i usually absolve blogging at work under ready-made excuses of ‘keeping my mind sharp with some writing on a slow day’ or ‘a welcome break from a project that’s hard to work on all day’, but the past week i’ve been occupied and stimulated enough where that didn’t happen. now i’ve got blog-guilt and my little sister scolded me in the previous post’s comments. ouch.

so i will use this late evening post, written in lazy/cool state from my work-issue badass powerbook on my lap while i lounge in my leather chair while my personal dell laptop is only a few feet away playing the music through my bedroom stereo (this way i don’t have to lean forward, hence the lazy) feeling all hip cause i’m surrounded by so many electronics (hence the obvious cool), to jot down some of my recent sweet and unsweet moments, in my least favorite blog device, the dreaded List.

–before m83 took the stage at the free concert we saw this week down at USC (visiting your alma mater=weird), joe said to me, ‘these guys are going to destroy us’, and he was completely right. i’m really proud to have damaged my ears to the point where they don’t ring after concerts anymore, but that night they did because that shit was thick, loud, heavy, beautiful, and absolutely fantastic. must…buy…album.

–i cannot shake this stupid chest cold and if i die i’m going to feel so stupid for not going to see a doctor sooner. hopefully i can hold out until next week when i plan to have some professional make sure i don’t have aids or the whooping cough or something. if i piled all the tissue i’ve used in the past couple weeks together i bet it would roughly equal my body weight.

–if you haven’t seen the movie primer yet then wise up because that was probably the smartest and best-executed indie flick i’ve seen in a while, especially when i read it was made for 7 g’s. there’s a surely hot recommend, as opposed to thumbsucker, which i’m glad i saw at a free screening instead of paying for, and is more of a tepid endorsement.

–seeing the shining at a picnicky outdoor night screening in the hollywood cemetary was a way more fun experience, although the crowd dynamic was more drive-in movie than spooky night of terror than i was expecting. still fun to drink a tallboy in the grass on a cool LA evening though with hundreds of other movie nerds.

–yeah i guess it’s badass that human drummers performed the break drums from richard james classics on acoustica – alarm will sound performs aphex twin, but you know what, classical musicians performing ‘modern’ pieces always seemed gimmicky to me and the cold inhuman electronics of the originals is kind of part of the point, so sorry, this is going in the ‘downloaded, listened to, promptly deleted’ folder.

–i lost my keys, which NEVER happens to me, which drove me crazy and resulted in much anxiety and inconvenience last weekend. monday morning an hour before i was ready to go get copies made of my roommate’s at lunch, he called to tell me someone knocked on the door before he left that morning, and since he didn’t make it out in time all he heard was the door closing and the keys hitting the kitchen floor. how mysterious and creepy that someone had them for two days and then returned them monday at 9am, but they’re back and we haven’t been murdered or robbed yet so hey, sweet, huh?

–being stranded inside with no way to re-enter had i left the building wasn’t all bad, though. i may have missed my first beach volleyball sunday in around 10 weeks, but i finally got to see finding neverland the only way i swore i ever would — with my arm around a cute girl. the movie was also not bad and my masculinity remains safe. that was a good day.

–and oh my holy god was extras brilliant. there will be a definite rivalry this year against my old favorite arrested development for cleverest writing in a tv series and i can’t wait to see more. i had to force myself to stop laughing so much so i could hear the next joke following close behind each prior. damn, was it good.

–your reward for reading all of this, aside from all the wisdom on media choices, is being fully aware of what i’ve been up to for a week. and a fun game!

now i’m off to norcal this weekend for mike’s birthday. cheers.