Song of the Day ('00 Edition): Jimmy Eat World - The Middle

My Karaoke Song... I of course need a few drinks before I sing it :-p

Song of the Day (90s Edition): Presidents of the United States of America - Lump

Seattle: Post Grunge.. but still rockin' Nerdy, quirky and love it! Was it a song about a zombie or were the zombie metaphors actually about a really lazy girl?

Beware this song gets stuck in my head, it may do the same to you.

Home Improvement. Day 4 - 10

Hello Again. So after birthday celebration, it was back to manual labor in the name of home ownership. With the help of my friend/coworker and his tools, we got to work on the laminate flooring bought at Costco. My friend pretty much started the flooring and helped me with the pattern so it will look all pretty. There's a small area at a corner passed the fireplace that he took care of (thanks man!) The mantle is in it's spot where we will bolt it and now we just keep going with the flooring. Also, the existing moulding was going to be painted but we might as well change all the base moulding too! It'll be white but not the white I bought so some more painting will be done. More as it progresses.




It's starting to look very nice downstairs (except for here):

Song of the Day (80s Edition) Cyndi Lauper - She Bop

One of the best songs about masturabation, don't you think? Even the video showed metaphors about "self-service." I was told about the meaning of She Bop a long time ago and I refused to acknowledge that, it just seemed so sinister that such a pop song can have such a dark meaning. Of course that's when I thought masturbation was a dark thing. I'm glad it's out there though, I think it helped a generation be more open about their sexuality. I understand the potential for exposure to adult content, but children are inherently curious about themselves and their surrounding. Speaking from experience, repression only leads to confusion and pain. A frank and open discussion can only help in making better decisions about these things.

Okay now that I'm done with the serious part of this blog, can we dance now?

My Birthday

April 9th, 1978: I was born. *thunder rumbles* I hate when that happens.

So yeah, that makes me 32 years old. I don't know how I feel about that. I feel like I'm still a youngster, though certain parts of my body are telling me I can't do what I did when I was 21. I'm in the path to being a responsible adult. I have a nice job, I own my home. No kids, but still, responsibilities. The last time I got completely plastered was so many years ago that I can no longer recall. I now think of that as an immature thing. Funny thing is, I wouldn't mind doing that again one of these days. I'll have a few drinks but nothing that will get me wasted.

So for my 32nd Birthday, I went on an awesome excursion in Seattle. Which involved a lot of walking, drinking and eating, in various combination of those activities. The original plan was to go to Anthony's on the waterfront, but I soon learned that that was not really going to happen.

First place was the SFM/EMP Science Fiction Museum/ Experience Music Project, where the sci-fi geek and the music geek combines into the uber-geek that is me!

From EMP

From SFM

Here are the pics that I managed to take before my iPhone died on me, damn battery.

After that we went to Pacific Place Shopping Center which had the Gordon Biersch Restaurant. I love their Hefeweizen. I noticed a fruit tasted that I really loved to it and was told it was banana. I'm in no way a beer aficionado but I do love beers that are more sweet then bitter. And to complement the bad for me beer we had some garlic fries and chips that had bacon and bleu cheese toppings.

I so needed to walk those beer and appetizers off, so when I was told we were gonna walk around for a while before Anthony's I was okay. I did find it strange that we were walking the opposite direction and it was getting a little late. But these kinda things happen so I argued but went along because if they wanted to walk this far by all means I'll be the one to say I told you so in the end.

So we walked along and was pretty much in the direction of Pike Place market, when we ended up walking through the doors of this restaurant.

Yeah Anthony's wasn't happening at all. Loved the place... prices were high for the food and the drinks were okay, but just listening to all the background music (with all the artists I love) and just the general surprise, I loved it.

On a side note: one of the music videos on the monitors all around the restaurant was my first tape: Information Society - Pure Energy.

Song of the Day: Goldfrapp - Rocket

So the cool thing about actively searching for music is actually finding new music or, as the case usually is for me, loking into artists I heard about but never heard or seen. Goldfrapp keeps coming up in my radar and I never heard any of her stuff until now. Of course, right now, I'm basing my thoughts on the one music vid that I found which is currently number three on the Billboard Dance chart. So far so good, and since the artist has been floating around in my sphere of music I'm now gonna actively look for other songs. I love when I discover new music.