Yesterday I was doing errands with my son, and I had just finished my business at the bank when I hopped into the SUV, and then noticed this guy staring at me from the adjacent car. He was in the car to the right, and so as I was conversing with my son, I could see out of the corner of my eye that he was still staring.

Then I switched my glance to focus on this guy, and he was definitely staring very coldly, and with a lot of hatred. But I just kept smiling and talking to my son.

I probably will never know what this guy's "trip" was, but it's sad to see there is still hostility and hatred in this world. What's even more sad is that this guy probably was hating me for who I am... but I'm just a person like anyone else.

Well, a part of me says "who cares about this guy?", he's nobody I know personally, but another part of me feels sad that life has to be this way sometimes... I just want everything to be "cool", but I guess that's not going to always happen.
12:52 PM ~


In reality, you may not get the chance in this lifetime to visit the home of a popular movie star or rich oil tycoon, but at least here you'll be able to see the driveways of the rich and famous!
11:06 AM ~


Alright, who spammed me? Well, needless to say, this is a warm and friendly spam and I feel fuzzy all over. So, just say wow! Well, I couldn't resist either, especially when one of my all-time fave songs, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", chimes in!
10:40 AM ~


Some graffiti artists take their work seriously!
10:25 AM ~


Earth's human population reached the 6 billion mark in October 1999. Most women have the physical potential to give birth to 15 babies in their lifetime. More interesting factoids here!
8:25 AM ~


This site is awesome in its design. And it's a personal site!
[ via project cool sightings ]
1:55 AM ~


There's San Diego, right there in the center.
1:34 AM ~


This Earth and Moon Viewer is awesome!
1:32 AM ~


Heather again writes some very interesting observations, this time about morning people versus non-morning people.

As an admitted non-morning person (who still has to get up rather early), I am one "fricking" mess sometimes. Blame it all on my musician life and schedule, because I'm one sorry "bloke" who has to unwind after gigs by surfing the web, sometimes surfing into the "dawn's early light".
1:19 AM ~

wednesday, july 5

tuesday, july 4

Dear United States of America,
Today is your Independence Day, your birthday, although historians might dispute this fact. Anyway, I don't claim to be a scholar regarding your history or your politics, nor can I claim to be knowledgeable enough to criticize any of your faults. But I have noticed that many other nations, for one reason or another have spit on your flag, have burned your flag, and many of your own citizens have deeply criticized you in so many ways. But after all this, I still think you are the best country in the world, the best place in which to live.

And as your countrymen still criticize you, they should be thankful for the fact that they ARE afforded the freedom to criticize their own country, which makes this nation great. Other countries would consider it treason to do such a thing.

Sure, you have your faults, what country, or individual for that matter can admit to not having any faults at all. Just as we all are human and therefore not perfect, thus you as a country have your strengths and your weaknesses. But I say you exhibit more strengths than weaknesses, and the ideals for which you stand are without compare.

I write this letter to you because my heart goes out to you when someone wrongly accuses you of doing something wrong, or of being the policemen of the world. I don't think that is the true intentions of your people. Instead, I see many good people helping others in poverty and in oppression. I see people who have followed the good of past leaders and citizens of their country in the hopes of making the world a better place to live.

And so I conclude my letter in saying that I love you as a country with high ideals and goals of world peace for all the world. I embrace you as a place in which to live and die. And I respect you as a country that has accomplished a lot and has done a lot for its people, as well as for people the world over.

And dreaming of the tattered and torn flag in which you have stood for in a patriot's vision, as it waves through the rockets great glare and the bombs bursting in air, I see the imagery that the truth shall prevail over all, and that the truth and justice for which you stand for, will hopefully ring true for other nations around the world, spreading peace and goodwill to all.

God Bless America...

from a proud American
4:03 PM ~


Teri says she and her beau are off to Ikea today. Funny how in the movie, Fight Club, the topic of buying Scandinavian furniture from Ikea pops up. It WAS a neat special effect, how they made the condo slowly come to life with furniture as the camera scanned a once empty living space.

Anyway, it's a beautiful, warm and sunny day in San Diego. Perfect for Fourth of July weather. Temperatures are up to the low 80's and not a cloud in the sky! I suppose it could be just a little bit hotter, since it's summer.
12:55 PM ~


HAPPY 4TH OF JULY ! ! !
12:54 AM ~


My band, the Uptown Boys, have an exciting week planned. We'll be at the Del Mar Fair tonight on the Highway 101 Stage, 8:30pm, then on Friday we're back at The Derby in Hollywood, and then back at the Juke Joint Cafe on Saturday.

On occassion, you may find a movie star or two at The Derby, depending on the night. One night I was surprised to find Geena Davis dancing to our music! I was honored, truly I was.
12:42 AM ~


Being a musician, I have played for some of the wealthiest people in and around the Southern California area. I've seen it all, and it depresses me sometimes that I more than likely will never attain that sort of wealth. It does boggle the mind though.

One very wealthy family we played for had an estate with six garages, buildings actually, carpeted and air conditioned, with garage doors that slide up. They own 110 cars! And they have a couple of full-time mechanics to make sure the cars are all running perfectly.

One of the newer cars is a 1.6 million dollar Lamborghini, a very rare one, red color of course. They would only let me sit in the drivers seat, and it felt rather weird sitting in something that expensive! I kept thinking in the back of my mind about eastern philosophy, that this was all an illusion, a veil. But I still felt a thrill sitting in something I knew was that expensive!
12:28 AM ~


Self improvement is masturbation...
self-destruction is the answer.
tyler durden, fight club
12:17 AM ~

monday, july 3

My wife and I rented Fight Club on DVD... boy was I mezmerized! And the idea of raiding the dumpsters of "cosmetic surgeons" and taking the plastic bags of fat sucked out from liposuction sessions to make soap is a pretty far out yet ingenious idea! Now I'll never look at a bar of glycerine soap the same way again!
11:36 PM ~


I miss my brother. He's been working the nightshift for so long, he's never available because of his weird schedule. Well, for the most part, I should accept it, since he's been doing the graveyard shift for most of his working career. I guess he simply loves it. But we still never see the guy.
6:50 PM ~


Epidemic! is an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History about the world of infectious diseases, which includes some stunning color photos of these "bugs" in action.
5:29 PM ~


Here's a site dedicated to the worst movies ever seen!
3:50 PM ~


Inspired by Cyn's recent carousel picture taken at Seaport Village, I found a great site that's all about these wonderful inventions.
3:47 PM ~

sunday, july 2

I'm going to splurge today on Chinese takeout, being that Osee's sister and her family are here. After an afternoon at the beach, we rented three DVDs... Girl, Interrupted... The Green Mile... and Seven Years in Tibet... a total movie fest. I've already seen these movies but my sister-in-law and my nieces haven't yet, but I liked them enough to watch them a second time... so here we go!
6:40 PM ~


Try this site for desktop wallpaper and screensavers.
6:34 PM ~


Here's a beautiful photograph by Ansel Adams.
6:11 PM ~


The Del Mar State Beach was a little on the cool side, which it usually is, about 5 to 10 degrees cooler compared to the inland temperatures. The waves were nice. Nothing big and tall, but forceful and it pretty much wiped me out. It was definitely invigorating.
6:06 PM ~


Who likes pancakes?
2:34 PM ~


<-- a note about today -->
It's a beautiful day today in San Diego! One of the best, I think. Ultra blue sky, no clouds at all, temperature around upper 70's and a nice warm, dry sunny day. We're going to the beach today!
1:37 PM ~


This is very weird and ironic. I just finished watching the movie, Hanging Up, starring Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow and Walter Matthau who portrays a dying man in the film. This morning, I found out that he had passed on just yesterday from an apparent heart attack.
1:48 AM ~




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