I told myself I'd try to do a blog, at least record some thoughts if only for myself, etc. In fact, it's probably in my last blog post about 2 months (?) ago. I've fallen behind. I see eyeball burp 's blog and it's got 159 posts, I see justin keeping up the wells blog, and it's got 44 posts. And I have every reason to be doing this, living in a new city, on a new coast, in a new time zone...better get on it, I suppose...It's funny, I left LA and came out here, but I now can't get enough of music from LA. It's like I almost took it for granted? Who knows. I hope not. I like the Cold War Kids a lot...and their new single "royal blue" sounds fantastic. I can only imagine how good it sounds live, since they always sound about 5x better live. I realize they rank up there with my faves. People out here have heard the Local Natives. Is that a trip or are they really that big? Nobody knows what Anticon is. So far. But they know Animal Collective. Naturally. I bought Avey Tare's cd yesterday...I should open it. It's cold sometimes. It's really not that bad yet, I sometimes expect it to be freezing and it's kinda warm (like today); other days it looks nice but it's biting cold out. We'll see how it goes after this Thanksgiving break.
dc still never fails to amaze me, for better or worse.
for example:
-the licence plates here all say, "taxation without representation" awesome.
-I saw a gnarle sticker on a car here. awesome.
-public transportation has rush hour too. not awesome
-and laker/bruin games start at 10 effing 30. not awesome.
...and there are so many things that just make me think that dc is the land of opposites. Like I walked through a mirror in LA and fell out here.
...first, there's the obvious ones you see at first:
-you can't buy everything you want to buy at the grocery store
-there's an nfl team
-i walk a lot
-the nba team sucks
-real seasons, trees change colors
Then theres the small things that kind of start to show after some time
...people watch hockey
...mexican beer is expensive here
...there are no jack in the boxes in the area
...everywhere sells crab cakes or lobster rolls
...the water isn't 'arrowhead' it's 'deer park'
...there's no such thing as "crv" so it makes no sense for me to leave a glass bottle beside a trashcan
it's a trip. I say that a lot, but it's a trip.
Seeing yellow leaves fall from trees along a brick sidewalk among the brick houses. I'd never see that back home. Thunderstorms. It actually gets colder when it rains...with no marine layer to soften the sharp chill. Rain comes fast and quick, but it rarely sticks. Riding the bus is an experience. I think I'm getting used to it. This past weekend, I found suluDC. Saw taiko for the first time in a while. I think they were more Asian than taiko groups around home. I haven't driven a car in weeks. I miss it, but I'm so happy I don't have to drive around here.
I'm heading to NYC in 2 days. Wednesday til Monday. Seeing the bruins play at the Garden. I have absolutely no idea what to expect. I'm as excited for the bus ride there as I am for the whole trip. I haven't been out of DC in more than a month. What the heck exists between cities out here? I always imagine farmland, but that's a California thing. This will be interesting...
Finally, I'm glad I'm doing this Writing in this blog. For me. Someday I'll look back and laugh at myself. Which is always fun...
p.s. Stinky Pinky is a good ass band. What an EP.
