My slacker ass has been, well, slacking. I will promise to post more. Including my review of the new Indiana Jones movie which kidlet and I saw last night. Hint..it did not suck!
Kidlet will be at the Sasquatch Festival this weekend with her Dad and his GF and her semi sorta step brother. I be am jealous! REM is playing tomorrow night and The Cure on Sunday. I have seen The Cure of course (Goth Club requirement) but not REM. Which SUCKS cause I bought my first REM album waay back in 83 when Murmur was released. Yet another reason to move south. They play there more often cause, duh, they are southern.
The Whigs, Breeders, Modest Mouse, Ozomatli, New Pornographers, Death Cab For Cutie, Presidents of the USA, and Flaming Lips are all playing along with Robert and Co and Michael and Co. She is best buds with her semi sorta step bro so they should have a great time. I, meanwhile, get to work tomorrow and dog sit their dogs for the weekend :P
I think I might haul my butt down to the beach on Sunday. Just to drive there and go hang out at Arcadia beach and look at the waves for the day might be nice. We shall see. I have to let the dogs out in the mornings and then in at night and cage up the demon beagle.
And now one for the road. I like these guys. Carolina Liar - and yes the lead singer is from South Carolina - are getting some decent buzz and are on rotation at my favorite station KNRK. If you like Band of Horses or The Editors I will bet on you liking these guys.
Carolina Liar - I'm Not Over
Friday, May 23, 2008
Happy Memorial Day, Peeps!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
HAPPY FRICKIN DANCE!!
Go Cookie! I am thrilled he won and watching this you can tell just how much he wanted it. David's new single that will be released is available for purchase on iTunes and for once the "coronation song" does not suck! Two videos for ya. The first is the announcement of the winner and David singing his new song. The second is his backstage interview right after winning. He is a class act with regards to Little David and the judges.
Backstage Interview
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Every Artist Is A Cannibal Every Poet Is A Thief
Well it kind of snuck up on me but today is my 2 year blogoversary. Whoo :P
Which makes it all the more sad that I have slacked at blogging lately but the recent kidlet drama pooped me out and frankly I had nuthin. I did get quite a bit of gardening done in the last week though. I live in a townhouse, which in theory has a landscaping crew as I think I have blogged about before, but we can do our own plantings and I have a large back balcony/deck. So I got quite a few summer color spots in and planted some seeds. Still need to do more though. And the back property line has this odd strip of wild grass between the bark walking trail and the lawn. I am going to employ my Grandpa's old trick for beautification. There are whole stretches of the freeways outside of Salt Lake City that have California poppies and bluebells that bloom every year. That is due to Gramps and I taking drives with a big old Folgers can of seeds and letting them fly out the window onto the sides of the highway. We used to do that while out on our trips looking for wild Asparagus and edible greens. You non Greek types would call them weeds :P
Let's see what else do we have. It was blazing hot here the last couple of days. Only in Orygon can you get a high of 55 on Tuesday and a high of 90 on Thursday. So we had record heat Thursday Friday Sat and Sun. Apparently we had a record turn out for Obama at Waterfront park as well. They are projecting some 65000 at the park and of course tons more on boats and outside the perimeter of the main park. While I still am not thrilled at my choices for either Democratic candidate it does make me happy to see so many younger kids out there. I have ALWAYS voted. I never got my peers who acted like they were too cool to vote. WTF... then don't bitch about the government if you don't participate.
This year we get to elect senators too. I am strongly leaning to the gay midget with a hook hand. Yes you read that right. Something about that just tickles me. Talk about Obama and Hillary being a historical candidates! They have both thumbs!
Oh I took kidlet to her first laser light shows on Saturday night. We saw Laser Nirvana and Laser Dark Side Of The Moon. Floyd still owns for Laser shows. She loved it! They have learned a few new tricks since my day. I think that was the first show I have been to where I had NOT had beer prior to admission. And no one lit up in the theater!!! I miss the good old days when you could bribe the tech with a bowl and he'd do double shows and midnight :P
