traffic sucks

so, I guess I can't completely blame this on the MBTA, it was half the MBTAs fault.

I was in Brookline helping Lacey set up her room (she just moved up from New York), and was on my way back to Watertown. I literally waited 40 minutes for the bus to come from the stop before mine to mine, in the span of this 40 minutes. Two other buses drove right by our stop, one was half full, and the other out of service. When the bus FINALLY came, it was full to the brim. Then, it braked every three feet because of the traffic.

To top it all off, I forgot my iPod headphones at home.

It took me, TWO hours to get from Brookline to Watertown, thats HALF the time it took me to come from New York to Boston on Wednesday night.

Lacey was just saying she feels bad because she keeps comparing Boston to New York, and I hate to say it, but the whole time this was all happening, I couldn't help compare it to New York. Any deficiencies I thought the New York Transit system were totally put into perspective by my little travel experience this afternoon.

/endrant

your new aesthetic

For your time its written out.
Work means nothing by itself.
These days are numbered, I can tell.
Until the crash I'll write you down.
Selection kills the old.
Selection breathes on its own.
Sing while you can.
Now, while you can.

Watertown

It's nice to be home for a few days.

October in August

It's crazy out, it was literally like October out there today. But strangely enough, I liked it, I've been craving that for some reason. I love the Fall, and I'm oddly enough looking forward to the Winter. Though ask me again, I highly doubt by February I'll be feeling the same way seeing as though I have to walk every where, but, I'll have to invest in some warm winter clothes and boots, then all will be well.

Also, I came to the conclusion today that Golf Umbrella's are the Pedestrian version of obnoxiously large SUVs. A) Because their unnecessarily huge, B) The people who use them tend to be obnoxious and oblivious of their size (This is a gross generalization, as not all SUV drivers are obnoxious). Like seriously, I got hit in the face a dozen times today, totally uncalled for people.

I picked up Bioshock today, I've been playing it for almost 2 hours, though linear in gameplay, its very very fun. It'll hold me over till Halo 3 comes out...I think....I haven't bought a new game in months, and I was craving some sort of relaxing distraction. So thank you 2k Games for this well built FPS.

carry you

check out a live bootleg from Jimmy Eat World's recent show in Mesa, AZ!

http://www.fishyrecordings.com/jimmyeatworld/2007.08.03_-_Mesa,_AZ/

"Carry you" rocks, if you download just one song get that, I can't wait till Chase this Light comes out October 16th!!!!!!


"I could never be the one that you want
Don't ask
Well heres to living in the moment
Because it passed"

Do unto others

as you would have them do unto you, a wise man said once. I tell ya, he was onto something.

The weekend was really fun, Friday night, hung out with Dan, Andy, and Lacey, went out, it was all good! Saturday, Andy and I met up in the park, walked around, then came back and went to the Beer Garden in Astoria. Dynamite place! And I ended the weekend by seeing Ted Leo, The Thermals, and Birds of Avalon by myself at the Mccarren Pool.

Monday, Diggnation Party, which was a lot less nerdier then you might thing (actually, probably not), but it was definitely worth while because I met quite a few coders/engineers, who knows, those are good people to know!

Tuesday night, brought an amazing surprise, I fell into two Yankees tickets, box seats, two seats behind the Orioles bullpen. I went with Lacey, and had an amazing time, I mean, Yankees lost (not that it matters right, I am from Boston!) but it was still REALLY fun, and I needed a night like that.

I saw Tania this evening at her last night of The Tempest, which was ironically the second time I've seen her in that play (first time we were in High School, she was at the Wheelock Theater, Jeff and I saw her), they did a really great job. Ended the night seeing Reggae with Cassandra.

It's weird, I went through this phase of not doing anything, now everday since last Friday I've been doing stuff! You move in an out of being social I guess, spurts.

However, my netflix still sits unwatched...poor netflix.

Anyways, to go back to what I started the post with, I've been seeing a lot of stuff going on, and I'd rather not go into details, but, I was brought up to treat people the way I'd like to be treated. I think the reason they say to treat people the way you'd like to be treated is because if you don't, they end up treating you the way you treat them, and in the end, you've just got one really long sentence with the word "treat," in it sixteen times. So, be excellent to each other.

And party on dudes.

Gotta Love the MTA

So the last two days at work, I've needed to be in the office to open up since Patty was going to be out, and two days in a row, the N train got stuck at the same stop (36 Ave) in Astoria.

The best part about living on the Last Stop off the N is the fact that no matter what day it is, I've never had to stand on the subway on my way into work. Ever. There's always a seat. So, getting stuck on the train for 30 minutes yesterday, and almost 90 minutes today because of apparent tunnel flooding and the impending apocalypse could have been worse, I could have been standing.

Got this cool Matrox MXO box at work that enables us to record full motion video from a computer. It'll make recording on screen demonstrations a lot easier, however, the way we're set up, we'll need to rent a deck to record in HD. Which I'd rather be doing...

I hope the MTA got its act together for the ride home, I fear the winter.

Superbad = Superawesome

Joel, a buddy of mine who I met through The Departed, took me to see a Preview/Press screening of Superbad, which has been a film I've wanted to see for a few months now. I'm happy to say I loved the movie, Judd Apatow's movies (whether he produced them or directed them), always have an endearing quality, which was definitely felt through out, despite its slapstick antics. I highly recommend Superbad.

This weekend was a lot of fun, I went out to Rockaway Beach with Gregg, Andy, Regina, and her friend Meaghan. I haven't been to a beach all summer, and I'm not really taking a vacation this year. I completely unplugged, leaving my cell phone at home, and taking the ride out there. The weather was amazing, the water was warm, and the waves were excellent. Very glad I made that trek. I've been working a lot, both at Howcast and outside of Howcast. A lot of my time for my own personal projects (itsmyremote.com, Hello the Podcast, etc) has been sacrificed to just as I kinda get used to my new life down here in NYC.

This week is looking good, friends coming back into the city, Beastie Boys Concert, and steak on the menu tonight.

Life is good.