Almost Crimes

Woke up at 8 am from a bad dream, proceeded to throw up which didn't help. Realized that I graduated from SJSU two years ago, it made me feel even worse...I dislike days like toady.

Thunderbird Blues

Here's some 2014, first quarter activities.

During January, I flew out to New York City for three days. The main reason behind the trip was to watch the very last Bomb the Music Industry show. It was a lot of fun. Their set was split into two, totaling almost three hours of wild chaotic music. I saw the first act from the crowd and the second from the side of the stage, thanks to Keegan.

Sometimes it's fun to wake up at 5am and drive to Arizona to watch couple spring training games. You get there by noon only to find out that the game's sold out. So you goof around all day, eat at a Chinese-Mexican fusion food. The next day, you hit jackpot and get tickets to a game. Witness a walk-off homerun, drive six hours west back to California and go to work the next day. 

I love California, specially its geography. I love that I can get to the beach in 15 minutes, the mountains in a hour and the desert in two. I went down to Joshua Tree for the very time this past weekend. I really enjoyed it, scrambling on top of the rocks is fun. Figuring out how you are going to comedown is even more fun. 

Positively unemployed. Orange sauce, burritos, minor league baseball games, house show, cal train at the Bay Area this week.  

Do You Know The Way To San Jose?

Do you know the way to San Jose?
I've been away so long. I may go wrong and lose my way.
Do you know the way to San Jose?
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose.

L.A. is a great big freeway.
Put a hundred down and buy a car.
In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star.
Weeks turn into years. How quick they pass.
And all the stars that never were
Are parking cars and pumping gas.

You can really breathe in San Jose
They've got a lot of space. There'll be a place where I can stay,
I was born and raised in San Jose
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose.

Fame and fortune is a magnet.
It can pull you far away from home
With a dream in your heart you're never alone.
Dreams turn into dust and blow away
And there you are without a friend
You pack your car and ride away

L.A. is a great big freeway.
Put a hundred down and buy a car.
In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star
Weeks turn into years. How quick they pass
And all the stars that never were
Are parking cars and pumping gas.

I've got lots of friends in San Jose,
Do you know the way to San Jose?
Can't wait to get back to San Jose.

Places that pull

To-do List:
Go to Arizona for a weekend in March for spring training.
Quit my current job.
Move North.


I should probably write more often. 

My 2013

I haven't really updated this and will probably won't too many over the next few months but I did want to make a list of things I enjoyed this year just so I can keep track of things.

Music/Albums that came out in 2013 that I enjoyed the most:
Neko Case: the Worse things get, the Harder I fight, The Harder I fight, The More I Love you
Tegan And Sara: Heartthrob
Waxahatchee: Cerulean Salt
LA Font: Diving Man
The National: Trouble Will Find Me
Diarrhea Planet: I'm Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
Boboso: Grown Ass Man
Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City
The Wild: Dreams Are Maps.


Movies:
Before Midnight
Short Term 12
Mud
Dallas Buyers Club
Wolf Of Wall Street
The East
Spectacular Now
Fruitvale Station
Man of Steel
Way Way Back
Kings of Summer

2013:
Getting a Driver's license
Buying a Car
Week in Chicago
Watching the fucking Replacements
The Henry Clay People at the echoplex
DeDe's wedding in Monterey
Backpacking at Sequoia National Park
Winning fantasy football
Going to ten baseball games over summer, including first time visit to Petco Park and Comerica Park
Spending the last four days of the year in the Bay Area.

Waltzing Matilda

I love art and culture and live music.
But I love it because it makes life on earth bearable,
not because it is very important.
I have no illusions about my own "worthwhile" contributions
to earthly existence: They are about nil. 

Retreat

There's something to be said, about your travels, by yourself. Just listening to music. The idea seemed so romantic that I partook in such activities last night and few nights before. I listened to the Manhattan Murder Mystery's self titled album; everything about that record is so personal.

Unsung Glory Hound

It's been a while since I've used this and part of the reason is that everything that I wanted to write down was being written on sticky notes. Figured that it's time for me to transfer those random sentences on here so I can look at them in the near future and get rid of all the sticky notes.

Goal for summer is to attend every MLB ballpark in California. I've been to everyone except Petco Park in San Diego but to attend all of them in a span of a season would be quite the personal achievement. I attended the Angels second home game earlier in April so one down, four more to go.

Got tickets to see Godspeed, You Black Emperor! in September also really excited for Growing Up is Dumb Fest in June. Built to Spill tomorrow, nice!

Hey friends, quit getting married. You are making me feel old and I'm only 22.

Life is weird, but also surprisingly nice.

Stop listening to idiots! Go outside and play baseball.

It's freaking May already, year is going by super quick and can't believe it's been almost a year since I graduated from college. I'll probably write more a reflection later in the month. I know the generation I live in has an obsession with documenting everything, but I wish more people just wrote things down on an anniversary type basis so it would be easier to look back. For example, the reason I want to write a reflection on  how I feel after a year of being into the real world is so in the future I can go back and see what my thought process was.

My writing skills have gotten worse since I no longer have to papers and reports due on a weekly basis, which makes me little sad. Need to figure out a way to fix this.