I love live music...especially good ones

I've been really into the Indie Rock Folk music lately. It started when I went to see a Sara B show at the Wiltern. I love these small venues so much. It's so intimate that it just makes you love the artist even more afterwards. I went to see Meiko perform at Hermosa Beach a few weeks ago. She was good, but not amazingly good as Sara though, but good, nonetheless. Before she went up to perform, I saw her hanging out amongst the common folk chatting with some people. I wanted to say hi but chickened out. I don't know, I just felt I would seem like a dork had I gone up to her to say hi so...I didn't. Oh well. Here are some pictures. (I also had planned on going to the OneRepublic concert last month but due to the fires I didn't. Darn it! They played at the Hollywood Palladium. I've never been there and it would've been nice to check it out.)

Over 14 Years!

I'm off from work today, but I'm pretty busy. Right now, I have some time to blog since I'm waiting for the cleaning people to finish. It's nice having someone do the cleaning for you. We get really busy and hardly have time to clean. So you can imagine how ragged the house quickly gets especially with us making a mess, along with a toddler, a hairy dog, and a molting bird. Eww. Anyways, I thought I would post some pictures from a holiday party I went to this past weekend. Amita, our gracious hostess, invited us over to her house. I met up with some girls (...ahem, ladies) I have known since high school. I've known them for at least 14 years and have actually known Amita for even longer. We did the math one day and realized that it's been over 20 years since we first met. Yikes, I feel super old now! We try to get together at least twice a year. I'm glad that we still keep in touch. We're all pretty much the same, but just slightly different, in a good way though.

Give it back 10-fold

Rude people annoy me. Basically, the people I’m referring to are those that never say hi to you in the hallways or wherever you may be, when you say hi to them first. These are the people who give you this look, like you’re beneath them or something. I never got that. If someone said hi to me, I wouldn’t just look at them. I would at least acknowledge them in some way or another. It could be a hi or a smile or a nod or even a smirk (if someone’s kind of creepy). Haha Just something. I understand that there are bashful people. But I can generally tell those people over the a**holes. And I usually excuse them for that. Nevertheless, I’ve found a way to treat people like this. Maybe it’s called payback or maybe it’s just giving them a taste of their own medicine. For instance, when someone starts giving me attitude, I give it right back and then some. And you know what? When I start treating them like sh*t, I notice they turn around and start treating and speaking to me much nicer. I wonder why? There’s this, hmmm, ok a d*ck at work. He’s this blow hard bible thumper who acts like a jerk whenever you don’t agree with him. He’ll say crap about you behind your back and is one of those people that never say hello. Anyways, every time I happen to pass him in the halls, I usually give him a pissed off look and look away. If he happens to be walking with someone, I usually say hello to that person by name and ignore him. Or I’ll be walking around the office, saying hello or making small talk to everyone, and on purpose, I’ll ignore him and not even make any eye contact (just that look of being pissed off). I passed him in the hall today and I did what I usually do. And guess what? He actually said hello to me and I kind of just muttered a muffled hello under my breath. Haha, it made me happy. My motto is, respect everyone and treat people the way you want to be treated yourself. If someone is disrespectful toward you, do the same thing back to them but 10-fold. I can be a jerk myself, but I know I’m a work in progress. So if I treat you badly, just slap me upside the head (figuratively now), and I’ll try to straighten up. :)

Barely conscious

I like my iPod Touch alot. Right now, I am actually very sleepy and would occassionally go in and out of consciousness as my eyes are getting heavier and heavier. And yet, I somehow can still manage to blog about absolutely nothing. Ok, I closed eyes and am now partially awake. Nick is having some drinks with friends and I'm at home with the wee one. We take turns going out now and again. And tonight is his night. Uhhhh I just zoned out right now. Maybe I should just put this dang thing down and sleep already. Huh, nighty-night-night...night....zzzzzzzzzz