"Who are you? Are you famous? Important?" - Finger Eleven, " Famous " I saw another B-lister walking the streets of Hollywood Boulevard the other night. As I was crossing the intersection at Hollywood and Highland, I glanced at the portly man with spiky hair walking toward me. His name is Tyler Labine , otherwise known as "Sock," otherwise known as the pudgy, bearded man from that funny show about the devil. He's the co-star of Reaper and I had to look him up on IMDB to even see what his name on [...]
There are fewer things that can make a person feel more "with the times" than listening to Motley Crue while driving down Sunset Boulevard at night...in 2009. Motley Crue - "Kickstart My Heart"
Rap music is slowly creeping its way into my playlists. Will this make me feel any less white? Possibly. Will this make me actually BE any less white? Not a chance.
"I am a new day rising. I'm a brand new sky to hang the stars upon tonight. I am a little divided... It's times like these you learn to love again. It's times like these, time and time again." - Foo Fighters, " Times Like These " You know how certain times of day and certain types of weather make you remember different things? Or make you feel a certain way? For me, sunsets in the summertime always make me think of playing basketball as a kid in my driveway and trying desperately to shoot a [...]
"I can't make you walk away. I can't wash you off my skin. Outside the frame is what we're leaving out. You won't remember anyway." - Queens of the Stone Age, " Go With the Flow " I was recently scrolling through my Hotmail Inbox and came across quite a few blasts from the Internet past. Old e-mails from old friends, relatively pointless forwards from distant relatives. It's amazing to think that in one year's time, the people [...]
My urine smells like turkey after I drink too much coffee. Try the sniff test on yourself after your next Starbucks run.
"Work sucks, I know." - Blink 182, "All the Small Things" I'm going to sound like just another sky-collared (that's a mix of blue and white collar, by the way) jackass plaintiff here for just a moment, so please humor me. ...Bosses are the worst, aren't they? Especially the ones who never really let you know where you stand with them or the company that they are such a detestable cog in. The bank I work at (which shall remain without a name, at least while I'm still employed under them) [...]
The myth that all black men are hung like horses was debunked today after I saw a black man jogging in ridiculously short shorts. Unfortunately, he and his red 'dukes ran directly into my eyeline while I sat drinking coffee outside of Starbucks. It appeared to extend not more than the length of a bottle cap. I'm fairly confident that the girl he was running with had a bigger penis. And that's just unfortunate.
"Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet, everything happens only a certain number of times. And a very small number, really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood? An afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you cannot conceive of your life without it? Perhaps 4...5 times more? Perhaps not even that. How many times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless." - Brandon Lee, interviewed on the [...]
"Who are you? Are you famous? Important?" - Finger Eleven, " Famous " If you recall the list I posted a few weeks back--the one that makes people say "okay, sure"--you know that I have had almost zero celebrity sightings. The ones that I do see aren't always considered "A-listers." But, in honor of "those" people, I'm going to clear some space for a regular section here at From IA to LA . Anytime I see someone that is mildly, mediocrely, somewhat, almost, modestly, or possibly famous, I'll make a note of them. Because who [...]
"Get 'em up, put 'em up. Get your dukes up now." - Modest Mouse, " Dukes Up " It's story time, readers. So make sure you're sitting in a comfy chair and have plenty of fluids on hand. You're about to hear how this blogger's face became the target of hillbilly hatred on New Year's Eve. After returning to the grand state of Iowa for Christmas after having been a few hundred miles away for about 3 months, I realized why I only keep in contact with family and a [...]
"I'm not the same boy I was before. But I've not changed my desires. I've not extinguished the fires. I haven't lost wide-eyed wonder. I haven't lost the stupid fear of thunder." - Oingo Boingo, " Same Man I Was Before " Birthdays are an odd thing. When you're a kid, they are officially the coolest day of the year. Birthdays beat Christmas, Easter, and Halloween hands down. And it's because your birthday was the one day of the year where everything was about you, but you didn't [...]
"When I look at the stars, I see someone else." - Switchfoot, " Stars " HOLLYWOOD. Those big block letters sitting on top of a mountain are supposed to mean something to the casual passersby. It's supposed to stand for the giant personalities and outrageous fame contained within its city limits. So then how is it that after I have lived here for 3 months, the list of "famous" people I've encountered reads like one giant list of "huh?" [...]
"Getting used to it when it's all so new. Getting more of it when none would do." - Citizen Fish, " Getting Used To It " Adaptation is the key to the survival of any species. That's about the only thing that science has ever taught me that I can still remember, but it's an important fact nonetheless. If you can't change and grow with your environment, you're bound to end up in a heap of regret and permanent nostalgia. Part of the challenge in moving out to California has [...]
"It doesn't make a bit of difference if you start what you can't finish. Every story needs an ending, after all." - Motion City Soundtrack, " Can't Finish What You Started " Working graveyard shifts as a security officer isn't as bad of a gig as it might sound. Sure, there may not be much to secure overnight, necessarily, but simply being awake and knowing that almost everyone else in the city is sleeping puts the mind into an odd place. It was at 6:30-ish AM at the tail end of a recent shift--while [...]
"Turkey lurky doo and turkey lurky dap. I eat that turkey and I take a nap." - Adam Sandler, " The Thanksgiving Song " Yesterday, the day of giving thanks, would be a day that firmly broke years of tradition. Instead of spending the day in Madison, Wisconsin surrounded by family, a slight dusting of snow, and food that I didn't have to cook, I spent it in California, where the company was small, the sun was shining, and hours of food preparation needed to happen. [...]
"So just lay your head down low. Don't let anybody know that it's hard to live in the city." - Albert Hammond, Jr. - " Hard to Live (In the City) " The first month of California living: an overwhelming discomfort and displacement. That's the reality of "the dream." For the first brief while, this place was absolutely everything that an outsider could imagine it as, at least on a physical [...]
The Hillbilly Takes Hollywood
Avicii – Two Million
Yellow Magic Orchestra edit from Chrome Canyon
Beck – I Just Started Hating Some People Today
H&M Lookbook Mujer y Hombre Otoño 2012.
