February 20, 2004
10 or so for the week
1. TiVo envy.
1a. iPod envy (not the ugly mini, though). You may not know the story about how I broke mine by throwing it at the cat but if you ask, I will tell you without blushing because as part "Pacific Islander" I seem physically unable.
2. Yale rejection letter. I didn't want to go there anyway.
3. Kanye-fever. He's everywhere. Articles by SFJ & Hua Hsu. You can check out his production credits at kanyewest.com, handy if you're putting together Kanye compilation. (I tried thinking of a clever way to put those two words together but I couldn't. "Kanye-lation" sounds real weird.)
4. The Walkmen's Bows & Arrows. I still haven't found the time to listen to it all the way through but I really like the first half of it. Having freshly downloaded the whole shebang last night, I will remedy the situation immediately. The album has it's own website at which you can watch the new video for The Rat.
5. Paintball. Not only does paintball have a governing body, the NPPL, but you can even watch it on cable, as I did at lunch yesterday. I have been "paintballing" twice, once at a bachelor party.
6. Modest Mouse has a new record coming out. If you had any doubts about their decline, check out this footage of them on the insipid Carson Daly show. Somebody said that Isaac Brock looks like John Belushi. I think he looks more like Jim but I just like the idea that he's fatter than me.
7. Discount Valentine's Day candy. I like stale Necco Hearts. Is that weird?
8. Belated Christmas presents like Shakey the Neil Young Biography. So much information. One of my favorite tidbits so far is the time that Neil & Stephen Stills, fresh to L.A., find a roach on the sidewalk, smoke it & get more fucked up than they bargained for. Young says, "We didn't know what it was..."
9. The term "get lifted". As in "Curtis is going to go home & get lifted".
10. Having money in the bank. It's weird.