SOTD 8/17 She Said - The Pharcyde

Ohhhhh yeah, I been thinking of this song for a while now and I don't have the Labcabincalifornia album. Well now I do thanks to my boy Craig Reyna and his generosity in zipping the whole CD up and uploading it to his ftp for me, gotta love AIM. So, probably my favorite track from this album and the one that has a lot of sentimental/nostalgic value for sure. Such a mellow and cool song, it just makes me happy with thoughts of high school and the few years after. Fat Lip's verse is a classic. There are some bangers from this album so I'm sure some other ones will appear as SOTD soon enough.

Please, enjoy.

SOTD 8/16 Right Down the Line - Gerry Rafferty

This has been a song that I've always loved by Gerry Rafferty, besides Baker Street of course. I happened to hear it today while having beers with Dan at Peso's. It surprised me to hear it because it's usually club bangers being played there, but I guess since it was the day time they play some mellow stuff too. So yeah, this is my SOTD today, great lyrics, reminds me of being in love and makes me want to be in love again.

Please enjoy.

Challah at ya boy!

I woke up pretty late today, and immediately I was excited because I knew what I was going to make for breakfast. Before work on Friday I stopped by my favorite bakery in Seattle: Upper Crust Bakery My friend Jacqui promised to save me a loaf and she sure did, I think she left a note on it that said "Law the Ninja" that amused the cashier who grabbed it for me up front.(She calls me that cuz sometimes she's baking in the back and she doesn't see me come in for my morning Americano and pastry, hehe.)

So, yeah a great way to cap off a weekend on a Sunday morning is french toast made with challah. For the four 3/4 in. slices of challah, I used 3 jumbo eggs, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar, and 1/4 cup of whole milk. It made a perfect perfect french toast, the best I've ever made at home. Prior to this I was only using milk and eggs, the vanilla and sugar really help make the toast richer. A half pat of butter on top of each slice before being topped off with some fairly expensive Trader Joe's Canadian Grade B maple syrup. I totally forgot to sprinkle some powdered sugar on top though. hmph.



Challah has to be the perfect french toast bread because it is the perfect texture and already is pretty tasty by itself. Yum. Funny thing is that this is probably only the third or fourth time that I've ever mixed a sweet breakfast item with some bacon. I've always bee real particular with that kind of thing haha. So nuked some Oscar Meyer bacon to give me a little saltiness.

All in all, a perfect breakfast and one that I will definitely make again and if I'm not lazy I will throw the bacon in a cast iron skillet for ultimate deliciousness.

So I have half a loaf of Challah left and wondering what I should do with it, if I'm feeling extra motivated I'm sure that I could wake up earlier tomorrow morning and make it again. French toast really is a fast and delicious breakfast, that keeps you pretty full for a while. Now, to figure out what else to do today.

SOTD 8/8 Mitch All Together - Mitch Hedberg

So it's not a song, sorry but Mitch Hedberg is one of my favorite comedians of all time, definitely in my Top 3. I didn't become familiar with his stuff until a few months after he passed away, but since then I have listened to all his old material regularly. It never gets old. He's our generation's Steven Wright, I guess. So bummed that he could not still be making us laugh to this day. I love how Mitch wasn't polished, a little awkward, able to laugh at himself, but always always funny.

This is the entire Mitch All Together CD, wanted to change it up to maybe get some more people to love what this guy did. In an era where there are a lot of bullshit comedians that people think are genius ::coughDaneCook:: simple, but effective humor will always have a place.

Please enjoy.

SOTD 8/6 Real Life - Send Me an Angel

This song has ruled since I first heard it in the movie Rad. I was witness to many an 80's night crowd getting energized to it and dancing their brains out. One of my favorite 80's songs and one of my favorite songs, period. I heard it randomly on my iPhone this morning and it helped me get through the day a little easier. Enjoy here .

SOTD 8/5 Feeling Good - Nina Simone

I will be posting SOTD on my blog since it shows up in the Notes on FB anyways. My friend Leslie posted Michael Buble doing a passable cover of this song and I commented that Nina's is much better of course. And then today Hai's status reminded me of it. If perhaps one day you find yourself on a lovely beach before dawn, and can somehow play this song and time it for the horns to come in as the sun peeks over the horizon I'm sure you will achieve something close to nirvana on earth.

I think the first ditty I ever heard sung by her was "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and was captivated by her voice and the soul behind it. Shanna put the "Love Me or Leave Me" on a mixtape back when we were young romantics, so that song will always have a special place in my heart too.

Also, thanks to Vince for putting me on to box.net. You can stream and download everything. I love the internet.

Grab this track here.

I love BC

Garret's bachelor party was a great success. I can't say much about it of course due to contractual obligations, but a great and mostly legal time was had by all. I just remember eating and drinking very well and never getting sick or feeling to shitty. Vancouver is filled with a huge stock of beautiful girls. Highest hot chick per capita in all of North America easily. I will grab my minSD card outta my camera and shove it into my laptop soon and see if there are any postable pics.

SIEfL #3

Oh man, I love Patrick Swayze. No homo. But yeah man, it's heartbreaking that dude is dying right now. This is one of my favorite songs, and yeah I like the movie Dirty Dancing, so F off. haha.

SIEfL #2

Songs I'm Embarrassed for Liking

Since Youtube is just such a cornucopia of awesome, shitty, great, amazing, stupid videos I've decided that everyday I will post a video of a song that I am embarrassed to enjoy/love. Everyone I know knows that I have an eclectic taste in music. The first entry is a song/video that I have always enjoyed, way more than the shitty but more successful version of the same song by Celine Dion. Meatloaf is the shit, and I remember when I first saw this video I fell in love with the female singer. sigh.

Yeah, so I will try to do these everyday, and maybe some of you like the the same song(s).

Craigslist, home to really particular sick bastards.

I want to be him for Halloween.

WANT.

This paintjob is so sick, and on one of the dopest bikes ever.

Fast & Furious

No, I did not see this movie this weekend. I think I'll try to see it some night this week though. It made a buttload of money, wow. Who woulda thunk.

Best Clothing Brand Ever

From Blue Seven's Blog (the shop my stylish ex Shanna manages in OKC, OK), they posted about Toby Keith's shitty clothing company. Every time I see the above pic I can't help but laugh, it is just so perfectly horrible and gay. It's more gay than my roommates and their boyfriends in the same jacuzzi. This is what they had to say about TK Steelman, it also cracks me up:
"TK takin the fashion world by storm.


Patriotic T-shirts, decorated bandanas under cowboy hats and, of course, sleeveless shirts were among the fashions modeled on the runway last week when Oklahoma country music star Toby Keith unveiled his new clothing line called TK Steelman. The line also includes long-sleeve shirts, polos, sweatshirts, baseball caps, belts, leather wrist straps and more. Keith is known for removing the sleeves from his shirts, and the designers included more of that signature look at his request. TK Steelman will offer moderately priced clothing reflecting the singer-songwriter’s personal style, which mixes country, rocker and biker influences. Each item was personally approved by Keith. NO NEED TO THANK US FOR EXPOSING YOU TO THIS AMAZING NEW CLOTHING LINE. IT'S OUR PLEASURE."

So awesome.

This is one of the best things I've ever seen on the internet. If you aren't smiling at some point during this video you have a black cold heart and I feel bad for you.

"Oh, I have the perfect screenname! LittleKidLover. "

That quote is from The Office, of course made by Michael Scott in regards to appealing to a potential mate that has kids, for his kid-friendliness. That's what I think of as I watch the To Catch a Predator marathon that has been taking place on MSNBC yesterday and today. Is it wrong that it's still so hilarious to me even after I've seen all these sick sons of bitches get caught before? I'm still amazed that these shows took place over a span of 3 years and people were still getting caught on TV till the end of the run of this series in 2007. One of the things that cracks me up is the chat logs that they have of what these sex offenders said. Pure disgusting hilarity. So yeah, besides coverage of the Elite 8, all I've been watching on TV are truly desperate and sick individuals thinking they're going to have sex with 13 year old boys and girls.

Hell Yeah!!

I went on to ProjectPlaylist.com and I realized that the playlist that I had on my Myspace page was still there and oddly enough all the songs still work. Wierd. So I added it over to the left there.

True Bromance

Vince emailed me this pic of Titus with Charlie, his new little buddy. Gotta love it.

Clever use of Pug puppies

This was a pretty clever Digital Short in general. It seems that the Digital Shorts are the only reason to tune in to SNL anymore :( . I think it has a lot to do with Tina Fey not being the head writer over there. I believe Seth Meyers is the head writer now and although he is somewhat funny, he isn't even witty enough to clean Tina's spectacles.