charge it up...

plastic is the american way...as it to 'celebrate' things without question by buying things.

id been thinking about getting a new bass. though i have enough as is, ive been wanting a semi-hollow for a while. i justify that by telling myself that it is different enough from what i have now and as it goes would have a different 'application.'

well, there was something of a sale which brought the price from 499 to 399 ($100 off orders $499+). i was all set to make that purchase, then i noticed another color that i liked just as much and possibly more. so now theres the same dilemma as when i made the amp purchase. buy the one i was originally going to buy, but at a discount that hadnt been factored in when i planned the purchase. ORRRRR buy a better one that happens to be more expensive, but with a coupon that pretty much just brings it to the price of the original.

as the story seems to always go--the money had been spent in my head. so why not. i went with the more expensive one after realizing i did like that color more.

hard to believe this picture is 8 years old

thats obviously not the bass. its one i saw back in 2005 and thought sounded good. at the time, it was expensive to me though. looking back at this picture now i see two things. 1) i didnt think twice about spending that amount of money now...and (2) in the background you can see two semi hollows that i never noticed before.

my crazy asian...

not sure what kicked it off, but i was trying to remember that guy that did some sort of tricking around the time it was getting popular. i say that, but thinking back at it, he probably wasnt doing all that much really. maybe some double legs and back/front tucks. but anyways, he was somewhat popular on the internet. not the tt forums though. at least not in a good way. getting back to where this was going, i ended up finding the guy after searching for something like, "asian backflip 2003." and it came right up. joe eigo. people probably thought he was a crazy asian, but he was not.

for a long time i thought they were saying, "crazy asian" but they arent. its angel.

down where its wetter

today the b-dub and i went off to london for some good ol' fashioned sight seeing. that was pretty much just big ben, an aquarium, and then a bit of walking. there were some street performers out doing all that, but none particularly interesting. id say the highlight of the day was probably seeing part of the tony hawk london stage. i feel like i should make it a goal of mine to see all the real life based parts of the game.

going back to cali

but this time its for comic con. im still not even sure how much i want to go, but given how hard it was to get a slot i kinda feel like i have to.

i had two systems up using chrome on one and firefox on the other. the chrome one never seemed to get anywhere. the firefox at least got me into a white screen that would refresh from time to time but only to another white screen. after a while i closed out the chrome one and was going to say screw it. for some reason i decided to refresh the firefox system (which is usually something of a kiss of death in these situations). suddenly i get a screen telling me im in line at around 13000. interesting.

the number dropped. and dropped. and again. and again. then it went to an order screen. i was in; i was going to comic con. maybe.

phase 1 was done. phase 2 would be a place to stay.

i liked you better before you were naked on the internet

you know all those things that you thought were pretty great or are at least associated with some good memories, but dont get any regular thought? well for me stickam is one of those things.
back in the trickstutorials days we would have some pretty good times on there. thinking about it now, there really isnt much to say about it. i mean, when youre hanging out with friends, whats there to say about it later? maybe you recall some jokes or something funny someone said but thats pretty much it. and thats what stickam was. and now its gone. wait. lets try that again...now its........gone.

out came the sun...

but didnt dry up all the rain. afterall, this is england i suppose. but maybe its a sign of things to come?

little pig, little pig, let me iiiin

there was a thing on tv today about the tornado that ran wild through joplin. ive never had to really deal with one despite my time in iowa. anyways, it really did a number on that city. and apparently it took my dex drive as part of its trail of destruction.
i had a point for writing about this...had. past tense.

london bridge

so today i was on the phone with my mom

mom: olivia asks if youve seen london bridge
me: i heard it fell down?
mom: *speaking to olivia* he thinks it fe--hahaha

i like those moments

in the house of cards

netflix put out 'house of cards' this week. id heard about it a few months ago, but as usual i had forgotten about it. part of the reason i dont care for previews at movies; i know ill forget about it. anyways...turns out its a pretty decent show. i dont care so much for the subject matter or plot environment, but the point of the plot seems to be doing all right for itself. im holding real judgement until ive taken in a few more episodes or maybe to see how the season ends, but for now things are looking good

throw away your television

theyre useless.

the b dub was kind enough to let me borrow his tv because he wasnt using it. turns out it wasnt of much use to me either since there is no way to pick up a signal just yet. until then looks like its going to be more 'big bang theory' and twit podcasts.

game related

the ol' superbowl was last night. that never has, and likely never will, done anything for me. as far as sports go, id probably put football slightly above baseball. dont confuse that with me liking them...just racking and stacking. i dont care for any sports.

as far as i can remember, ive never been much for sports at all. i remember being on a basketball team and a baseball team in my younger days. both of which were a waste of my time and a waste of someones money. and may have hurt the team too. its just never been an interest or a strongpoint. though i did do fairly well with the wrestling and seemed to have a decent amount of potential for the trickings.

i do have some good memories of basketball with the fourteen thirty-five guys though. that may have something to do with a slight bending of rules though. while im not too knowledgeable on them, im pretty sure fence jumping and tackling arent normally part of the game.

the closest thing to me doing sports

a party in the middle of the street

today in tristan stewart history was a trip to london for the kooza cirque du soleil show. it was pretty all right. and we had a solid view of the event; premium boxes are the way to go.

those guys were on to something

the area seemed pretty decent, but a little heavy on the shopping. given that i do all of my shopping at old navy and concert venues, that does me little to no good. im sure somewhere out there are other worthwhile things though.

royal albert hall

dangerous face and illegal taste

today we went out to the bird in hand to kill some time. there was some kind of going away for some people, but i didnt really know them. there was some girl there that seemed to be giving me a little more attention than i wanted. she looked to be a solid 15, so had to say the nay no my brutha.

given the title of this, im reminded of warped tour 07. justin snuck in. chris team us smashed some dude. and nice relaxing sits. looking at the line-up that was one of the last good warped tours. they still have enough highlights to make me not mind coming out, but the overall listing hasnt been so great lately. though it does make it easier to see everybody i like.

team us is too big