Surprise!
Check this site out. I am rooting for the suspension of elections. My parents emigrated from the Philippines here to get away from Marcos’s policies which eventually turned into martial law. This may happen just yet.
Lakers v Pistons
I am not an NBA fan, but I seem to end up watching their playoffs every year. I am a sucker for the underdog. Of course, since it is the pretty boy Lakers in the finals it makes it easier to root for the Pistons. I believe that Gary Payton and Karl Malone should be denied the chance to ever be called champions. Come on Pistons!
House Furnishings
Since moving into my own place last year, I have been searching for furniture. I have yet to find something I really like. My style seems to be retro/mid-century modern, which is making a come back.
Designs Within Reach – not really cheap like they imply, but a sense of style that is slightly affordable.
Room And Board – if I could I would buy all my furniture from here.
New CDs I bought
This past weekend while shopping for a gift for my cousing (30! Happy Birthday, Gerry!) I also bought a couple of albums from Best Buy. First up is The Art of Noise’s “Who’s Afraid of (The Art of Noise?). A classic early 80s album from the masters of found noise as music. Close to the Edit. Moments in Love. I must have been on an old school kick, because I had also picked up Bad Brain’s I Against I. I swear that the intro was covered by Metallica or was in homage of Metallica. Either way you can’t beat hardcore as practiced by rastafarians. The last album is a live De La Soul album recorded live. Now live rap CDs suck. This one does too. You can’t hear the beats. Don’t buy it. I am not gonna give you a link it is that bad. And I am a really big De La fan and saw them live and rip shit up on there De La Soul is Dead tour. 2 out of three ain’t bad.
So true, but so sad.
I never knew how prescient The Onion was, but damn, this “article” gets less funny because of how true it ended up being. Funny but a tragedy for all of us.
Porno! Porno! Porno!
One of the crazier statistics about the World Wide Web is that for every link we are almost “always 2 clicks away from pornography at any time.” Let me get my blog to be in the thick part of that distribution curve. Here’s a more refined porno site.
Brood X
The cicadas have been in town for a few weeks, since the beginning of May. Only recently have they been swarming. I think they were waiting for nicer weather, because in the last 2 weeks they are everywhere. And loud. Louder than highway noise. I drive with my windows down and can still hear them over the wind, the radio and the other cars.
Learning to Blog
I noticed that most of my posts do not contain links to something of interest. In other words, my posting habits are not driven by something I have read on the internet. I seem to be doing this blogging thing wrong. Well, let me fix that habit. At Folklore.org, you will find interesting history about the Apple Macintosh by some of the designers and developers who contributed to the project. It is very interesting reading if you love the Mac.
Northern Exposure
Today, I bought the Northern Exposure DVD for the first season. This is one of my all time favorite shows. Too bad the DVDs sucks. It costs too much for what you get which is basically two disks of the first seven shows, some out takes, some extras, but not much more. The packaging with the mini down vest is probably why it costs so much. I also think this is why it costs so much. There is nothing for the average fan. It is overpriced. But I still love the show.