Night One

Well lets take a look at my picks..

Night One

NIN
Tool
Serj Tankian
Kid Rock
Bad Religion
Avenged Sevenfold (New song sucks)
Jon Davis (Acoustic / Solo)
Social Distortion


Night Two

The Killers
The Mars Volta
Angels and Airwaves
Daft Punk
Feist
Paramore
Jimmy Eat World
Spoon

Im probably way off...but F it





And the line up for night one:

LINKIN PARK - Didn't pick but should have..
BAD RELIGION - Picked
ANGELS & AIRWAVES - Picked
RISE AGAINST - Didn't pick
AVENGED SEVENFOLD - Picked
SERJ TANKIAN - Picked
PARAMORE -Picked

Well I missed two...and yeah I may have not picked them on the correct days but i picked them for the lineup...I'm hoping that this is the softer of the two nights but i doubt it...look for night two coming out soon...possibly tomorrow or next week

Back in so cal

well i am back in so cal thankfully...back to the beautiful smog and congested freeways!

i have to say i left san fran on a sad note....if you havent heard there was a oil spill in the sf harbor area as a cargo ship crashed into the golden gate bridge sending over 50,000 gallons of oil into the water...the oil started drifting towards the area where my office was at and a boat came with these flotation devices to capture the oil...not more than 100 yards away from this were about 100 ducks and birds just kicking back in the water not knowing that danger and death were close. you see once the oil gets on the birds wings...they are unable to fly and eventually drown...so sad...

to go along with the sadness of the oil spill, i was reading my beatles book that i purchased while in SF...in it was a story of how the song Octopus Garden came to be. before reading this story, i always liked this song but just thought it was one of their acid trip dreams...anywho it is a real story as told by ringo. ringo was out on a fishing trip one day when the captain asked him if he wanted to have some octopus...ringo turned it down but the captain went onto a story about how an octopus lives its life day to day swimming along the bottom of the oceans floor collecting up shiny objects and stones to build a garden...crazy huh? ringo thought it was the happiest story he ever heard and thought to write a song about it...

Song of the Day..Octopus Garden - Beatles


I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus' garden in the shade

I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus' garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade.

We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus' garden near a cave

We would sing and dance around
because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade

We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
(Happy and they're safe)

We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden with you.

Black Friday plus KROQ predictions

Not today...but the day after Thanksgiving when Christmas items should be on store shelves and not after Halloween!

Anywho, those interested in what specials will be happening can check out this site Black Friday

Be careful when you go shopping though because according to the FBI, Al Qaeda May Strike U.S. Shopping Malls in LA, Chicago.

I am saving money to buy a new house next year so many peoples christmas presents will be baked goods and a dvd with favorite cartoons and concerts courtesy of you tube. I found a program that downloads you tube videos to avi files allowing you to burn onto a watchable dvd. Southern Wolf and classic Beatles anyone?

Another sign Christmas is coming fast, KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas is going to be announced Friday. I haven't put much thought to who is playing because music has simply sucked this year...if i had to guess i would guess the following:

Night One

NIN
Tool
Serj Tankian
Kid Rock
Bad Religion
Avenged Sevenfold (New song sucks)
Jon Davis (Acoustic / Solo)
Social Distortion


Night Two

The Killers
The Mars Volta
Angels and Airwaves
Daft Punk
Feist
Paramore
Jimmy Eat World
Spoon

Im probably way off...but F it

Last night in San Fran

Good bye San Fran...it was nice to know you for a week...

Today I went to Borders and picked up a copy of "Let it Be" a book about the Beatles album with the same name. So far i have read 5 pages and its already interesting..

I noticed that black people complain a lot up here...I'm not one to complain about complainers, but when people come in to complain about a meal that they had yesterday, really...is that necessary? By the looks of things it looked like they went back for seconds. I had Denny's breakfast this morning and one lady was complaining about some waitress from last nights shift saying that her food was cold...come on now...then today at a hot dog stand by my hotel, another lady was complaining because she phoned in a combo order yesterday and then decided she didn't want the drink with the combo...well...the guy who worked there charged her for the dog and fries which came out more than the combo somehow...she came back to complain about the 20 cent difference...since the manager wasn't in today or yesterday, she told the poor teen behind the counter that shes gonna come chew the managers ass out tomorrow...shes waisted more that 20 cents in gas...or bus pass...or time walking...this place is pretty ghetto and i cant wait to get back home..

r

Still...

Im still in San Francisco...its nice but i hate walking 1/2 mile to work...kinda sucks but its only until friday...

so not major news in san fran until today when a boat ran into the golden gate bridge...other than that i kid you not the top story up here were about some beavers that made a dam in a stream and they didn't know whether or not to kill them or just move them..., ive pounded a few beavers in my time but never killed on hehe....anywho... they decided to move them...

while i was up here i thought id give one of my old friends a ring that i havent talked to in like 5 years...we might hang out for a while tomorrow...he taught me how to dj...

and for those at the Merc...guess who i saw walking down the street as i went with co workers to lunch....Jim Baker, former Director of our IT department...i knew he lived up here but what are the chances...

Bean's Back

Bean has started to blog again.. Bean's Blog

I am going to be in San Francisco for work this coming week so I'll try and take some cool pics while im up there

I see that Pasadena sign every day on the way to work...i usually get off at Santa Anita and drive down Colorado till i get there


take care

Hey All

Yeah I know I haven't posted in a while...

Well last week you know the winds were pretty bad...well they may have been pretty bad in the 714 but here in the 9....well add a 0 to that 9 and that was the gusts that we had at my place...90 mph gusts..with about 50 mph sustained..it ripped the roof off of my neighbor's porch and it landed against my house...at midnight mind you..it ripped off freeway signs like you ripping a piece of paper in half...a palm tree fell on another house...I slept 3 hours the first night of the winds...

With all the smoke and fires we literally had like no sun for a week...

Birdman..tell Reena I sayz Hello!

I took some cool pics

The sun beyond the smoke...Ash on my car...Traffic...Traffic (Keep in mind the last picture is only 30 miles from Los Angeles)























R

Sorry...

Hellllllooooooooo

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while...by the time i get home, im so tired of driving that i just eat, and sleep....sometimes i throw a little somethin somethin in the middle if you know what i mean...but the drive is really killing me...

anywho...the job is still going very well...had the ability to go on site to a location last week out in the desert at some billionaires house which kicked major ass...there are nice homes in the 9...well that was the 760 but close enough...the one thing i will say that i don't like is not having lunch buddies...i usually eat in my car or in the break room (Free coffee and donuts!)..i really can't kid around like i used to at the Merc either...so other than the hardly talking to anyone all day part...i still like getting out at 5...

Can someone answer me this...why does Chicken Fried Steak not have chicken in it? Shit on me today as I found that out...

I am a huge food network fan and saw The Gourmet Next Door debut show...for those that don't remember, Amy won the Next Food Network Star reality show which gave her the show i just mentioned...it was good and i can see her improving..the dishes are fairly easy to cook as well...but shes no Giada....

I had lunch with D-Nasty and her hubby a few weeks ago...we went to california skewers in pasadena...place is awesome and easily on par with that teriyaki bowl place by the merc..its chicken kabob with pineapple glazed with teriyaki sauce on a bed of steamed rice...Next week I plan on going to roscoe's

while im on the topic of food..i cooked a kick ass tilapia filet today breaded with macadamia nuts, garlic, soy sauce, brown sugar, and lemon pepper...had a side of green beans, baked potato, and garlic chicken rice..mmm mmmmm

I got an email from Bean a few weeks ago...he sent me pictures from his trip to Italy which looked awesome...my wife still wants me to take her there after she graduates next year...maybe i will...or maybe ill just take her to little italy in san diego...

NIN is releasing a new CD titled Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D (Year Zero Remixed)...Here are the artists that contributed

1. gunshots by computer: saul williams
2. the great destroyer: modwheelmood
3. my violent heart: pirate robot midget
4. the beginning of the end: ladytron
5. survivalism: saul williams
6. capital g: epworth phones
7. vessel: bill laswell
8. the warning: stefan goodchild featuring doudou n’diaye rose
9. meet your master: the faint
10. god given: stephen morris & gillian gilbert
11. me, i’m not: olof dreijer
12. another version of the truth: kronos & enrique gonzalez müller
13. in this twilight: fennesz
14. zero sum: stephen morris & gillian gilbert

It hits stores November 20th...FYI NIN is not with any label right now so lets see what direction they go in...I heard a rumor of Year Zero part. II

Is anyone else as sick to your stomach as I am watching that commercial with that old prune say IDK my BFF Rose...OMG I have not hated a commercial as much as I hate that one..i don't even know what company its for but it sucks ass cause of that old text messaging whore...next commercial should be...

Parents: hey kids wheres grandma..

Kids: IDK...shes DOA and RIP..

Me: FU



hope to see you guys soon...hagoween?

r

Tool Rumor

Wow....my 100th post...nice

anywho...Tool Rumor...birdman may disagree...

Tool playing KROQ Acoustic Christmas

Facts:

Tool is scheduled play LA Monday and Tuesday December 10th and 11th

KROQ Acoustic Christmas should be on the 8th, and 9th of December

Tool all of a sudden postpones the LA shows and is playing the west coast the week before Acoustic..hmmm

Hey There!

Ahhh...My first week at the new job is almost complete and I have to say...I wish I was back at the M....Sike!

Man I love my new job...The people and atmosphere is so different than the M (not you Birdman). Damn it is nice to finally feel respected and feel like an adult rather than a daycare center where someone is watching over you the entire time you are working. My Manager was down from San Fran for a training course down here, came in and shook my hand...Hell he wanted to take a few of us out to dinner on my first day...My former teacher who is now my Director is freakin happy to see me there working cause he knows the potential that I can bring. He knows my interest for this field. I am also getting put through some advanced forensic courses, as well as a certification that is recognized around the world.

Free Coffee...Arrowhead water....and popcorn....

Get this...I felt guilty for leaving at 5:15pm...why...because I am so used to people saying are you leaving already!?!? Stick around for a 6pm deployment..No more of those days...and when I do have to stay super late...thats fine cause I really enjoy doing this work.

If you love what you do...you will never have to work 1 day in your life...

Take care

Bye M it was nice to know you

Yesterday was my last day at the Merc. I had lunch with Birdman and a few others at JoJo's which was a spot we went to quite a bit. It was a nice time there followed by Happy Hour at the Yardhouse later in the evening. I will miss a great deal of the workers I worked with but will not miss the complaints and stress of the job.

Hopefully we will all keep in touch.

Vacation

I am off on a cruise to Cabo San Lucas for a week. See you soon

My Move

so I stayed away from writing mainly because I have been so swamped with work and other problems outside of work.

as some of you know I have not been the happiest camper "there". I finally got a nibble from a company in Pasadena to come in to be their Computer Forensics Lab Technician. The Director of the group, who was also my Forensics Teacher at Cal State Fullerton, highly recommended me for the position as he has seen my forensic skills. The offer was made on Wednesday and I put my two weeks notice "there". My supervisor seemed someone shocked but doesn't really to mind me leaving as there are already two other people joining my former group. I learned a lot while I was "there", but the hours were brutal, we got the blame for everything that went wrong, our suggestions for improvement were not taken into consideration, and the possibility for advancement was not there...I really lost my passion for Information Technology over the past year...

I know that working in Forensics will bring that passion back as it is Technology mixed with investigative work.

I will miss hanging out with the Birdman as he understood my humor as well as the others who I enjoyed working with. For those who know her, I will be working literally 1 block away from D$ aka D-Nasty aka Denyse who was also "there" at one time.

Enjoy

Here I come....

My Food Network Star

Where do I begin....My pick to win The Next Food Network Star on the Food Network Channel was kicked off last night. My boy JAG, the boriqua was let go after he withdrew himself from the final two spot in the competition AFTER Amy was already let go. There were rumors circulating throughout the Internet that JAG did not serve in Afghanistan and that he didn't graduate Culinary School as he had stated. He never really wanted to talk about his past and that is probably why. Food Network tried to give him a chance at a press conference to reveal his hidings but he didn't. F.N. eventually called JAG in for a meeting where JAG revealed the truth. I was disappointed as I wanted him to win, but when he lied about being in the service when so many of our Soliders are dying, that is just wrong. So what happened? Amy came back and is competing against Rory aka Gumby...she has huge gums...My pick has switched from the caribeaner to the Gourmet Next Door Amy....Good luck girl

Tater Tot Fridays?

I stayed at home today still trying to fight this cold I have had...its horrible and I've taken so many pills to combat it....


Well for those fans of Beans blog back in the day I have a treat for you. Today Bean sent me a picture of his beloved Tater Tot playing in his yard and here it is....




Now compare him to my wife and I's bulldog Burbank as he tries to protect his lemon




Aren't they so similar??

Happy weekend to you all!

No Thoughts

Happy birthday to The Mama....

Other than that no thoughts for me today...except for how bad I want out of the M

But I did find someone who was thinking about me...

Irons

Do you ever notice how when you use someone else iron to iron your clothes, their iron is a hell of a lot hotter and better than yours. So what do you do? You go out and buy that iron only to be bummed when it still doesn't get as hot as theirs.

Here is a picture of my Food Network Crush Giada

My 90th Post

On this nice humid day in Southern California, my 90th post has came upon us....It could have been more but I am just lazy...

This post is dedicated to the Birdman who is constantly making fun of my Carribeanerness.

I am a huge fan of the food network and yes I love to cook. In fact my next house is going to have a Viking Stove with a grill...

Well one of my favorite shows on the Food Network is called unwrapped. Last nights episode was dedicated to spicy things and one of those on the list was Beans. Refried Beans in fact. My wife always gets on my case because I love me the Rosarita Refried Beans.


In the episode it showed how the makers of the beans purchase the pinto beans, rinse them out to get any rocks out of the batch and then slowly cook them. Then then put them into this huge masher and actually have a level of mashing that they do! Then then run the mashed beans from a machine into another which puts the beans into a can and seals them up. The canned beans are then put into a heater type compression machine that gives the beans a 7 year shelf life! That's freakin incredible. 7 years!

Watch unwrapped as well as The Next Food Network Star. My pick JAG is still in the final 3 woohoo!

Flashback

Were any of you fans of Saved by the Bell? Do you remember that when it first aired, it only had Zach, Screech, and Lisa and it was set in Indiana....yeah like so many people want to see a bunch of teens in Indiana...Anywho somehow they switched schools and Zach Lisa, and Screech all ended up in Pacific Palisades at Bayside High School...