feel this amazing sense of satisfaction. It’s sexy, chaotic, beautiful, depressing, uplifting, psychedelic, and perfect in every way. And if you have surround sound, be sure to buy the 5.1 surround sound Soft Bulletin DVD. It will change your life!
Favorite Songs: Tie! I’m Yours by Jason Mraz and Gemini (Birthday Song) by Why? These two songs are tied because they are both amazing. I’m Yours is just a really great, feel good song. Who doesn’t love it? I would say that it is objectively a perfect song. Perfect… just like Gemini (Birthday Song). This song is beautiful. It is emotional and intense. The lyrics blow me away every time I listen to it… and I listen to it a lot! I am 100% positive that I have listened to this song more than any other song ever. The band Why? is amazing, and this is their best song by far.
Favorite Rum: Sailor Jerry. Yum.
Favorite iPhone App: Yelp. So useful. I have started writing Yelp reviews recently, and have really started to appreciate the Yelp community and all that it is doing. Sure, some of them are snobs, but overall they are providing the world with lots of great reviews. Awesome.
Favorite Soda: Coke Zero. I know that diet soda is not good for you. I don’t care. I have chosen to have diet soda as my one unwavering vice. It’s so yummy. Diet Mountain Dew does come in at a close second. Double yum!
That’s all. Remember… I love you.
Republicans and Democrats suck. Actually, people who call themselves Republicans and Democrats suck. I mean, do you really believe everything in their platform? And I’m not saying that you can’t say you prefer one of the two or that you would consider yourself one or the other… I am talking about the people who are “proud to be a Republican/Democrat!!!”. It’s dumb. Those people are intellectually void. That’s the problem with political parties… they stymie independent thought and thinking. People feel like they have to believe in all of the principals of one of the two main parties. That is how almost all of us Americans were, and are, raised. Europe is a little better about it since they have more than two main parties, but it still sucks. Meh… I’ll write more about this later. I want to go to bed.
Oh yeah…
P.S. I love you.
So, I called myself a social media expert today. I’m not proud of it, but I did. I was in a webinar about social media and self storage and the host put up a poll asking us what our level of social media savvy was. Well… I chose social media expert. I guess I am one now since all you need to do to become one is claim to be one. Oh well. Although, in the area of self storage social media, I am pretty far ahead of most of those guys.
In other news. No Coachella. But guess what! That means the wedding is officially April 17th now!!! Yippie! And guess what else! I may have found an outfit for the wedding. It’s got a jacket with coattails and a top hat. I’m going to look so old school.
Well… the Coachella lineup has been released. I really like it, but I can’t decide if it is worth it. I really would like to see She & Him, Gorillaz, Jay Z, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, The Specials, Faith No More, MGMT, Sly and the Family Stone, and Sia. I guess we’ll see.
Also, I’ve started writing reviews on Yelp. I love it! Maybe I’ll even become an elite Yelper! One can only dream…
Also, I really hope the Apple conference that is coming up contains an iPhone OS update. I love my iPhone so much, but when I compare it to Heather’s Droid… it’s just not that great.
The Coachella lineup is most definitely going to be posted tonight at midnight. I can’t stop looking at the clock. I’m going crazy! I don’t know how I will resist going if She & Him are actually playing. Seeing Zooey Deschanel in person would be my own personal heaven. *swoon*
Check it out… I made a line graph:
Agree? Disagree? Yeah, I love Weezer. I was supposed to go see them on Jan. 15th, but Rivers got in that bus accident. No fun.
Without further ado, I present… The ten best movies of all time and space!
This list is correct and true. In fact, this list is infallible… just like The Pope. The movies listed below are in no particular order because they are, technically, all number one. Yes, there are ten number ones. Here we go!
Up. Some of the best looking computer generated graphics I have ever seen. The scenery alone is enough to make you cry, but then Pete Doctor has to go and make it have an intensely emotional and exciting plot. I was sobbing for probably a good fourth of the movie. It’s just that intense. Also… it contains the most beautiful and touching movie montage ever made. Ever.
Tombstone. Look… I don’t care if this movie isn’t historically accurate… Tombstone is a fucking badass film. The performances by Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell are perfect, and everyone else does a great job. The plot moves along at a great speed, and has some very powerful scenes.
Avatar. What can I say… the movie lived up to the hype and then some! The visuals are the best ever created. I don’t think they will be surpassed for quite a few years… probably not until Avatar 2 comes out. And yes, the base story is pretty much FernGully on steroids, but the way it is presented is actually very unique. The interactions between the characters felt very genuine and was helped by the accuracy of emotion on the faces of the na’vi. The ending was one of the best I have ever seen. It was full of action, emotion, thrilling visuals, intense moments of sadness, a huge rush of joy, and a perfect way to end the film. Go see it.
Finding Neverland. Beautiful in every way.
Wall-e. What??? Another Pixar movie? No way! Yeah… If you have seen Wall-e, you know why it is listed here. Again, Pixar has excelled at story telling in a tremendous way. The fact that almost the entire first half of the movie has no speaking but brought me (and many others) to tears is a testament to the genius of Pixar and, specifically, Andrew Stanton.
Jurassic Park. This movie was a bigger part of my childhood than any other movie by far. I can still remember the moment when I first saw those Brachiosaurus and the look on Alan Grants face… man… so beautiful.
V for Vendetta. Not much to say other than it’s a great movie with great acting with a great message (not so much now that we’ve got Obama, but still… good message).
Toy Story 1, 2, and 3. You can’t say anything bad about the Toy Story trilogy. The voice casting is perfect, the plot can be thoroughly enjoyed by kids and adults alike, and it just makes you feel happy. And I am aware that Toy Story 3 is not out yet. It doesn’t matter. It is going to be amazing. I promise.
Mamma Mia! Come on now… you know you love it. Especially Pierce Brosnan! I don’t care what any of you jerks say… he and his voice are beautiful in Mamma Mia. The movie is fun all the way through and is visually stunning.
Cloverfield. J. J. Abrams is a really awesome guy. I’m glad there are people like him in Hollywood so we actually have some good movies to look forward to. I wouldn’t hesitate in calling him the next Steven Spielberg. Anyway… Cloverfield rocks. The originality and restraint of the film really made it memorable.
There you go. You’re welcome.
I’m a kid. I don’t want to ever grow up. I will never stop liking action figures and legos. My favorite movies are made by Pixar and Disney. I am one of those people who got super immersed when watching Avatar and is really sad that it’s not real.
The fact that I can be a pretty irresponsible person is, in a way, comforting to me. It often puts a strain on me (and usually Heather), but it does show that I’m not a boring old sap who only cares about getting things done. I really hope I never lose my childlike wonder of the world around me. Actually, Cosmos (by the beautiful Carl Sagan) really has made me feel like more of a child than ever. It really give you an epic sense of grandeur. When you realize your true place in the universe, you cannot help but feel like a kid. Everything is just so beautiful and impressive after watching Cosmos.
Also, the title DOES relate to the content. The movie referenced is about finding the fountain of youth. See? Related. Bam!
Also… I need to post this right now to have it posted today.
Yelp in Bloom
Heather and I got together with The Bartlemans tonight at Liberty Market to discuss the wedding as Ricky is going to be the one marrying us! I am not going to give anything away, but the wedding ceremony is going to be pretty fucking sweet. And so is the party! The whole thing is just going to be awesome.
Ah yes… Yelp. I’ve gotten into writing reviews on Yelp. I’m loving it! You can check out my profile and reviews here. I just went to the amazing Yelp in Bloom event at the Desert Botanical Gardens with Heather. Oh god it was awesome. Click here for my (and over 100 others) review of it.
Every now and then I get this intense desire to work with my hands. I love doing this internet stuff, but sometimes I just want to put in some hard work. I kind of did this when I worked overnights as a stocker at Walmart. I loved it! I mean… I loved the job… not the people. Yikes! What a bunch of sad, pathetic human beings. Anyway… yeah. I know it’s probably a cliché, but I just felt more emotionally rewarded after a hard days work than when I have worked all day in a cubicle, staring at a computer screen. Yes, I probably am a lazy, fat-ass American at heart and would get sick of it eventually, but you never know…