getting a new bike

For as long as I could remember, I have always secretly wanted to ride a motorcycle.
I have had friends who had them, and been a back seat rider, but I always wanted to ride my own.
for 1 reason or another, I never learned how to ride, nor did I ever buy a bike.
So, at my ripe middle age of 37, I have decided to throw caution to the wind, and finally feel the freedom I have wanted to feel.
I love to ride my mountain bike downhill, but going uphill is such a bore, so now I can finally have the benefit of going fast without the effort of pedaling up a hill to get that feeling. woo hoo
What I liked about this bike is it's more old style look. I am not in the market to be speeding down the freeway in a racer. It's just not my style.
I like the more cruising, just out for fun kind of bike, and this just caught my eye and fit my vision.
I am excited and nervous, but more on the excited side.
I probably wont actually get the bike until October, but I am still very excited.:)

popcorn????

We all have odd dreams, and sometimes we just cant get a handle on exactly where they have stemmed from. Such was the case last night with my dream.
So it starts out, I am in this hummer, but it's old and rusted out, and cant get out of 2nd gear. I am trying to manuever it out of this parking lot that has a really high hill. I manage to turn the vehicle around, and park it so I can pick up the rest of my friends who were waiting in the lot because they somehow were homeless.
So we all get in the hummer and I start exit the parking lot and am driving down the paved road, and then in an instant, as dreams are, I am now in this dirt road going up a hill. I smell something burning and it's popcorn. I look over to my right and notice that there is a farmer lighting patches of his field on fire. I go up to the farmhouse which is nothing but a garage with a bench and inside is president Clinton talking about how he wants to expand the farmhouse and is lighting an acre around the farm on fire. The ground is actually filled with cornstalks, and it's a special type of corn that you can pop it by burning it. Clinton explains how he is feeding the hungry animals and clearing the ground for construction. I looked around and it was nothing but white fluffy popcorn on the ground and cows grazing.
Very odd

today's meaningless drivel

Last night, at 9pm I walked out of my apartment and locked the front and back door for the last time. I am finally out of my old place 100%. I have cleaned and spackled and cleaned some more, taking most of the weekend, inbetween going to the San Franciso Tattoo expo, and watching Laura get an awesome tattoo.
My goal was to be completely out last weekend, but you know how that goes. I had such high hopes, and then after I moved, I wanted to never see my old place again, and I kept finding dirt in places that I hadnt seen in over 3 years. Amongst the findings were:
- a nub of a cheeto, which, I dont even eat cheeto's , so that came from a guest at some point
- 3 dried rose petals, which i cant remember ever having roses, so that must have been really old or someone elses
- a wrapper from a certain brand of "protection", which again, is not my brand
- and my favorite, a very dried kitty hairball that was from one of my cats, who knows how old that was, or how it made it's way to the location behind a bookcase, that was only 1.5 inches away from the wall.

I started seeing a trend here, and got the feeling that much more was going on, when I aquired a roommate and was spending more nights at Laura's house. It was a little creepy.

Oh, which reminds me a a sick story I would like to share. I forgot all about it until right now.
ok, so we are at the tattoo expo, and Laura is about 35-40 minutes into her tattoo. I kept walking around, because there wasnt much room in the booth for friends. Only room for the 3 artist's and the 3 people getting tattooed.
I digress..........There was a stage nearby that had some freakshow's, (literally) and every once in a while they would give away free stuff. So I decided to venture over and hold my hand up to try and grab on of the free t-shirts that they were throwing into the crowd.
up towards the front of the stage was this kid. and I DO MEAN KID! he was 12. the guy giving away the free stuff started asking the audience for a sick joke, deciding who would get the next t -shirt. So, I hear this young voice saying somethin about........... "what smells like dead fish"........
I was horrified! The guy on stage was a little stunned too, and repeats the question for clarification, and then asks the kid "how old are you?" He exclaims "12" with such pride in his voice. I think everyone was in shell shock that the guy on stage just laughed and gave the kid the shirt.
I was mortified that someone would allow their kid onstage to say something like that. I am all for freedom of speech, but lets please use some tactful judgment people!

10:52 thought

I was walking across my production floor, passing the lunchroom and was hit by the smell of egg. This wasnt the stinky egg smell. This was the smell of egg salad. I thought "damn that smells good" and like a lightbulb being turned on, I was like, I NEED EGG SALAD TONIGHT! My mouth started to water, and my stomach started to feel hungry, even amidst the crappy instant oatmeal I had for breakfast.
Egg Salad, something so tasty that I forget about. Havent had it in years, probably wouldnt have thought about it for years to come without the scent awakening my taste buds.

blah, blah, blog

This is the hard time of the day. It's 2:09pm and this is where it gets hard to concentrate, work and be productive. Why you ask? Because I am bored and lathargic! I have a trillion things in my inbox, well, actually only 2 (ive kept up good today), but I have a trillion things to buy and about 7 vendors I want to strangle right now, all of which are completely ineffective in my supply chain.
So, I am choosing to take the high road and not fantasize about acts of violence against my opposition, and instead, clog my blog with meaningless drivel.
There's got to be more of you out there, just wishing they could walk out the door at this very minute, and say-"yep, im done for the day". No more bad times, no more excuses, just happy times away from the office.
Well, I suppose that wouldnt fly to well with the powers that be, so I will sink back down into my chair and start my string of phone calls once again.
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They have been closing all the local Subway stores for remodeling. I went to go there for lunch today and it was closed, so I chose to go to Fry's and get a pc game instead to self soothe. I ended up with a new game and finding my way to TOGO's (which I really dont care for). I never really realized the immense size of bread that TOGO's gives you. You could take off the entire top, slice the bottom half in two, and still have a slightly larger than normal size sandwich bread. Why do they use so much bread????? and then they put a tiny marble size dollup of mayo/mustard on it, and thats supposed to moisten my half loaf of french bread?? geez!

a WICKED kind of night

As the hour struck 8 pm last night, I was quickly transported into the land of OZ, and back in time to learn the tales of two very different, yet similar witches. This was of course the musical "Wicked".
For my first musical, I have to say that I enjoyed myself more than I anticipated. Though I am not a huge fan of musicals, I am a very huge fan of live performances, and this is really where it's at for me.
The set was beautiful, and at times I found myself (being the technical person I can sometimes be) fascinated by the fluid movement of the huge sets, and actors on cue, transitioning scene to scene. Everything about live performance is captivating. From the element of mistake that cannot be undone, to the sheer creative aspect of human performance.
Whether it's musicians, or actors, live performance is just captive of my attention and heart. The story was cool too, dont get me wrong. But for me, I am focused more on the performace of human beings, telling a tale to the audience, expressing themselves for our enjoyment.
During some of the lengthy songs, I found myself wandering to the sets, wondering how did they do that, watching all the mechanics of the actors footsteps, knowing exactly when to turn. With about 15 people on stage, it's very fascinating the way lights, sound and acting come together to form a huge choreographed scene. It's not only the dance routine that is taking place, but every aspect of sound, and lights to form a beautiful, enchanting performance.
OF course the element for mistake is there, and a good actor will not let you notice that mistake, however, Glinda was not one of those actors last night, and chuckled after tripping, and breaking her character a few times.
In summary, the story was great, and the company was superb to make my first musical a success.

a movie not for the faint of heart or sensitive

We went to see aristocrats this weekend and let me verify that every warning you have heard, (or may not have heard but I am telling you now), is true. Just the warning on the theatre ticket window stating that if you left within the first 30 minutes, you could get your money back, was enough insentive for Laura and I to say "lets see it!"
This movie, or documentary is about a joke that has been circulating between comics for years and years, and each comic adds their own spin on the joke itself. The first line of the joke is the same, and the "punchline" is the same, but the journey each comedian takes you on is where the real part of the joke lies and how each comic has their own personality embedded in the tale.
This is by far the raunchiest, foul, discusting, offensive and yet very funny in a "cult" sort of way tale you will hear.
I dont really know if I would recommend it to anyone, but if you are curious and thick skinned, go satisfy your curiousity just to say you saw it. It's just not the kind of movie/documentary that you would recommend to others, though it is very funny in parts. It is more a informational that you just have to see for yourself if you dare.

cool!! I might need this

Car Whisperer

Check this out. This could be a nifty device, just watch what you say in the future :)

Markus Schulz

This is another great DJ. Tends to play lots of progressive trance, less vocal and very upbeat with plenty of ethereal edges. You can catch his show every Thursday on DI.fm
I havent purchased any new cd's in a while, mostly been listening to online stations. However, I did get a pretty nifty software program "techno eJay". This makes it even easier then (in my opinion) garage band to create music. It doesnt seem to be available in the states, so I had to buy it from Canada. It used to be available here, but I suspect it wasnt a big hit, so after v.2, they stopped selling in the states, or made it very hard to find.
Making music has been on the backburner, with moving and packing and being in limbo, not to mention my stupid .dll error that crept up on Sonar 3. So I am out recording software now, and need to fix that problem. After I am settled, I suspect I will be trying to resume creation of some new songs.
::tangent::
why is it people say they want to hear change of information in advance of a deadline, but when that information gets passed along, they tell you to make it happen anyway. So, you bust your hump to make it happen, only to miss a deadline as previously stated, and then get reamed for missing the deadline and not letting them know till it was too late. I think this sort of behavior, practiced mostly between sales and mfg. is a trap. It is designed to make you go crazy, plain and simple. My comment to all this is, be careful what you ask for and be prepared to HEAR THE ANSWER. Which actually leads into another tangent, this same philosophy can be applied to people who ask "how are you" as a means of a daily greeting. Most people who throw this phrase around dont really want to know how you actually are, it's this false sense of concern, wrapped up in a polite package.

Somewhere on a beach...........

there is someone, reclining in a ergonomically comfy recliner, while small subtle waves lap at thier feet. Somewhere on a beach, there is someone soaking up a day's worth of vitamin E, and sipping on a ice cold beverage of choice.
Somewhere on a beach, there is someone relaxing to the sound of birds, and taking an afternoon nap.
That someone is not me.

"current tv" is a must see!

So I need to SHOUT out about (oooh, thats kinda catchy) "current tv". This is Google's network on cable/direct tv and affiliated with Al Gore in some way. It started broadcasting this Monday, 8-1-05 and it is AWESOME!~!
The set up is similar to the old MTV, where they had vj's, only current tv has these people just explaining what the next "pod" will be. Programming is set up in "pods", which are small 5-10 minute documentaries. The great thing about this network is that is is fresh, and informative in a way that brings the age of internet and tv together. Pods are comprised of documentaries made by anyone with a video camera who wants to speak their passion or story.
For instance, last night I watched a pod on suicide in Japan, and how there are these groups of people on the internet, who advertise through websites for anyone who "wants to die". in short, these groups get together to commit suicide together. Complete strangers, meeting for the first and last time. The government tries to shut down these websites, but they just keep coming back.
Another pod I watched was about a Persian woman who went back to Iran to document underground house parties. Because drinking, dating and parties are illegal in Iran, the youth still yearn for an outlet, and so they have the "underground" house parties, where they can dance drink, and let loose.
Along with the pods, there are speakers mixed in like Deepak Chopra, who I heard a stunning quote from (though not his own) regarding success through failure : " I use my memories, but I dont allow my memories to use me"
They also throw in random facts, taken from Google's internet hits, like, what the top 10 searches were on the day, or in 2004, who was lobbying congress the most for funding? (Pharmaceutical companies).
So, I think I have said enough, and you should check it out for yourself!! It's channel 366 on direct tv, and not sure about reg. cable.
Who would have though Al Gore would have launched such an awesome network? KUDOS to current tv!