Let me start by saying that I am, and will always be a true blue Dodgers fan.

That being said, living in New York, L. and I now face the dilemma of who we root for. Mets or Yankees. Upon leaving Los Angeles, I had decided that I was going to be a Mets fan. However, after we went to our first Mets game (unfortunately a game in which they mercilessly defeated the Dodgers), I found that I did not like a) Shea Stadium, and b) Mets fans. L. has been on the fence from the get-go, primarily because Joe DiMaggio is her favorite ballplayer of all time. So now we're confused. Who do we root for?

Mets

Pros

• Underdogs


• Were not a team when the Dodgers were in Brooklyn


• Not part of the Evil Empire


• Brought baseball back to Brooklyn when they bought the Queens Kings, mving them to Coney Island, and renaming them the Brooklyn Cyclones


• Part of the National League

Cons

• Their fans are like Angels fans, upper middle-class, fratty, and kind of annoying


• Shea Stadium is ugly


• Took the place of the Dodgers in the hearts of many a fan in Brooklyn

Yankees

Pros

• A dynasty


• Part of Baseball history and home to some of the greatest who ever played


• Pinstripes

Cons

• Part of the American league


• Evil Empire


• Not only were a team in New York during the Dodgers time, but also routinely defeated them in the World Series


• Everyone who moves to New York becomes a Yankees fan, it's easy


• Steinbrenner

I think my main difficulty with the Mets is that they took the place of the Dodgers. It is painful to see. Tomorrow we go to the last regular season game for the Mets. We will leave our judgment until then, but I am starting to lose sleep over this.

Labels: Baseball, Life

NBC is planning a revamp for Knight Rider

Labels: Fun

So, months ago, we picked up, left our beloved Southern California with it's friends, good times, solid vibes, and, of course, or little piece of paradise, Shady Lane.

Weeks later we arrived cold and tired in New York City, homeless and jobless.

The joblessness might fix itself in the near future, but for now, we do have a home.

So behold. After a tiring trek across the country. After searching wide and far for a place to lay our heads. After much frustration and sadness. We have arrived!

Home!

The Fortress of Solitude

*Update* L. just got a job!

Labels: Life

Today I found this list of famous people who were at one time homeless.

Some highlights:

• John Drew Barrymore


• Jean-Michel Basquiat


• Halle Berry


• Danny Bonaduce


• Jim Carrey


• Charlie Chaplin


• Kurt Cobain


• Daniel Craig


• Ella Fitzgerald


• Cary Grant


• Woody Guthrie


• Harry Houdini


• Djimon Hounsou


• Jewel


• KRS-One (Lawrence Parker)


• David Letterman


• Jim Morrison


• John Muir


• George Orwell


• Jonathan Richman


• "Colonel" Harland Sanders


• Tupac Shakur


• Martin Sheen


• Patti Smith


• Hilary Swank


• Shania Twain


• John Woo

Interesting, no?

I threw this together for my Coldfusion class. I call it my "Random Friend Generator." I thought some of you might like it. Make sure to refresh the page a few times to see all the awesome possibilities.

Labels: School

Finally, after 3 weeks of waiting, we can use the internet at our house.

I will now celebrate by reading It Was 40 10 Years Ago Today: 18 Reasons 1997 Might Be The Next 1967 from the Onion A/V Club.

I will also make sure to watch all of the wonderful accompanying videos.

Then I will and pat myself on the back for actually being alive for what might, in hindsight, look like a musical revolution.

What fun!

Labels: Life, Music

Watch this movie.

It's got everything you could possibly want.

Trains.

Johnny Cash.

Johnny Cash on Trains.

Johnny Cash singing about Trains.

It's utterly amazing. I almost cried.

Labels: Film

I just finished a piece for one of my classes. It is a social criticism of the upper middle class and their cathartic relationship with main-stream media, especially focusing on the destructive culture of fear. I think it is pretty successful, though a but cloying at times.

What are your critiques?

Too obvious?

Labels: Film, School

We have spent the last few weeks fulfilling the American dream (a.k.a furnishing our new apartment cheaply with purchases from Ikea)

I have a love hate relationship with Ikea. I love some of their designs. I hate others. I love their food. I hate their customer service.

However, I may have found something to convince me.

Behold Ikea Hacker.

This is an amazing site, featuring just what you would assume: hacks of Ikea furniture. I have been trying to set up my music-making/technology-design-hacking workspace all week, so the work-station section has been particularly exciting. The image above is of a fantastic music-making control station that someone came up with. The site is seriously overflowing of amazing ideas. Luckily, organization is one topic covered.

I know what I'll be doing in my free time for the next month.

Labels: Design, Life

Make sure to check out this beautiful trailer for the new movie Heima, featuring Sigur Ros.

Labels: Film, Music

I am a bee.

Busy busy bee.

I buzz around the city all day long, keeping myself going with caffeine and street pizza.

I buzz from building to building.

55 W 13th St. Bzzz. 65 5th Ave. Bzzz. 2 W 13th St. 10th floor. I learn a lot about the internet buzz from my excellent classes.

I buzz on down for some delicious nectar cocktails at Pegu Club with Nate Dumas. Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz till 5 in the morning. Delicious.

I buzz back to the apartment. I sleep.

Labels: Life, School

We found an apartment. Pictures soon. Classes starts on Tuesday.

It's all happening.

Labels: Life