What's up everyone. I haven't blogged in a while it seems. Dorkus Melorkus, i totally agree about the diet thing. it seems like every woman in my office is on a diet. during lunch, if you look around, all the men are eating meat, burgers, pasta, etc...and every single woman (except me) is eating a salad. what's up with that?

I'm very sad that Miles got traded. I only wore my jersey like twice and then now he leaves the team.

the people here at work are on the "Peckers & Pondwater" diet. well, at least that's what i call it. they drink this green wheat drink (i saw the ingredient list - it has 50 types of leaves, roots, and bark) in it and it literally looks like pond water. i have come to the conclusion that mosquito eggs, dead tadpoles, ground up peckers, used tampons, toe jam, and belly button lint are also part of the ingredients. it sure smells like it.

i completely agree with you dorkus about mass e-mails (and your logical line of reasoning works for me) ....... seriously. but i think these people can also be fobby because maybe they can't read english well so they think reply to all means reply. you know english is a tricky language :P so they are fobby tippy asian people.

so vegas is on for some of us on this message board and all i have to say is ...... VEGAS BABY !!!!!!!

thought of the day: i am so sick of people talking about their weight at work. it is always: "i need to go on a diet", "i need to lose weight", "i will try this crazy diet plan", "i will starve myself from food" .... and for what. i have no idea. i always thought if you wanted to lose weight it would be a slow and gradual process not this whole get thin quick thing. it is just as bad as the whole get rich quick idea ......... people people people if any of these stupid tricks worked don't you think everyone would be thin and rich but alas NO........ so get use to who you are, accept who you are and MOVE ON ...... i swear if i hear the word diet one more time i will shoot myself in the head.

music to my ears: dreams never end - new order

where darth, candy cane and beet be at????

so what irritates me more than mass emails is if someone sends you the original email KNOWING that you are not attending the event in the first place. meaning, my friend sent me an email invitation even though she knew i wasn't going. she even wrote in the email, "you can disregard this rsvp - i just wanted to include you in the email" - what's that all about??!!!!! i'm NOT going! so that means i don't want to get a thousand emails from people who ARE going!

i've come to the conclusion that only tippy asian people send out mass emails (and respond to all recipients of the original email). i am not tippy. therefore i hate mass emails. (no offense to tippy asian people.) (okay, so this is not exactly a logical line of reasoning, but it works for me.)

okay, so i know this pales in comparison to the cure in england, but i will attempt to give a quick rundown on the ben kweller show at the roxy last friday. his set was almost exactly the same as his set on wednesday at chain reaction. opening bands were pony league and my morning jacket (again!). anyway, the drummer from pony league is the drummer from ben's high school band radish. they weren't anything special. the lead singer totally thought he was kurt cobain, whatever. my morning jacket hurts my eyes and ears. that's all i have to say about them. luckily, my friend and i scored a table in the vip section (one of the only tables that actually wasn't reserved by the Beautiful People), so we were surrounded by people i HATE.

celeb sightings: selma blair (like), kirsten dunst (ehh), and ben lee (love!) conversing with one another, nick (like) from Freaks and Geeks leaving in his brand new white ford explorer.

new wave, you are so right. I HATE MASS EMAILS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING!!! I GET THEM ALL THE TIME AND I JUST AUTOMATICALLY DELETE THEM BC THEY ARE A BIG WASTE OF MY TIME.

see ya

hello everyone. the cure show last night was definitely one of the highlights of my trip. it was amazing. the weather at hyde park was picture perfect -- sunny but not too hot. all of the opening acts were good but the cure was top form. when they came out, the crowd went mad. i wanted to take pics but felt like a dork. but once the cure walked on stage, cameras were going off everywhere. it was like paparazzi. i think i got some really good shots myself. robert walked slowly from one end of the stage to the other taking the crowd in. and then they started their set, which included many older songs. they even played three imaginary boys, with robert describing it as the song that came out when they were just starting (i think he said as a three piece). robert was wearing a black button down and jeans... actually i think they were all wearing black shirts. except for simon who was wearing a black vest. they did an hour and a half set and then came back to sing two encores. it was hilarious because after the first encore, everyone became even more insistent they come back onstage. the cure ended their second encore with just like heaven, inbetween days, and boys don't cry. all three sent the crowd into a frenzy, jumping fit. fireworks went off in the end and robert said "it's been a great 25 years. see you again in the next 25." even after the show was clearly over, the crowd continued to cheer and no one would move in the hopes they would come back... even after the stage lights were turned off and the equipment was being moved off stage. sigh. good time.

I LOVE THE CURE !!!!!!!!!!

pigern type 1 you are so lucky ......... (sigh) have fun and tell me all the details later ........

THE CURE IS THE GREATEST BAND EVER ..... FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER

music to my ears: ANYTHING BY THE CURE !!!!!!!!!!!

hey juwanna man, my friend from san fran was sitting next to me and i pointed out your last blog. she said, "well he is in sacramento." so, not all north cal people suck. just those in sacramento. just kidding. when are you going to change your name? isn't that movie really old now? new wave girl, have you been getting a lot of mass emails? sorry to hear how irksome they are. hey, in only a few hours i will be at the CURE SHOW. WOOOOO!!!! maybe i'll hang out with them after the show and we could go hang out at a pub. hee hee. i actually feel sad today that everyone in my class has left. it's weird because i didn't really hang out with them that much or even talk to them but the familiarity of their presence gave me comfort. now the dorm is all filled with weird people i don't know. random quote of the day by me: the less i know you the more i like you. random thought of the day: never underestimate the importance of a perfectly elevated pillow. song of the day: ANYTHING BY THE CURE.

why do people not know how to use the f***ing reply button on e-mail ....... hello people it is not REPLY ALL .... it is reply ..... just reply.

i don't need to hear about what's his fu**ing face not having a girlfriend and all this other fu**ing sh** that i have to delete out of my fu**ing inbox just cause you fu**ing idiots don't know how to use the fu**ing reply button ....... gosh i hate mass e-mails.

fuck mass e-mails >>>>>>>>

please excuse all the swear words but i am seriously irked.

hello from Sacramento, the most boring city in the world. Let's see...Juwanna and I met my sis for lunch near her work and ate all-you-can-eat pizza, pasta, salad, and soup for $5. not bad price...not too good food. then we went swimming and took the dog for a walk....then went to the market. tonight, we see Austin Powers...juwanna is very excited. so that's our boring day. Tomorrow should be better...san francisco. we gonna try to go to alcatraz. anyone been there?

hello again. class is finally over. i just took my final and it was pretty easy. now i have two free days in london, highlighted of course by the cure show in hyde park. dorkus melorkus, i'll try to see if there are any other copies of bk's phone home. there are so many cds i want to buy here but my luggage is already filled to capacity. the bk show sounded pretty good although i dislike chain reaction. i think the floor should be sloped so everyone can see better.
i went to a small club called borderline last night and it was really hidden. you know like how in swingers they say the cool clubs are those without the signs? well you had to walk off the main road to another side street and then the club is on another street off that side street. supposedly really famous bands have played there under pseudonyms, like r.e.m., blur, etc. the band that played last night was mediocre though. i think i have to go to a show tonight by myself because everyone else in the group is pretty intent on going clubbing, which i really dislike. has anyone heard of the rapture? sound like early cure and have been given frequent coverage by NME recently.
darth, as much as i would like to see dc here, i can't because i will be back home by then. how sad huh?
btw, small wonder was such a bad show, it was good. and out of this world is classic. classic i tell you.
also, i went to this photography bookstore yesterday and the owner asked me where i was from. when i said l.a. he said, "oh all that smog and those earthquakes!" i thought that was funny because the air in london is pretty bad itself. i think l.a. smog is even better than the exhaust filled, grey air of london. and earthquakes aren't that frequent in california. oh well. i just smiled politely. he was an old man, i couldn't argue.

aloha from sacramento...just wanted to say: northern cali people suck! peace out.

New Wave Girl? Exercise at the gym? With people? That is almost unheard of....

Pigern, I saw Ben Kweller last night at Chain Reaction (all you emo kids must die!), and he was really good! The opening bands sucked BIG TIME. Some rap group (I think), and My Morning Jacket (which looked like Pearl Jam circa 1993, but sounded like they belonged on star 98.7)...Anyway, BK was really good. He started out with "I can't help falling in love with you" (elvis right?) and played most of the songs from Sha Sha, and maybe 2 that I never heard of. For the finale, all the guys from the other bands joined BK on stage for Weezer's Undone Sweater Song. Please note that one of the groups actually rapped to this song. Other than that, it was a fun rendition. Good show, but not great. Too many people (sold out), hot (98 degrees), and couldn't see anything (i hate tall people). Oh well, I get to see him tomorrow night at the Troubadour, and I will get there early to score a seat upstairs where I can watch BK perform uninterrupted.......I can't believe you got EP phone home! I'm so jealous. I took too long to order it, and by the time i was getting ready to, they weren't selling it anymore...Did you see any more copies while you were there? Oh well, maybe I can find it online somewhere....

Darth Bronger - afternoon tv shows? (sorry haven't had a chance to read other people's posts) these are the ones i remember: Who's the Boss, Small Wonder (how can i forget that show? i practiced talking like a robot bc of that show. and i always wondered why no one ever wondered why Vickie wore that same red and white dress every day.), Mr. Belvedere, Diff'rent Strokes, Facts of LIfe, Hey Dude, Salute Your Shorts, Saved By the Bell.............

Wow Pigern does exist!!! good to see you blogging again.....i think punk shows across the world are pretty much the same, young angry (usually about nothing) youth...getting a teenager depressed is like shooting fish in a barrell. haha....you should sooo go see DC cause they rock (er...uhh....suck) yeah its kinda weird that new wave uses capital then lower case letters and is starting to use the word peeps, looks pretty t---- to me.....hahaha.....gyms are cool if they are clean, if not i'll stay away.....juwanna's question is quite perplexing I mean after sitting in between both of you and getting molested I think its safe to say that its a tie....you are both super gay....today at work we are discussing classic television shows that used to be on in the afternoon, like mr. belvedere, facts of life, wonder years, etc...are there any other shows that you guys can remember?

Classic Tv Moment: From the wonder years: "Do you like her like her? or do you just like her?"- kevin arnold

i don't know what everyone's name is so new wave girl, you can change the names. dorkus melorkus, is the ben kweller concert coming up or has it already passed? let me know how it is. at this small record store in london, i found his phone home ep and it was only a pound. i so wish i could see him. his album is barely coming out here. but it has been pretty highly praised. the vagrant kids are doing a show here in august. saves is the headliner with dc, face to face, and hot rod supporting. the punk shows here are just like the ones in l.a. -- a bunch of young teenagers but they actually wear the band shirts. hee hee. how dorky.
new wave girl, since when do you use the word "peeps"? it's so unbecoming of you. :o)
alright, nothing else going on. take care everyone.