October 2008
35 posts
WASSSSSUUPPPPPP
so i hated this commercial when it came out:
but it’s awesome that the same dudes made THIS updated version:
i am a photoshop WIZARD.
so tonight was my first photoshop/illustrator class. about a month ago, for my birthday.. i decided that furthering my digital education would make an excellent gift. first off, knowing more about these two programs would help me in my career - it’s a great asset to have when working with our creative department if i have a working knowledge of the programs. not to mention if i get laid...
busy week
this week has been a little bit crazy.. and it’s only getting crazier. today’s big accomplishment was finishing my giant 13-disc audiobook about the battle of antietam. it ended in an epic fashion and i was way stoked. i snuck out to my car on my lunch break to listen to the end and catch a quick nap in the parking lot. it totally ruled. so starting tomorrow things get a little...
sadface picture of yourself monday
so today wasn’t as bad as i was dreading, but it wasn’t much better. i’m just in a bad frame of mind. i need to go home and relax and start fresh tomorrow. fuck mondays.
sunday dread.
fuck, man. SUNDAY NIGHT. sometimes it’s fine, but sometimes i just have this awful feeling wash over me. this is one of those nights. don’t get me wrong, i do love my job. but my mondays are just built for awfulness. there’s 2 hours of built-in calls that can’t be moved, and more work than any other day of the week.. so you have twice as much work with half the time to...
lazy saturday.
oh man. i love lazy rainy saturdays. i don’t feel bad when i alternate between hanging out in my room, reading a book, laying around in bed, downstairs watching tv or a movie. it’s gross outside, so there’s no inner monologue saying “phil, you really should be out doing something and not wasting the day away.” fuck it. we’re wasting it away and loving it. so...
10 YEARS WTF
kenny and i grow old right before your eyes…
www.biggerbetterbeards.org
when three different people send me the same link in one day, and it has to do with beards and how they make you awesome, it makes me stoked that people identify having a beard and being awesome with me. i don’t really have a lot of style. it can be easily described as “bearded cowboy hipster light + hoodies”. you can describe 90% of my outfits with that simple description. and...
and here's the catch..
after i bought all those records, i checked my bank account online. over the past few months, i have racked up a little credit card debt (under $2000). anyway, it’s 60% paid off. i made a payment last week for about $500 to put a dent in it. after a few days i noticed it didn’t go through, so i thought i did it wrong. so i did it again. well turns out both times worked just fine....
buying cds.
does anybody remember what it feels like to go to a record store, buy a new cd, open it, and play it for the first time while looking at the artwork and reading the liner notes? probably not. it’s amazing. today i bought: and this, even though it’s not a cd:
fall music.
i love fall because it brings with it all new music to enjoy. the perfect new soundtrack to falling leaves and brisk night air. lately it’s been antony & the johnsons.
The Lake - Antony & The Johnsons i also love listening to ida in the fall. but i pretty much listen to them all-year-round anyway.
MUG OF THE DAY (PHIL EDITION)
mari always amazes me with her mug o’ the day posts, so i always want to participate, but i have two things going against me: 1) i don’t drink coffee 2) i have no access to interesting mugs UNTIL TODAY! this mug was so rad, i filled it with soda and now i’m drinking my diet soda out of a mug. but it had to be done. observe: so the question is … who the fuck are these...
parenting
yesterday i caught the briefest of glimpses into the real world of being a parent. i was at 7-11 getting my usual big gulp action and i saw a mother and her young child picking out slurpee flavors. i remember getting slurpees as a kid was the ultimate awesome thing, so i could understand the excitement involved. anyway, he goes immediately for the mountain dew slurpee and instantly the mom is...
magic!
LIVEBLOGGING FROM THE WEDDING
billy and i are liveblogging our wedding DJ experience. that’s some next level internet shit.
epic fail.
slate.com takes a stab at explaining the origins of the “FAIL” phenomenon. good read.
i have a british imposter.
so.. many years ago, i set up a gmail account so that when the time came for me to move on from my various band website e-mail accounts, i would have a boring professional gmail account which is just plain ol’ firstname.lastname@gmail.com. for years i pretty much only used it for resumes and such, but i am starting to inch my way over to the site on a more regular basis. gmail might be my...
role models.
this movie is going to rule because: a) it’s directed by david wain (the state) b) it has paul rudd in it c) i have a feeling it’s going to be chock full of former castmembers of the state d) stifler! GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!
next steps / status
every day at work, i send my client an e-mail titled “next steps / status”. it’s a brief summary of all the open projects that are going on. it says where we’re at currently and what’s coming soon. status: it’s been a weird couple of weeks. various life things, all of which qualify for my “do not talk in detail about my personal life on my blog”...
who loves weddings?
this guy right here!
my friend courtney is amazing.
i am beyond excited. my friend courtney, who resides in chicago, is going to be in richmond this weekend. courtney is one of those people who showed up in my life at exactly the right place at exactly the right time. if my life in college were a movie, she definitely would have played the role of “manic pixie dream girl” but without all the negative connotations. i was this dumb...
president bush responds to the economic crisis
NYC in pictures
G.P.O.Y.W.
HOT NEW TREND ALERT!
it’s a good thing you read my blog, because i singlehandedly keep you informed of the latest hottest trends out there. this one comes courtesy of the new york times. it turns out that single heterosexual dudes owning cats is ON THE RISE. if only my roommates weren’t allergic. i need to get in on the ground level.
antietam
anyone who knows me is well aware that i am a big civil war fan. i have always been generally interested, but living in the old capitol of the confederacy has sparked a new active interest over the past few years. i’ve picked up numerous books on the topic and found myself going to more museums and battlefields. i have even made a habit of stopping at those roadside historical markers...
obama = nice people
much to my parent’s dismay, i put an obama/biden sticker on the back of my car. i am by no means a fan of partisan politics. i like to follow the issues and keep generally well-informed, but i don’t really get too involved. needless to say, i think this election has a lot more at stake than usual, so i’m finding myself getting more politically active and surprising even myself....
adultery.
hot chip last night...
… was so FUCKING AWESOME.
shows.
last night i went to the new found glory show at toad’s place here in richmond. i had a free ticket courtesy of marisa and was excited to go to a show, which i haven’t done in a little while. i’d been kinda avoiding “scene” shows the past few months since i left olympia. i always have a good time, but it’s bittersweet because i just start thinking about my own...
WTF
nothing screams “creepy dude party” like this ad i got on myspace:
the debate in a nutshell.
kudos to devan who i stole this from. before youtube videos, what did people laugh at? i have no idea.
car drama.
so last night i was leaving the house to go to a concert and see my friend’s band play. i got in the car and quickly discovered that she did not want to start. when i turned the car on, all this crazy stuff happened - the lights flickered, the speedometer needle bounced around, and all these crazy noises came out of my car. intense! so i spent all of last night calling tow companies trying...
sell-out
“I guess I thought I was making the “mature” choice that would be better for my future, but I feel like I’m spiraling into a colorless, somnambulist life. I didn’t sell out, but I sure as hell bought in.” - anonymous craigslister bemoaning the fact that he got a real job, moved away, and left the richmond “lifestyle” behind me in three to five years?...