a couple things.

1) I am a fan of the show Intervention on A&E. It's brilliantly crafted and handles the enormity and delicacy of each situation with grace. While ridiculously entertaining, it still manages to not feel exploitative. One episode features Daniel, a young man who became addicted to meth while trying to deal with the emotional difficulties resulting from his childhood molestation. There was nothing funny about his situation.

However...

had he known his intervention was happening on this specific day, he probably would have chosen a different hat.

( not funny )


2) Every single morning, I am made to be a little it happier by something called The Daily Puppy I know it's a simple joy, but it means a lot to start my day with a new cuddly face staring at me from my google homepage. Today's new friend was Ricky Nelson.

( and now the creepy part )


3) I am bad at netflix. I seldom find time to sit down and watch a movie, and when it finally happens, there is no guarantee that I will be in the mood for the specific three I selected ages ago. I have had The Conversation since the beginning of January. I finally got angry enough at myself to clear an evening and plan nothing but to watch it. I ran into one slight problem. There were audio glitches galore. Sporadically, lines and music were garbled, devouring entire exchanges between characters. I got angry at myself, which proved easy. How could I be so stupid to leave a dvd in my inferno of an apartment for months with no protection but a thin paper sleeve? I realize that this movie appears to be about surveillance, making audio distortion an interesting choice placing the viewer directly in the perspective of those onscreen, but that can't be it. I considered it. I reconsidered it. I must be the one at fault. I must have broken the dvd. I returned it. I'm an idiot.


4) Roberto Alomar is performing in the LA Improv Festival. We have a cagematch Monday June 2nd @ 11:30 in the Dick Box Theater. We also have a show Saturday June 7th @ 8:00 in the Dick Box Theater. But you probably already know that thanks to popomohaha. These times are exciting times.

a longtime dream of mine died today. after some internet investigating, i realized that neither "Witless Protection" nor "Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector" come furnished with audio commentary. i guess i will never fully understand comedy.

i'm really bad at updating this thing. i'll have a post idea, but then will put it off until it is no longer relevant. i feel like i don't have enough time for anything these days. i always have at least five options for the evening, which is incredibly difficult for someone with an absurd amount of anxiety attached to decision making. i always have a song to work on. i always have a video to edit. i always have a sketch to write. and i always need a clean desk before i can start on anything. and those netflix aren't going to watch themselves, by the way. i consider updating livejournal occassionally to be another of my self imposed "obligations." this entry will serve as a recap of what has gone on recently. it is not an exhaustive list. do not treat it as such.


- I met a man named Rand McNally. He gave me his card and a map. Seriously.

- My cousin got married in the Pismo Beach area. It was lovely. I ran into a former camper of mine at Bull's Tavern and we caught up. My Uncle Scott lived up to his persona.

- I used the opportunity to visit some friends in San Francisco for a day. It was lovely. I stayed up late with Whit Scott and talked about life. I think we are going to be friends for a long time. I also got to spend some quality time in my two sanctuaries, Golden Gate Park and Amoeba Records. It feels good to not always be in Los Angeles all the time. My only regret is that i could not recharge my camera battery.

*EDIT* I forgot to mention how wonderful it was to listen exclusively to San Francisco based bands while driving around the city (ie: Beulah, the Dodos)

- I saw these dvd cases for Epic Movie next to each other at Best Buy.



Apparently, the main difference between rated and unrated is the midget's ethnicity.

- Miles Kurosky of Beulah fame posted a song from his nearly completed solo album. I'm very excited.

- The New Year have completed their new album which will be released in September and followed by a tour. Praise be to God. The Kadane Brothers are playing a couple shows beforehand, forcing me to seriously consider driving to Texas for a weekend.

- Roberto Alomar has a show on my birthday next monday. I can barely imagine something I would rather do on my birthday. It's going to be fun. We were also just informed that we will have a show in the la improv festival in June. This is in addition to the Cagematch. I love that team.

- This saturday will see the third installment of the Craigslist Experiment at Ultimate Improv. We will be playing improv with professional clowns who have never done improv before. This show is being billed as unmissable. By me.

- I watched the beginning of Independence Day. The best part, by far, is when Jeff Goldblum is talking to Harvey Fierstein in the Tv Station. The dialogue is solid, Jeff figures out that the aliens are using our satellites against us, and most importantly, they walk past a Fruitopia vending machine. I never thought the sight of a vending machine would make me laugh so hard.



I think that's it.

Yep. It is.

Bye.

monday was a great day. i had a lovely roberto alomar show and then raced with dina over to see explosions in the sky play the wiltern. 


on the way home, we needed cadbury creme eggs for some reason.  i'm never one to argue with inspiration, so to pavilions we went.  it was crowded for being 11:52 and there were only two aisles open.  8 minutes before midnight seems like a time where shopping trips should be very specific (i need creme eggs.  i need whiskey.  i need shovel) but people had carts brimming with variety.  one perturbed gentleman was arguing/discussing something with a befuddled manager.  he said, "i'm sorry i had to ask you to open another lane, but YOU CAN'T TREAT PEOPLE LIKE THIS."  it was quite dramatic.  on the way to my car he had a good lead but kept stopping and looking behind him with a crazy look in his eye.  when we passed he wished us a good night and we continued on, a little more frightened than before.  we got in the car, and looked back only to see him push his empty shopping cart at the car parked in the handicapped spot, cock his head back and cackle.  we got the fuck out of there. 

nadya is still looking well.




in other postcard news, i made this from one we received.

i am infinitely more excited and intrigued by the music scene currently in japan. i'm sure this will pass, but i'm tempted to go to there just to attend a string of concerts.






the best part is i have absolutely no idea how big this scene is, nor how popular these bands are, nor much of anything except it is completely different.

I was just scanning the news feed on my homepage, minding my own business, and was made to feel pretty awful. I saw a news story that was wholly inappropriate and offensive. Then I realized it was because I misread one of the words in the headline. I inserted the letters "lu" into one of the words. See if you can guess which one.


NFL Network providing 26 hours of Combine coverage

i assume that everyone will be voting today based on whatever opinions they have preformed and cemented deep within their brains. but please, before you bubble-in your kneejerk reaction onto the ballot, consider that a democracy is made up of the interests of everyone inside of it rather than just your own. therefore to make an educated and responsible decision, you must take everyone's needs and opinions into account. so, when you make that lonely walk into the voting booth today, consider this.

i love netflix. it allows me to see movies otherwise unavailable to me. all of this is accomplished without leaving my couch (provided i'm adding to the movie to the queue with my laptop (and provided that my roommate gets the mail and loads it into the dvd player)). but, the greatest feature of netflix is the community it creates. i get reviews in real time to random movies from random people. here is one such review.


The Execution of Jesus
1 star

Don't waste your time if you actually BELIEVE the Bible, because these people don't. The so-called "expert" says that Jesus did not really raise Lazarus from the dead or walk on water...those are just "symbolic" statements. He probably also believes the judgment Jesus spoke of is just "symbolic" as well and he'll be wrong about that too. How come I can't give it ZERO stars? I don't even want to give it one.


don't waste your time on anything that is produced by people who don't believe what you believe. they are wrong.

i can't believe i never posted this. what follows is a rare look into the sizzling nightlife that erupts every evening in the basements of madison, wisconsin. i would highly recommend viewing this epic jam session all the way until the end.

during the month of october i saw three different non-californian states. that is unlike me. none of the travel or housing cost me anything. it was incredible. i played music, taught and performed improv, and acted in a stupid commercial over the course of three weeks. while a month after the fact may seem a little too late for a post, i finally uploaded pictures to go with my trips to florida, wisconsin, and new york. enjoy. i know will did.

everyone did such a terrific job this time. it was very difficult to pick a winner, with so many worthy entries each giving different sorts of life to a picture which i consider to be a work of art. in the end, the spoils had to go to the contestant who hit upon the unseen truth of the picture only 8 hours into the contest.  as the prize is winner specific,  i will force elizabeth to get you guitar hero 3 for christmas.  or i will force her to make sure you get it from someone else.  congratulations!

*note - if i can't make that happen i am not obligated to buy it for you.   but you can come play it at my apartment if i get it.  or danny's. or i'll just give you a dollar.



_fuckhead_
Mullet Guy: How many miles to a gallon does that get?

Brendan: Your mom's pussy!


Runner's Up:
scarindarren
Watch out gay porn world, cuz Darren's here!!!

beccaslivejizzy
I'm so fucking hard.

dlamp
Congratulations! You are...FAGS!

Honorable Mention:
scarindarren
"Marmaduke ordered what?!!?"

This competition will last until Sunday November 18th at 11:59pm. The prize will be winner specific. Good Luck.

Note: this is not the photo, hence the partial blindness. all of the elements pictured are in the photo.

last year around christmas time i was a little on edge. however, it wasn't the usual wintertime stress getting to me. the new o.c. soundtrack was due out, featuring indie bands covering other indie songs. finally, we could hear modest mouse's "float on" on the radio again, since it just stopped airing about a month prior. the particular thorn in my yule time side was that band of horses was covering "the end's not near" by my beloved new year. I was worried that the new year would become popular to 14 year old girls, not for the music, but rather for their association with the oc. i was a little naive to think that people would bother doing the research to find out who the song was actually by.

this is taken from the new year's myspace page. for those of you who are comment page inept, remember to read from the bottom to the top.





Let me break down the narrator's response for a second.

"Um,"
that means, i'm about to be pompous.

"actually I'm pretty sure it's a Band of Horses song."
statement of belief. at least he didn't come on too strong.

"I'm positive, in fact."
nevermind. not only is he unequivocally sure, but this notion is IN FACT. it can hereby be burned into the side of the mountain that is the concept of complete and unwavering truth.

"Good song."
It is a good song. that song written by band of horses. stop trying to take credit for it, the new year.



i hate people.

for those of you who are trying to keep up on the latest nadya collection

once again, i am weirded out by the state of this world.







it seems that people are buying this product less to put it in their mouths than on their face.

I received a message and friend request from a guy named mike.


I was a little caught off guard. I'm not exactly sure how this person found me, because if he knew me it would be wise to include some of that information. Also, the fact that he doesn't have a profile picture makes it a tad more disconcerting, giving him the mystique of a faceless internet prowler. But then i thought, kevin you're getting ahead of yourself. he is probably connected to you somehow. he saw a comment you left on a friend of a friend's page and made the connection. There is nothing creepy about that. so I peeked at his profile thinking that i would probably recognize one of his friends. He has nine friends, none of which i recognize, but all of which seem to have a common thread. There is also only one comment on the page.




How and why did this guy find me? I hope i never know.

Congrats to all who entered, but alas there can be only one winner. The winner will pick up his or her prize (2-buck chuck and viewing of movie of choice available on netflix) at his or her leisure. 



velveteencat  

if you are stupid enough to buy this.



i saw this at smart and final but it is also available at his general store, as is apparel, caps, books, signs, figurines, cds, and dvds. i thought that harley davidson beef jerky was a little suspect, but jeff foxworthy has no business entering into the world of dried meats. i love when celebrities "kiss" it up and slap their likenesses on mugs and salad bowls and treadmills, but it is reprehensible to try to take even more money from his fans and (even worse)from the Pemmican tribe.

the winner will get a prize. it's a secret.

entries must be in by Friday, August 24th at 11:59pm.