Propslight on: Laura Turner

The funny thing is that it is the work place where I have met most of my friends over the past 15 years. Sweet LT is the exception. Never worked with her but met through friends when I was at Philips. Let me tell you that she is direct-and-to-the-point personified. I shit you not.

That particular comment is a very endearing trait. Can't find too many folks in that group. Beauty (redheads anyone ?), brains, independent and snarky. Hey what's not to love ?

So 6 years later, we still meet occasionally for drinks and trade stories. Her's are always better then mine. Have been for years.


holey moley.

You Better Recognize

I remember when Tboz from the music group TLC hooked up with rapper Mack 10. I thought it was a little odd but whatever. Then time passes. CNN reports that the two are filing for divorce and there is some sort of restraining order on Mack 10. The news didn't hit me as much as the picture (below) that was attached to the story on CNN. Does it seem odd to anyone else out there ?


Spring Love

I FEEL FINE 

Fresh Brewed - Fresh Taste.

You know, with specialty coffee houses serving every type of piping hot beverage known - there is another...

The Big Brew

It's all about choices.

Word to your Mother.

I'll be the first to say (a day early, I know) Happy Mother's Day out there. Many friends of mine will be enjoying their first MD this year.

"Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world, a mother's love is not"
- James Joyce

Free Comic Book Day - May 7 

from the mouths of babes.

"One good thing about music - when it hits you, you feel no pain"
- Bob Marley

Music to my ears.

Like I said before, seis de mayo isn't that great. Yesterday, after some debate on where to be, I ended up in Sacramento meeting a friend for a drink before mosey-ing on out to Roseville. She digs on music just as much as I do. She is a fan of good hip/hop music with a beat....and I do remember one time in Vegas (not band camp) where she strutted her stuff on the dance floor. It was good stuff to see strutted. Shit... I think I just blew the Code of Vegas...

So what am I listening to these days ?

on the rnb/hip hop playlist:

1. Baby Mama Love - N2U and Jermaine Dupri
2. Pump Ya Brakes - Snoop Dogg and Will Smith
3. Ghetto Rock - Mos Def
4. Let's Get To It - EE-DE
5. Some Cut - Trillville
6. U Make Me Wanna - Jadakiss and Mariah Carey
7. The Way - 112 and Jermaine Dupri
8. Sugar (Gimme Some) - Trick Daddy and Ludacris
9. Ordinary People - John Legend
10. The Blast - Hi Tek and Talib Kweli
11. If You Can't Dance (Slide) - Will Smith
12. It's Like That - Mariah Carey and Jermaine Dupri
13. Mamacita - Public Announcement
14. U Already Know - 112
15. Number One Spot - Ludacris
16. Oh - Ciara and Ludacris
17. Candy Shop - 50 Cent
18. Funk Season - Celly Cell
19. Criminal Set - Xzibit
20. All Night Long - Red Cafe

and on the Alternative Rock playlist:

1. Comfort Eagle - Cake
2. Cochise - Audioslave
3. Slither - Velvet Revolver
4. Touched - Vast
5. E-Pro - Beck
6. Push It - Stereo Total
7. Down - 311
8. Wake Up - Rage Against the Machine
9. Down with the Sickness - Disturbed
10. Flower Man - Tonic
11. Under Pressure - The Used/My Chemical Romance
12. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
13. Break Stuff (Live) - Limp Bizkit
14. My Hero - Foo Fighters
15. Cold Hard Bitch - Jet
16. Seether - Veruca Salt
17. Enchanted - Dogstar
18. Selling Jesus - Skunk Anansie
19. Angry Nerd Rock - The Ataris
20. C'mon C'mon - The Von Bondies
21. Slow Motion - Nickelback
22. Kick Some Ass -Stroke 9

Propslight on: jimmyG and Andrew.

So who are the geeks down below ? On the far left is Jimmy Galbraith. Not only is he a killer musician but he also happens to be MacWorld Magazine's Lab Director. Amazingly witty guy. I have worked with jimmyG over the years at places like Macworld and Philips. The guy in the middle is Andrew Eisner. He has been in the tech industry for awhile now. He was my first real boss in this field. He also has the distinction of being the first manager to ask me what I want to be doing with my career in 5 years. He rocks (though differently then jimmyG). He does some cool stuff with PC Magazine. And the last guy on the right ? I forget his name. Nice shades though.


cold chillin.

Quatro de Mayo

One day to go. was never a big fan of the 5 of may... and once i was old enough to drink, the seis de mayo was no fun either.

As it goes, i am going to meet up with some friends tomorrow in roseville and then go to the Serenity preview.

Just got word that a business trip to reno is on the way in the next couple of weeks and then at the beginning of june there is the proverbial bachelor party on vegas. Feels like I was just there. Oh wait a sec, I was just there. Thank god I have an endless supply of disposable cash... or this could get ugly.

Yeah Baby, Yeeeaaaah.

Lady Luck decided to skip town when I was in Vegas last night and earlier today.

It is a love/hate thing.

Propslight on: Eric Rice

So, I have a friend who is pretty big on the internet multimedia front. He works incessantly at his trade and it is starting to pay off. Almost two years have past since I met him and I knew very little about what he did on the side (which is the main course these days). The commonalities of growing up and similarities in hobbies made us fast friends. Needless to say, I tease him on his 'persona' stuff on a regular basis. But truth be told he is a solid friend, cool dad, and has genuine talent on the the m-i-c.

Now about the shiny pants...


Are you talking to me ?

More Pebble Beach

I remember it being warm but windy. Looking forward to visiting again in June.


Talentless yet Connected

Marriage scores again !

Got an invite today to a friend's wedding. It is going to be in Pebble Beach where this photo was taken below. I have zero interest in golf.


Pebble Beaaaatch.

Numfar, do the dance of joy !

Yeah I know.

'you don't call, you don't write...'

So what's been going on lately ?

- A change of jobs has occurred. I'm still in the electronics industry but now I deal with digital entertainment in a more specific way.

- Went to a Podcast meet-up in SF the other night. Saw some faces that I haven't seen in awhile. And kinda had a serious epiphany. I am looking hard at this change and consulting some friends who are more 'in the know' about such things. More to come...

- In the past month, I have been to TX, IN, NV and AZ. Tonite, I am in a hotel in Santa Rosa, CA. Tomorrow I leave for Las Vegas. Traveling seemed to be much funner 10 years ago.

- Scored a ticket to the Sneak Preview of 'Serenity' on this Thursday in Roseville. Amazing that I got one. People are now vowing to pay $200 for a ticket !

That's about it for now. I will try and post with a wee bit more frequency. :)

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villany..."

 

Ahem.

Sweet is love when all is sane
Sweet is death to end the pain
Cruel is death when all is well
Cruel is love when all is hell

Shiny

After weeks of debate I plunked down the money for the Firefly DVD collection. I was not sure about it, even though I am a fan of the creator. Fox thought it was so bad they took it off the air after 12 episodes.

Hmmphff. Doesn't sound too good does it ?

So I watched the 4 disc set and thoroughly enjoyed it. It took a couple of episodes to get the feel for the characters (9 main ones)...but it was worth it in the end. I also like the commentaries on some of the episodes. It was readily apparent that though the series was way past canceled when the commentaries were done, that the cast and crew enjoyed being on the show. The DVD set includes three episodes that were never even aired. They are good ones too.

Part western, part sci-fi with unique story telling from Whedon and other writers and directors from BtVS and Angel. There are even a couple actors that appear in all three series. One of the more clever points to mention is that 500 years in the future there are 2 super powers left and one is China. So everybody can speak Chinese. So off handed comments and expletives are said in Chinese by the actors. [Bun tyen-shung duh ee-dway-ro]

Very different and very cool.

All this and mister Whedon was able to buy the rights and go to a different studio and make a feature length film of Firefly. His first, actually.

For a program that was axed in its infancy, it has to be decent enough for Universal to pick it up and for all the cast members to come back and play their parts 2 years after the show ended.

I'll let you know what I think when it comes out in September.

tseye jen.

Couple favorite quotes to end this entry:

Jayne (Adam Baldwin):
"Do you know what the chain of command is here? It's the chain I go get and beat you with to show you who's in command."
-
Book: "I am a Shepherd. Folks like a man of God."
Mal: "No, they don't. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged."

Word.

My soul is wrapped in harsh repose,
Midnight descends in raven-colored clothes,
But soft... behold!
A sunlight beam
Butting a swath of glimmering gleam.
My heart expands,
'tis grown a bulge in it,
Inspired by your beauty...
Effulgent.

-William the Bloody