carne asada fries and concrete...

So I hung out with Amber pants and may I say that I enjoy driving to Redondo Beach and hanging out with her in her bad ass home. However, what made this trip extra special was out trip to a mexican place. After ordering I noticed a sign below the regular menu that read: "Carne Asada Fries". I read the menu item out loud and after about 5 seconds of deliberation we order carne asada fries. The problem is we didn't know what the hell they were. I concluded that carne asada fries were little more then "steak fries". I was wrong. Carne Asada Fries are regular fries put in a foil pan. covered with massive amounts of carne asada covered in globs of melted cheese. Sound delicious. It is! Until it sits in your stomach fro a while and you feel absolutely disgusting. 

Lastly, I have a bad contusion and sprained right elbow. Here is what happened. I was going to jump this small piece barrier on the way back to my apartment. I could have walked around it but I have jumped over it several times and figured it would be no big deal. However, this time as soon as I got off the ground I thought, "oh crap I didn't get enough air". 

I braced myself for what was to come. My left foot clipped the top of the barrier and I went down like a pile of bricks. My face hit the ground first, then my right side, then my arms skidded on the concrete. The bottle of water I was holding went flying. I had the wind knocked out of me, and I thought I had broken my ribs. But at least I was still conscious after hitting my head. 

The next thing I heard was "here you go". It was a four year old girl who picked up my water bottle and was handing it back to me as I laid face first on the ground. Her mom came up to me and asked me if I was OK. I said, "yes, I'm fine. Thank you for my water".

Then the mom asked me, "where you trying to jump over this?" 

"Yea. I was"

"Oh," she replied.

I felt embarrassed but aside from a few bruises and scrapes I was alright, or so I thought.After a shower my right arm tightened up and I could no longer straighten it or bend it past a 90 degree angle. I now couldn't hold anything with my hand and my elbow hurt like a bastard. After a trip to the doctor (thanks to Stephen for helping me find one who would use take Blue Cross) and a few x-rays I was told that I had a really bad contusion and an elbow sprain.

This is not my first run in with concrete. I first fought with concrete a few years back in Santa Barbara when I tried to mimick The Superkick, a move used by my favorite wrestler Shawn Michaels. The first attempt to do a superkick had been successful. The second, not so much. I put was to much forward momentum into the kick lifted off the ground and came crashing down on my side. Then I bounced. Thats right - I hit the ground so hard that I freakin' bounced. In short, in the battle between human bodies and concrete: concrete is undefeated. A lesson I soon wont forget.

Merry Christmas...

Merry Christmas you crazy kids. Have a safe and happy one. Here are some more great tunes to rock out to this holiday season:

1. Chanukah Song (Adam Sandler)
2. Little Saint Nick (Beach Boys)
3. Merry X-Mas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) - (The Ramones)
4. White Christmas (Darlene Love - 60s version)
5. Frosty the Snowman
6. Oi! To The World (Vandals or No Doubt Version)

oh and here are some pics of me and my crazy family from Christmas Eve festivities:

A New Rant - TEXTING

So the belief is that technology moves us forward. It drives our evolution, our ability to be innovative, make our lives easier. Technology means progress. Except for text messaging. I have found myself on various occasions having text message conversations with people. These conversations are about sporting events, what movies to watch later, scheduling a meeting, asking for directions. Just back and forth texting. And inevitably in the middle of this conversation I always think to myself, 'wouldn't it be great if there was someway I could just talk to this person instead of sitting here typing a message, sending it, then waiting for a reply and then starting the process over again?' I think this to myself while I am holding a damn cell phone! I can just call the person and talk to them! Why am I racking my brain typing?! 

Seriously - Thomas Edison is rolling in his grave. He gave us the ability to talk to one another from anywhere and what have we done? We have turned his ingenious machine, the phone, into a God damn morse code machine. Seriously, this is a piece of crap technology that moves us backwards.

Before people could communicate via phone they used a machine where they would use abrreviations, symbols and codes for words. They would then relay them to one another and wait for responses. Sound familiar? morse code is just freaking old school texting. So here is the new rule - unless you are afraid you are going to interrupt the person -just call the person. If you need to tell me something call me. I don't want to waste more time then I have to spelling out crap when I can just talk to you. Whats next? Are we going to start using smoke singles again? Seriously folks, lets use our brains here and use the phone for what it was meant for. Thats all I got for today.

The Happiness Is Killing Me

So the gloom that usually creeps up on me during the holiday season has finally caught up with me. The emptiness of my room and the silence that fills it are eery and sad reminders of being alone. Oh well, it is what it is.

here is a clip from my new favorite TV show (e-60). Its about 15 minutes long but it's a great clip:

Best Christmas Songs

Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

A Charlie Brown Christmas - Christmastime Is Here

The Pogues - Fairy Tale of New York

Away In  A Major (various artist have recorded this song)

Weezer - The Christmas Song

check these songs out and enjoy. There should be something here for everyone.

Chicken or the Egg?

I was wondering... Do I listen to depressing music because i am depressed or am I depressed because I listen to depressing music. Seriously. Its a pretty good question. I wonder what the answer is. Would I be happier if all I did was listen to the music on the radio. If all I listened to was commercial poppy/dance/clubbing music. Who knows. But maybe I like my depressing music. Not in the, "I embrace sadness" sort of way. Its just that music is better. The music s more substantive. Its got better lyrics and full of really good emotion. 

As a side note it weird that I am thinking about this - considering that I am in a pretty good mood.

lyric of the moment:

All your compliments and cutting remarks

Are captured here in my quotation marks

And I am giving you a longing look

Everyday, everyday I write the book. (Elvis Costello)

My top 5 songs from the past year:

1. The Pretender (Foo Fighters - Echos Silence Patience and Grace)

2. Little Motel (Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank)

3. God's Gonna Cut You Down - (Johnny Cash - A Hundred Highways)

4. Phantom Limb (The Shins - Wincing the Night Away)

5. Someday Baby (Bob Dylan - Modern Times)

next week - My Five Greatest Christmas Songs of All Time.

RAP and Pie Charts

Nothing is funnier than hip hop and pie charts. Dont believe me... check out this site. It is almost tow in the morning and I have to take an RA shopping in the morning so I should get to bed. Night y'all:

http://jamphat.com/rap/