http://lowquality.net Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:40:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Getting on a bus in less than an hour. You kids be good. http://lowquality.net/2008/im-on-vacation/ If you schedule a vacation in advance it is the law of nature that the time between now and when you leave must become twice and slow and anything that could possible go wrong before then, will. http://lowquality.net/2008/675/ I was casually perusing some books at Barnes & Noble on my lunch break when this duo (brother and sister, maybe?) of white trash psuedo-goth teenagers (it's a strange breed to describe but they are rampant in the south and if you've seen them before you know what I am ... http://lowquality.net/2008/another-conversation-that-really-happened/ It really should be a bigger story, but, surprisingly, a lot of people haven't heard about the totally batshit-crazy brutality that occurred on a Greyhound Bus in Canada a few days ago. Suffice to say,  some whacko snapped and brutally stabbed this 22-year old kid a gazillion times (one eyewitness ... http://lowquality.net/2008/greyhound-killing/ Devin Townsend is still the finest organism to crawl across the Canadian border with a guitar in it's paws. http://lowquality.net/2008/all-hail-the-new-flesh/ I had planned to only take a few days off this month when my boss swaggered into my office boasting about his 100 accrued hours of vacation time. "I'm definitely gonna take some time off soon," he said. "Well I have 71 hours and I am only taking three days off." ... http://lowquality.net/2008/trip/ Trying to ride my bike and play bass (edit: no, not simultaneously) a little every day this week to prove I can do it. Gonna be tough later on because we have to house sit for my parents. http://lowquality.net/2008/coexist/ Think of all the money I could have saved if I had just watched this video instead of getting a music degree. That will be $200,000. Thank you. http://lowquality.net/2008/bootsys-college-of-funk/ Kim and I walked around a bit tonight and observed how unbelievably tacky the rich assholes in this supposed cultural-center of Norfolk are. We wouldn't live anywhere else, but I am getting a little tired of being stared at every time I walk past Amalfi. Shit.. I get stared at ... http://lowquality.net/2008/ghent-rant/ Kim and I went for a walk around MacArthur Mall tonight and she spotted a big ol' sack of weed on the ground. Actually, she shouted "Is dat sum weed!!!" really loud and when I turned around I kicked it. There was quite a bit in there because it felt ... http://lowquality.net/2008/the-chronic/ I am taking some time off of work next month for Kim and I to have a "Staycation." I wish I could afford to visit so many of you, but we just can't. Bills suck, work sucks, gas sucks. http://lowquality.net/2008/getting-better-sometimes/ As with most things in my life that I love, it took me awhile to finally get around to watching Once, the film by John Carney and starring Glen Hansard (of The Frames) and Markéta Irglová. One of the great benefits of living in the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk is ... http://lowquality.net/2008/once/ I know that I have been with Kim for a long time now, because I can watch this video and legitimately laugh heartily at 99% of the jokes. The basis of most Filipino-American humor hinges on the clash between the two cultures, particularly the languages and the resulting accent. I'd ... http://lowquality.net/2008/rex-navarette/ by Charles Bukowski It's never quite right, he said, the way people look, the way the music sounds, the way the words are written. It's never quite right, he said, all the things we are taught, all the loves we chase, all the deaths we die, all the lives we live, they are never quite right, they are ... http://lowquality.net/2008/cut-while-shaving/ via Shularbrau http://lowquality.net/2008/aj-jacobs-a-year-of-living-biblically/ So, Arrested Development wasn't the only thing I slept through back in 2004. How come none of my friends told me about this guy? It's a shame he did himself in and surprising that he didn't kill anyone. How come there's no such thing as a "moderate whacko" ? Why ... http://lowquality.net/2008/killdozer/ It's reassuring to know that even though I am a little out of shape on the bass, I can throw on a Tower of Power CD and convincingly play along with Rocco Prestia. I need to funkify and de-rustify some chops but I can DO that stuff. To the point ... http://lowquality.net/2008/top/ Kim says, "Cockroaches LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE cranberry juice!" http://lowquality.net/2008/according-to-kim/ So what do you think of this new layout? It's kind of a generic theme, but I was sick of hand-coding everything and I decided to use the very automated K2 theme for awhile. I like it so far. More than anything I like these little blurbs. http://lowquality.net/2008/new-layout/ http://lowquality.net/2008/still-missing-george/