The Agrinautica

Miscellaneous Things

• While in my car for a total of 15 minutes today I heard the new Green Day - Idiot Nation three times. That is twice CONSECUTIVELY on the way to work and once on the way back. Don't get me wrong its an excellent song, I even stayed in my car after arriving at work to hear the rest of the second consecutive playing of it, but at this rate they are very very well on their way to overplaying it.
  
• I learned at work today that the boss, Gabi, had sent the pictures I took on to two major yarn suppliers, Trendsetter and Prism, both of whom responded very approvingly. I don't know if this was just a "look what we did with your yarn" thing or if it might get on their website (neither of which I've been able to find).
  
• The latest Homestarrunner.com creation, Peasant's Quest (preview, game) is totally awesome. Who else here used to play Space Quest and King's Quest? That was back in the day. I wouldn't mind getting the complete series of Kings Quest and Space Quest actually; I only ever played SQ3 & 4, and KQ5. Oh yea and Gold Rush (if you have no idea what I'm talkin about, you're really missin out let me tell you). I think most specifically Peasant's Quest looks like it has a lot of allusions to the Black Cauldron game. Man.. those things taught me how to write; which might explain some things
  
• This is the first html bulleted list I've ever made.
  

Pictures

( Petey & Shillelagh )

   Also I now have a picture of Jesska Ornstein, and this guy I don't know and I.

   So yesterday I innocently head down to Diedrichs, having not actually been there in a few days and been merely antisocial; the people whom I've had plans with in the days previous having all flaked and fuchforth.
   So I intended merely to get a cup of coffee but ended up stayed there all afternoon with the dozen plus regulars lurking there. It was cool, I think I bonded with Laney and Dera, whom I don't know very well. Also present were: Katie D'agistino, Alyssa, Jesska Ornstein, Boswell, Christopher Robins and the guy in the Flogging Molly shirt.
   Then at like I dunno 21:00 or so we all decided to go to a spa somewhere.. this is like hella people so it would have been intereting if I'd actually gotten there. However, I did not.
   "Where is this spa?" says I
   "Just call one of our cells when you get to the corner of Marguerite and Alicia" says one of them
   Only one problem. They were all in the spa. None of them had their cell phones on them by the time I was out there. Psha on that.


UPCOMING SHOWS (that I intend to go to)
Today - Bullets N Octane, Plain White Ts, Rudiger - at Chain Reaction - Oh hell yea. I was planning on checking the Plain White Ts website next in my search for shows. and Bullets N Octane? Definitely for awesome. I am SO there.

07/05 - La Banda Skalavera - at Chain Reaction

07/12 - Ultimate Fakebook - at Chain Reaction

07/20 - The Israelites - at Chain Reaction - and "Skattish (bagpipes ska from Arizona)" according to the website. I gotta see that!

08/03 - Bullets N Octane, Nural, Locale AM - Chain Reaction - Why does BNO always play with several other bands I love? I certainly am not complaining!

08/05 - Limbeck - Chain Reaction

08/30 - New Amsterdams - Chain Reaction - I am SO there.

   As you can prolly tell all I did was check the listing at Chain Reaction. Most of the shows I go to are there.. but if you know of something for awesome elsewhere definitely drop me a line.. or if something for awesome is playing at Chain that I am not yet familiar with... Or if you want to go with me to one of the shows even.
   I was there for five days straight once last summer. I wish I could get like a season pass to Chain...


   Oh and if you want to see me with my full sideburns you need to go tonight to the show.. cause I have to shave them off for work tomarrow )=

   I am SO back in Orange County now.

( Airplanes and Racists - Yesterday's Adventure )

   I'm still adjusting to getting back.. tonight I didn't try very hard to find something to do and ended up back home at like 11pm. I just went to the local coffee shop, Diedrichs off La Paz, where there was only one person I knew. Then I discovered everyone was at Mikey's (Jesska's younger brother) gradumatation party. So I went there, and there I found Liz, Jessika, Jesska, Mikey, (Lauren) Boswell, Robin, Robin's-Friends/Bandmates-Whose-Names-I-Can-Never-Remember. Then with epic style I spilled soda on myself saying goodbye to Robin and went home and sulked. Well okay actually I came home and played Age of Empires I admit it.


   I actually compelled my MOTHER to create a nation at nationstates.net, so she created The Oppressed Peoples of Intersticial Space. I helped her make the following flag, based on the flag of Malawi:



   Tomarrow is "Compton Day" at Wild Rivers. About twice a summer, mass inner city kids from LA Unified school district flood the waterpark and do their best to drown like lemmings. The CANNOT swim. Its kind of rediculous. Any deepguard can expect to make at least 15 rescues on that day. My first LAU DAy as a deepguard I remember Brian "Gumby" Hughs brought in sharpies for all the deepguards and we all kept tally of our rescues on our visors. I continued to do so my whole career actually.