September 2008
21 posts
a note for me in the future
this is a note to remind myself 3-5 years from now when i live on my own and finally own a cat. phil, you need to name the cat “ulysses s. cat”. thank you samm for finding the best cat name on the planet. that is all.
hot chip.
in a perfect world, people would be fighting over seats in my car to drive up to DC for this show. what is wrong with everyone?! it’s HOT CHIP!
bailout.
billy and i were talking.. we’d both like to know just how exactly our lives are going to be effected by the gigantic financial meltdown going on right now. on one hand, billy and i are broke dudes, so we have no investments to worry about. but on the other hand, if this thing has a ripple effect and we both lose our jobs and have to go on food stamps, that’s another thing...
dallas!
dallas was a great time. i got in around 2:00 on wednesday, showed up at the dallas office of my company, and finally met so many of my co-workers that i’d talked to on a daily basis but never met in person. it was a great time. first off, the dallas office is fucking incredible. it’s this old loft space that used to be a radio station back in the 50s. it’s absolutely...
sunny san diego
hello from california! my computer clock says it’s 11:00am, but i know it’s lying. it’s early as shit. i’m all kinds of messed up from these timezones. one thing i’ve learned for certain: working on the east coast for a west coast client is AMAZING. you get a three-hour headstart in the morning and you look productive as shit. now i’m waking up here to find...
away we go!
i’m off to san diego and dallas for a few days. i’ll be dropping in with dispatches from the road/air/etc. don’t have too much fun while i’m gone, blogworld.
being 28 is awesome!
so my birthday was great. totally calm and nice and exactly what i’d hoped for. work was nice and relatively calm. i actually left at 5:30, which if you’ve heard me bitch and complain at all in the past months, you’ll know that’s a BIG DEAL. i got a number of really cool birthday surprises, that i was very very happy about. first off, i found some money deposited in my...
birthday!
today i was blown away by all the birthday love i received. full recap to come! thanks everybody!!
28.
tomorrow i turn 28. this means that starting tomorrow, it will be significantly more sketchy to make out with 21-year-olds. not that it wasn’t sketchy at 27, i’m just saying it’s going to be even MORE sketchy. however, it means it’s significantly LESS sketchy to make out with 35-year-olds. helloooooo ladies! last night i went to sticky rice for dinner with tanja and lloyd...
why we drink.
on a related note, i’m learning more and more that current tv is fucking awesome.
9/11
9/11. i actually didn’t really take a lot of time to process the fact that we had hit the 7-year anniversary. i recognized the date, moved on, and got on with my busy day. work has been a little insane this week, so there wasn’t a lot of time to sit and let something like this sink in. every morning, our company sends out an e-mail to all employees, usually asking some kind of...
zzzz
i’m learning more and more that my mental state and sleep are intrinsically linked. if i don’t get a good night’s sleep, i start freaking out about shit that i normally keep under control. today at work i was totally overwhelmed and having semi-realistic “i’ve gotta quit” type thoughts. then i got in my car and realized.. i’ve had way worse days at work....
brown bag lunch.
oh MAN. i totally want this in my future. and i am feeling kinda sexist about it. sexist feelings aside, the note is what makes the lunch. followed by the peanut butter to dip the apples in. man, that is some serious TLC. i feel like if i were in a marriage where i stayed home or worked less, i could pack a mean lunch for my wife. it wouldn’t be very good, but i could at least write...
true blood.
last night i watched the series premiere of a new show from alan ball (creator of six feet under) called “true blood”. i had been planning to watch the season premiere of entourage when i found out about the show on HBO’s website. first off, if alan ball’s involved.. i’m already 75% sold. dude is a total genius. anyone who reads this blog already knows that my...
i'm hungry. when do we eat?
happy bill chubb day!
so stoked for today. why? well.. at long last, one of my best friends, william st. john chubb III will be returning to richmond today. i have been friends with bill for about eight years. we have been in a band together for about five of those years. we lived together as roommates for about three years. he’s an awesome dude and a solid friend. two years ago he left richmond to pursue...
batman.
self-improvement
if you’ve been a regular reader of this blog, one of the common themes is trying to find ways to step up my “life” game. anyone who’s had a drunken rooftop conversation with me over the past few months knows that i’m trying to rid myself of this vague sense of dissatisfaction that has been plaguing me for a while now. here i am, on the verge of my 28th birthday.....
dramatic cat is dramatic.
kings dominion
if you are one of the many people who saw my myspace bulletins about going to king’s dominion and did not respond, then your labor day weekend resulted in EPIC FAIL. king’s dominion was nothing short of amazing. first off, my theory rang true, which pleased me to no end. i theorized that even though it was a holiday weekend, the fact that school started the next day meant that there...
to tide you over..
weekend recap is coming soon.. but i had to share this craigslist comedy gold: first post.. and then..