First post of tha new year/decade

Damn, it's already been over two weeks of this new year n ah havent gawten around ta postin SHITE fer ya yet! My apologies...tha new year has kicked off w. a bang n ahm anticipatin it ta be a really busy one.

Ahm havin kind of a hard time figurin out which post it is ah want ta write: tha "heres all tha cool thangs ah was up ta recently, w. a little bit of a new perspective ahm takin towards myself n my environment", OR the "holy shite am ah excited about my potential future n tha steps ahm takin ta git closah to it". Ah feel like ah don't have tha perspective fer the second one yet, so instead ahm gaein ta hafta save all of my evil-genius typed plans fer anutha time when they are a little more articulated. Altho ah do admit that when ah write down goals n what ah wanna dae ta make them happen, ahm much more inclined ta follow thru.

So, what have ah been up ta so far? NYE was kinda quiet, watched some fireworks from my roof. Then my cousin came by for a few more days n we jammed some more (Will try to post a video at some point). Since then it's been logistics n busy-times-at-werk, n band practices, n some dates. Also, a really killah punk rawk show last weekend for Agnostic Front kicked some freakin ass at thee Parkside fer thar 25th anniversary tour.

As a lil precursor to what ah mentioned above, ah also attended a very inspirin n illuminatin session of Deviants Online, hosted by the truly wondahfull Sarah Dopp which gawt my thought bubbles churnin out some ideas of what ah want Severe Bass n my web presence ta look like this year. Supplemental to that, ah bought a laptop which ah have spent almost no time playin w. just yet. Ah think ahm still gittin used to tha idea...

Anyway, expect some more info from me at a latah point in time. This week is SUPER-CRAZY-BUSY, as ah have two band practices today, a Wee the Band show tomorrow w. a new vocalist, more band practice on Wednesday, n then a late night Tando show on Thursday w. a new guitarist (Anutha berklee cat!)

Ah also have gawten some more drums on loan that look n sound pretty sweet - pics will be comin latah.

Will be back once that's all taken care of (n will try nawt ta slack so much on postin blogs!)

Good times in pictures

My trip home was nawt all emo reflection howevah - ah did have a rawkin time, despite tha logistics....

Ah left my house at 5:45 AM on Thursday mornin ta catch a 7:30 flight, n arrived about when ah was supposed ta. Then ah went out fer way too much veggie food at my favorite NOVA veg restaurant Sunflower. Aftahwerds ah gawta margarita w. my boy Damian - Damian is actually one of my newer friends in NOVA, even tho we've been hangin out fer ovah a decade now.

Friday ah was off ta lunch w. some of my old SUUSI girls, n then ah swung by my organizations DC office fer a couple hours ta speak geek n databases. Ah met up w. tha fabulous Jen Hitt fer some musick, n then it was off ta a party consistin of a bunch of my friends n burners. Well, Jen n Todd had SOME non-burner friends ah guess :)

Tha party was a good time...it lived up to it's West Coast promises, which wasn't entirely my fault. My homeboy E. Jay brought a djembe which facilitated hippy dance-times, n all tha burners brought thar open-minds n crap. Howevah tha burner world did turn out two wondahful surprises as well.

Oh yeah, pictures:

Ah made sure ta eat seth before he left

Ah must've had a grand experience howevah, cuz ah even freestyled near tha end of tha nite, somethang thas only happened a half a dozen times at most. It requires a very particular blend of intoxication n comfortability, as well as feelin like ah have somethang ta rap about.

Tha guy next ta me was cool but also a lil obvious in how much he was tryin ta git laid, n also needed more songs ta sing at parties

Then it snowed. Ah fergawt ta git pictures, but ah didn't like that. No sir, ah didn't like that bullshit. Howevah, ah gawta cute pic of me w. Todd that mornin:


He just looks so happy ta be next ta me

Finally ah went back ta NOVA n had dinnah w. E. Jay n my rents:


N then ah wrote tha previous post when he left.

Ah did indeed stay up all nite my last evenin in NOVA. Grabbed some Z's on tha plane, n tha second ah gawt back ah was in full-motion. First thangs first, ah werked my usual shift at tha yoga studio. Then ah went home fer a couple hours, had some food, n went back to tha yoga studio ta finish up. Aftah some (result-less) shoppin, ah was back w. enuff time ta snack, showah, n git dressed fer tha SF Bike Coalition Winter Fest. Ah like tha SFBC, n ah like pourin beer fer them (partially cuz ah always end up gittin a few free ones that way). W. tha combination of everythang, ah gawt apparently really hammered.


Ah remembah havin a good time, but ah don't remembah who these people are

Then ah rode home in tha rain. Awesome, really it was.

Whew! WTB is auditionin vocalists this week, ah am meetin w. two guitarists n one potential drummer fer Severe Bass, n gaein to tha Symphony on Saturday. Also our new roommate moved in. N it's been cold as shit (in tha low 40s!)

December, ahma kick yer sorry ass! You'd bettah git outta here before we git intae it....

TODAY was a long day

Now, ah know plenty of my friends have packed schedules, n that ahm generally tha one who's outta werk early er dickin around on tha net while thar slavin away at thar office/etc, so ahm nawt tryin ta say that ah werk hardah then anyone else(altho USUALLY those folx who are slavin away are also gittin paid vacation time n health benefits...usually). But today was a long one, n nawt just fer me.

7:30 am - wake up, eat breakfast, put on clothes, ride bike to BART
9:00 am - start work at temp job (same place, still werkin on that stack of papahs. Altho they tell me that beginnin tomorrow they'll move me ontae otha tedious jobs. N just when ah was "in tha zone" of data entry!).
2:00 pm - lunch break. Went to a store (bought some wondahful smellin grape medication) n then had some pretty tasty falafel (ah wanted to try this place cuz thars a line out tha door every day around noon. My window faces tha store front)
2:45 pm - back to data entry
5:00 pm - Out tha door to catch tha 5:04 BART.
5:40 pm - gawt off tha BART, went to Guitar Center to exchange my power supply (ah knew they didn't know what they were talkin about, givin me a BOSS power supply fer an MXR pedal).
6:30 pm - Bikram (had a pretty good class, at least tha first part. Ahm able ta lock my legs much easier then before in a lawt of tha poses, n fer tha first time locked it in a couple of them. Howevah, whenevah ah have a good standin series, my floor series suffers).
8:15 pm - cleaned tha studio. This isn't hard werk, but it does involved a lawt of right hand movement (cleanin tha windows n vacuumin tha floor). N tha room is really hawt (duh!), n ahm in street-clothes (read long-pants)
9:09 pm - took tha BART one stop (cuz ah wasn't able ta wake up tha extra 15 minutes early to bike to tha "Plaza" BART stop, whar yoga is)
9:15 pm - biked home
9:30 pm - made dinnah while answerin emails (trader joes black bean soup + pasta = easy!)
10:00 pm - damn ahm tired.

Tha next week er so is pretty non-stop fer me. Friday - Sun ahm at a Young Adult Conference in Marin, Sunday nite ah have a show (Warren Teagarden at tha Make-Out Room, Monday is a think13 meeting, Tuesday is think13 band practice, Wednesday ah have a conference call n hafta clean tha yoga studio again. Also, ahm supposed ta temp fer at least two weeks, so nae sleepin in er aftahnoon yoga fer me!

Friday - a job interview (n ahm hopin ta make that TWO job interviews.

Woah. Time fer grape.

ps - b/c of all this shit ah hafta dae, ah hafta cancel a confirmed crazyblinddated, which ahm worried will fawk up my crazy blind karma.