Real Exciting, AmIrite?

Hey all – long time, no post!

Apologies about that – stuff’s been happening but not a lot of it’s “blog-worthy” y’know? Or…I guess it was AT THE TIME, but I was either AFK (away from my Keyboard) or just not in the mood to blog about it.

Plus, I still haven’t bought a new camera yet so I’ve got no pictures / video to go with some of the more “you had to be there” parts of the post.

So this’ll be just another mish-mash of “this is what I did” updates.

First off – I applied for another (higher-paying) position at my job……and didn’t get this one either. I was really surprised this time because I not only thought I did really well in the interview (which I didn’t feel last time) but pretty much everyone around me already assumed I got it before I even met with the Supervisor. But they ended up hiring someone from another branch (who, of course, had more experience) to fill the position.

After word got out about that, everyone came by to express their condolences / tell me not to ‘give up’ etc. But I was still kinda bummed. Just a note to anyone who’s trying to console someone in a similar situation: phrases like ‘cheer up’ is one of the last things people want to hear when they’re in a bad mood.

Moving on…..both Lauren & Warren came down for Labor Day weekend so OF COURSE we went to All Star Lanes for some bowling & Karaoke. The Karaoke Bar was pretty empty when we got there, so we were feeling pretty brave with out song choices. Have to thank Carol for daring me to sing Billy Idol’s “Dancing with Myself” – I think it turned out pretty good! (Or maybe that was a side-effect of the alcohol messing with my brain) 

Sometime over the next half of the 3-day weekend I got sick – some kind of fever / sore throat thing that I’m still not 100% over. That and Rob (my roommate) forgetting to pay our internet bill on time led to me being kinda bored the next couple of days. But I did manage to buy the Scott Pilgrimm vs. The World soundtrack. And don’t worry, all the good songs from the movie are on the CD. I had to think a bit about where to get the actual CD cuz all the record stores are pretty much extinct (ended up at Borders).

So yeah – that’s my past couple weeks in a nutshell. I’m planning on being more exciting next weekend, I promise.

My weekend - the Good

My schedule this past weekend was pretty jam-packed, so I’m gonna post this in sections:

PART I - THE GOOD
(mostly pics)

The weekend started off with a few evening festivities: my friend, Ryan, was having a birthday party that started off with dinner at Agra Café. The food was pretty tasty (and soft, which was very nice for me and my new braces) and surprisingly filling for what didn’t seem like a whole lot when we ordered it. I also got him this shirt since he shares my love of “cool t-shirts” (we all should, amIrite?). I originally thought about getting him a new sleeping bag (he’s really into camping right now and mentioned his current sleeping bag sucks) but good thing I asked (leading me to go with the shirt) because the ones he’s been looking at cost over $100!


Unfortunately, Carol & I had to leave the birthday festivities early because our old college buddy, Warren, was hosting a goodbye party at Mccabe’s that same night. We got there in time to celebrate the memory of Warren’s life in L.A., but unfortunately forgot our cameras to commemorate the event. (Although Warren’s facebook status the next day “Warren regained consciousness in a bathtub. Fortunately it was not filled with ice and I have all my kidneys," should give you an idea of how drunk everyone got)

The next day (Saturday) I hung out with Dario at Unique L.A. It was pretty interesting – here’s some pictures to help you see what I mean:






Bought a shirt, too!

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Afterwards, I decided to finish my Saturday night off at the Pasadena Ballroom to see Stompy Jones play. (Always a good time! No pix, though – too busy dancing)

Finally, I woke up early on Sunday to attend the L.A. Times Festival of Books panels – there was one on Publishing (Editors Speak Out) & another on adapting books to movies (Page & Screen) that I attended.

The Publishing panel was pretty interesting – they talked a lot about how technology and a writer’s ability to “self-publish” has affected the Editing & Publishing industries and answered a lot of questions from the crowd.

Not mine, though (ran out of time). I think it would’ve been a good question, though: I wanted to ask what they thought of writers posting their work on their blogs: good idea? Bad idea? Does it matter?

Oh well. Here’s some pictures of a few things that went on at the Festival: