I hope I don't get herpes...

I drank from a stranger's beer last night at a bar... I asked him what he ordered because it kind of looked like fruit juice. He answered, "Hoegaarden, try it" and handed me his glass. I looked at him and said, "I don't even know you!" To which, he replied, "just try it. You'll like it." So I did. Then I returned to the conversation I was having with my friend.

So if I end up with mono or some other disease communicable through spit, you know where it came from.

Yeasayer

I hope their forthcoming album doesn't disappoint me - because my expectations are high after this song.

Note: if you're at a computer where bosses, nosy co-workers, or children can see your screen, you might want to skip the video until later. It's not bad - there's just some naked people running toward the end of the video...

Yeasayer - Ambling Alp from Spy Films on Vimeo.

I'm a quick judge

Last night:

Ida: i think you will like holopaw

me: (download album)

Today:

me: you're right about holopaw

me: although i'm only 3 minutes into the album

Ida: haha

Ida: that's how far i got!

Ida: and i thought you would like it

Note: album referenced is Holopaw - Oh Glory. Oh Wilderness.

And yes, the first 3 minutes are quite good. The rest of the album is pretty good too.

Career vs. Life

Sometimes you find yourself in a very pleasant state of life. You love where you live. You love your job. You love the hours of your job.

But that job is time-limited. So you have to apply for new jobs. And unlike the current situation, the ideal job is not where you want to live. I suppose people make these decisions all the time - sacrifice a great job for their personal life or vice versa. I just don't like having to make that decision when I finally got into a situation where both were great...

Boombox Faith

This morning I saw a man going into the Faith Tabernacle on Olympic Blvd. in West Los Angeles with a boombox in one hand. I can only imagine what that service is gonna be like.

Crazy Cat Ladies

Maybe "Crazy Cat Lady" should be a diagnosis added to DSM-V?

Marriage

We never put interracial heterosexual marriage to popular vote. Hell, we never put same race heterosexual marriage to popular vote. We never put civil rights laws to popular vote. Can you imagine what the Mississippi vote on that would have been like?

So why this? Why is gay marriage subject to popular vote? Note: this is semi-rhetorical. Obviously there are legal reasons that it is subject to popular vote, but it just seems...ugh. What ever happened to democracy protecting minority rights from the tyranny of the majority?

I'm sad for Maine. And for the 30 other states that have already put gay marriage to popular vote and lost... I'm sorry there is so much hate in the world.