well, my “birthday week” is officially over now, and it’s back to work…which basically translates to still doing mostly the same stuff i did last week, only now i will feel guilty when i’m not productive with my writing. which, thankfully, isn’t the case for today.
anyways, the weekend of celebrating was an outstanding one…arguably one of the best weekends i’ve had in a long, long while (though, really, this had very little to do with it being my birthday). some highlights include: seeing the shins play a free show at amoeba friday evening in support of their new album (which is outstanding by the way, and perhaps their best/most complete album yet), eating an excellent meal at the fabiolus cafe then spending saturday night at the bigfoot lodge with friends, and walking around downtown sunday afternoon taking some photos (some of which are now up in my pics).
the only downsides were the lack of sleep (certainly worth it), and the fact that the weekend is now over (but, i suspect that more activity filled good times shall be forthcoming).
in other news my january ‘06 mix is complete…for those wondering, in the end i opted for the cd version so that i can burn them for posterity. here below are the track listings to the approximately 78 min of january ‘06 goodness:
1. July, July! — The Decemberists, Live From Soho
2. Phantom Limb — The Shins, Wincing The Night Away
3. Gronlandic Edit — Of Montreal, Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer
4. A Sentence of Sorts In Kongsvinger — Of Montreal, Hissing Fauna…
5. Australia — The Shins, Wincing The Night Away
6. I’m Waking Up To Us — Belle and Sebastian, Push Barman To Open Old Wounds
7. Take A Chance — The Magic Numbers, Take A Chance Single
8. Long Distance Call — Phoenix, It’s Never Been Like That
9. Fearless (live) — Ambulance Ltd., New English EP
10. You and I Are A Gang Of Losers — The Dears, Gang Of Losers
11. Sea Legs — The Shins, Wincing The Night Away
12. Hold On, Hold On — Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
13. Save Me — Jude, Redemption
14. Smiley Faces — Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere
15. No Fit State — Hot Chip, The Warning
16. The Monkeys Are Breaking Out The Zoo — Belle and Sebastian, Colours Are Brighter
17. The Crane Wife 1&2 — The Decemberists, The Crane Wife
18. Sons & Daughters — The Decemberists, The Crane Wife
also, i neglected to mention and subsequently add Leonard Nimoy to the Celebrity List. Leonard was spotted 2 weekends ago at the Laemmle on Sunset as I was waiting to see The Last King Of Scotland. Which, was an outstanding film made slightly less enjoyable by the extremely loud and obnoxious person sitting directly behind me who spent the entire film laughing at inappropriate moments and adding unnecessary comments.
In fact i came very close to telling him to shut up, only to in the end refrain after my brother (because of how unbelievable the guy’s behavior was) suggest that perhaps he might be mentally retarded. As soon as the movie ended the guy immediately got up and left before this was able to be confirmed, so i will never know. But, given the plot to this past sunday’s episode of Extras, perhaps it was a good thing i bit my tongue…
okay, kids, time to get in a bit more writing before tv time.
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