indio or bust.

i've lived in california for four years and still haven't made it to this festival. every year, i obsess over the website and the lineup and the coolness that is coachella. this year is no exception. i've been compulsively checking the website to see the lineup. good things come to those who obsess! check out this lineup.


i'm particularly excited about ghostland observatory, girl talk, tv on the radio, the ting tings, fleet foxes, the killers, mstrkrft and blitzen trapper. to name a few. aw, heck! i'm just super jazzed about the whole circus! who's with me?!

speaking of circus, guess who scored tickets to britney spear's anaheim concert? please. i'm not ashamed. what i am is PUMPED to see miss britney do her thing (in the center of the ring just like a circus...sorry, couldn't resist).

the technical part of technical college.

yeah, so his first joke's kinda been done and is a bit of a cheap shot, but this guy's pretty funny. like laugh out loud funny. and he's straight outta my home state. good times good times. gotta love a comedian with his own theme music.

blast from the past: auto edition

last week, m'girl tory unveiled her sweet ride...a 1991 isuzu trooper. what's so special about a trooper? well, it just so happens that my family had the exact same car when i was growing up. in fact, i believe i learned to drive a manual transmission in that car. at any rate, i was stupid excited to go joy ridin' in the trooper.


after that little adventure, i started thinking about all the cars i've ever owned. granted, there have only been four, but each of those four cars made quite an impression. many memories were made in each car and i look back on each one - ghetto as they may be - with fondness.


first up, we have ted the topaz. he was my first. what's not to love about a mercury topaz? the best part about this car was that there was an electrical issue in the ignition, so ted was known to randomly shut off at any given moment. around town or on the freeway, ted was no respecter of location. many a day, i found myself spontaneously pulling over to regroup and get ted going again. sadly, ted was totaled when a lady rear-ended me and crushed ted beyond recognition. our romance was brief but i'll never forget him.


and then came the silver bullet. my parents took the insurance money and bought me a shiny, new...geo metro. that's right, baby. that car got me through my first few years of college. it was so perfect...except for in inclement weather. as long as the roads were perfectly even and dry, i didn't have any problems. did i mention i went to college in rexburg, idaho where the average snowfall is ridiculously high? yeah...it was a recipe for good times.


as happens in large families, a multitude of licenses were acquired and it came to pass the silver bullet down the line. enter sunny the sundance. sunny was a beauty. with luxurious maroon velour interior and power windows, i was in heaven. we had a good run together...two years, i think. the BEST part was that two years later i sold her for exactly what i bought her for. so...i basically MADE money on the sundance. joy.


and here we are. my sweet ride is now a 2000 (i think) nissan altima. le said altima has treated me pretty good over the years. i've used her up and worn her out with nary a complaint from the lady. she's done me good. real good. thousands of miles later, it's close to movin' on time. but until then, we'll be alright.

what was your first car? tell me about the quirks. spill it!

one in a million(aire).

a change is gon' come.

"change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. we are the ones we've been waiting for. we are the change that we seek."

ice skating: a photo essay.

foul at the moon.

we made the trek to universal citywalk for an evening out at a dueling piano bar. it was a bucket list sort of thing, y'know. well...it wasn't EXACTLY what we expected. to say the least. after a few agonizing minutes of the most disgusting vulgarity, we did an about face and got the heck out of there. some of us grabbed dinner and some of us...um, rode bulls. not exactly what we went for, but it was a good times.

happy birthday, miss angel!

one year older and wiser, too! but none the wiser when it comes to birthday surprises. miss jeni and i orchestrated a most delightful surprise dinner. and believe you me, angel is NOT easy to surprise. either way, we pulled it off without a hitch and a good time was had by all.


the festivating continued today in the form of funny gifts and office lunches. good times, good times. and THEN, the coup de grace, was a trip to...sprinkles! miss angel had never experienced the delight, so we made a stop on the way to ocmco rehearsal. after a "mini" taste test, we decided that none of the cupcake flavors can compete with the coconut. DEE-lish!

i love my job.

but i think it's time for greener pastures. movin' on time, i mean. you see, i've received a better offer.

um...i accept?

um, can't wait.

we're klassy like that.

saturday night, brought oc's finest to angel stadium for an event unlike any other. that's right, boys and girl, le monster trucks. that's french for the monster trucks. that's right. just 'cause we're klassy don't mean we cain't speak no french.


this is only a tidbit of the delights captured on film that night. the peeps brought it that night and looked...klassy. oh, and don't worry if you missed it. gravedigger's back in town next month. bust out the chaw, bobby jean. we'll see you there.

never a dull moment at the disneyland.

friday night, we rallied the peeps for an evening of magic and mayhem at the happiest place on earth. as always, a good time was had by all while we pranced and danced through the magic kingdom.

space mountain was a bit of a downer but, after a few dirty looks, we moved on to the next ride. big thunder mountain anyone? oh! and i went on TWO new rides! i know, right? just goes to show, disneyland NEVER gets old! a shoutout to m'boy peter pan for a good time on our journey through neverneverland.

i gave her my heart and she gave me a pen.

i'm pretty sure i could watch this movie a million gamillion times and STILL not be sick of it. seriously, what's not to love?! john cusack is a total hottie and delivers some of the most hilarious lines of all time. if you haven't seen it, you're missing out! you better remedy that real quick like. word.

out with the old, in with the new.

after a few faithful seasons of the hills, mtv introduces the city. on last season of the hills, whitney landed a big job in nyc with diane von furstenburg. and the city is born. the show follows whitney as she navigates the ins and outs of a new place and new people.


i invited m'girls over last night for a viewing. they had to catch up, i got to enjoy it for the second (maybe third) time 'round. i don't know how sweet whitney will fair in the big apple but, after three episodes, one thing IS for sure...i'm addicted.

oh, and did i mention she has a hot aussie boyfriend? yeowsas!

back to the grind.

man vs. machine

my family got a wii for christmas. i don't know why, but i took like fifty hundred pics of my dad doing the wii boxing for the first time. i can't tell you why i was so obsessed with documenting the event, but obsessed i was. a gamillion photos later, behold the mosaic. you're welcome.


maybe this is one of those things that is only funny if you were there. maybe not. all i know is that i've never heard my dad talk the kinda trash he was talkin' to the video game. ever. my pops plus a wii is a recipe for pure hiliarity...not just for him, but for all involved.