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After cancelling my shin-dig, lotusblossom, saltyseas, S___ and I decided to have Korean BBQ at lotusblossom‘s complete with the green leaf lettuce, kimchi and George Foreman grill. GF grill does an amazing job with it, you’d be surprised. After a liquor stop, we played Egyptian Rat Fuck (the drinking version), got sloppy, cheered in the new year, played gin, and collapsed.

Let me just say right now that I did not get drunk. The most I got was tipsy during ERF. I’m still a little irritated by it. But right now I’m watching the bowl games, so it’s all right I suppose.

My cats celebrated the new year by killing a bird this morning. The bird had somehow managed to get inside and make a commotion that startled me. I walked out into the living room to see a mass of feathers flying across the living room smack into the patio door. Being assured that it wasn’t someone trying to break in, I just went back to bed and slept. Now I’m left with a whole bunch of feathers to clean up. And I just fucking Swiffered the floors yesterday! Bitch! Fortunately there’s no blood.

Since I don’t do resolutions, I’ll just say I hope I’m still alive for the next New Years. Happy Hangover Day!

MUSIC
1. Xiu Xiu – Fabulous Muscles
The more I listen to Xiu Xiu, the more interesting the music gets. Even though this release is quieter and less abrasive, it still has that over-the-top feel to it that makes it distinguishable as a Xiu Xiu release. Who would have thought that in 2004 we can still acheive catharsis in music?
2. Mae Shi – Terrorbird
I might be a little biased since I was thanked in Tim’s list, but this album puts a lot to shame. Glitchy, hip-hoppy, punk, dancy all at once, it is the soundtrack for this millenium.
3. Noxagt – The Iron Point
I first heard them when they opened for Lightning Bolt last year. They amazed me much more than LB did. Their instrumentals put most metal to shame.
4. Animal Collective – Sung Tongs
I don’t know about this noveau folk movement going on, but AC is the shit. I guess I’m just a sucker for weird noises in songs or something.
5. DJ Dangermouse – The Grey Album
So great it’s illegal!

LIVE SHOWS
1. Xiu Xiu
2. Manifold’s Last Show @ the Smell *sniffles*
3. Mae Shi for the umpteenth time. They’re always fun.
4. Skinny Puppy

EVENTS
1. Moving to Los Feliz.
2. Quitting my job.
3. George Bush’s re-election.
4. The tsunami.
5. Seeing North and South Korea being presented as “The Koreas” in the Olympics opening ceremony.

SPORTS
1. Boston Red Sox winning the World Series. Now finally they can shut the fuck up.
2. San Diego Chargers making a complete turnaround. I’m thinking they have a good shot to win the Super Bowl.
3. Patriots winning the Super Bowl. It’s a shame that no one will remember the game because of Janet Jackson’s boob.
4. Roger Federer’s conquest of men’s tennis. He looks unstoppable.
5. NHL lockout. Who cares?

Feh. It’s looking craptacular. It started raining again so it seems like my party will be a stupid get-together. lotusblossom and saltyseas will definitely be here. I don’t know if cherryserious will come. my_bootay and vanillaspice probably won’t make it because of the rain. Other people I invited already had plans. Bleah. It’s really making the motivation to clean this place up really difficult.

Shit. Maybe I’ll just go out and face the masses of people tonight. Hmph. Who am I kidding?

Oh my lordee, what a day. Over the last 24 hours:
– I went on a job interview in Burbank (even though I have a temp-perm job lined up for the beginning of the year). I pretty much botched it.
– Went to dinner with lotusblossom and saltyseas.
– After dinner, we made an impromptu decision to go to Vegas.
– Got to Vegas and inquired about rooms. Because of New Years, everything was booked. We said fuck it and went gambling.
– Lost $200 @ blackjack. Fortunately I had $300 to gamble, so I didn’t lose everything.
– Went back to the car @ 6:30 am to nap.
– Woke up at 9 am and went to Bellagio’s buffet.
– Recouped $20 at the slots.
– Left Vegas @ 1 pm.
– Got a phone call on the drive saying I got the job I interviewed for yesterday.
– Accepted it, and I start on 1/4.
– Endured the torrential downpour and lightning storm. People were driving really sane for once.
– Got home.

So I go away for a night, and LA washes away in a flood. Hmph.

Ok. I think I have a couple of moments to collect myself and post like a normal blogger (whatever that entails).

Well my last day of work was today. I can’t express how happy I am. My coworkers at work made me feel appreciated with a nice sendoff gift of a $100 giftcard to Borders and kickass cake. Even though I’ve coordinated send-off celebrations for other coworkers who have left over the years, I didn’t expect this. I was completely floored.

I even managed to get an apology from the CFO for all of the shit I’ve been put through over the last year. Part of me is sad to leave the people at work, but then I remember the hellish parts and smile.

Now I get to take time and plan my New Years party. But from what it sounds like no one is coming, so I’ll just buy a whole bunch of liquor for myself and invite a couple of people. I would have loved to get dressed up, but I guess I’ll have to save that for another day. *sighs*

1. reply to this post, because I would like to say a couple words about you.
2. i will also tell you what song(s) remind me of you when I hear it.
3. i will also tell you what celebrity/public [or anime/manga] person you remind me of
4. i will also give ONE WORD that I associate with you when I think of you.
5. we all could use a boost now and then, so steal this for your journal and make someone else’s day as well.

I’m trying to make plans for next week. I know I need to do something so that my body doesn’t have a chance to relax too much. If it does I will get sick with the flu or something.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

I’ve been really unmotivated today. It probably has to do with a couple of my coworkers getting me drunk after work yesterday. I guess I’m a little popular at work. I don’t know how since I cuss people out, throw paper clips at their eyeballs and generally be an asshole.

This reminds me: I decided to reschedule my last day of work to this week. See, my boss decided to fuck with me. Since I didn’t go in to work on Monday, he decides he wants to put me back to hourly to ensure the day off comes out of my vacation time. I work my ass off and hardly take a day off, and this is how I get treated? Fuck them. So instead of being nice and working through the end of the year (3 weeks), I have only 4 more days of work.

Party news: I have an idea of what I’m going to serve. So yeah.

As if I didn’t say it enough already, FUCK THE DODGERS.

General Manager Paul DisPossessed-ta and Owner Frank McBankrupt decided not to sign Adrian Beltre and let him go to the Seattle Mariners for a 5 year deal worth $65 million. This is the same guy who hit a league high 48 home runs last year. To boot he had 121 RBIs and a .331 batting average. Oh! Don’t let me forget that he came in second in NL MVP voting to Barry Bonds.

Let’s not mention the fact that the Dodgers also didn’t get Tim Hudson who could have vastly improved the pitching situation.

Intellectually, I shouldn’t be surprised since the Dodgers are known for making stupid moves. I remember Mike Piazza. I remember Darren Dreifort. But it still feels like a punch in the guts. To have a great 2004 season where they won the NL West and got into the playoffs for the first time in about a decade… STUPID!!!!!!

Ok. That’s enough sports talk for a day (especially a sport that’s in the off-season).

Edit: And it just got worse. After posting this, I felt a little better about the situation because I knew we had a couple of good hitters. Ok. Maybe one.

But let’s make that in the past tense now. It looks like Shawn Green, Yhencey Brazoban and Brad Penny are going to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Javier Vasquez and two minor league prospects from the Yanks. Let me just say that if the Dodgers don’t sign at least one of the big free agent left on the market… Well fuck em.

* Xiu Xiu – Fabulous Muscles
* Mae Shi – Terrorbird
* Animal Collective – Sung Tongs
* Loretta Lynn – Van Lear Rose
* Morrissey – You Are the Quarry
* Sufjan Stevens – Seven Swans

That’s it really. It was a pretty shitty year in music if you ask me. Well. The ones that were good were extremely good. But with PJ Harvey, Bjork and Sonic Youth coming out with pretty mediocre albums, 2004 will remain in my mind as a bad year in music.

I’m just wondering if anyone has something else to jog my memory. ?