right on bro!

Friday night my brother came into town. He was doing a show, but it was out in the Inland Empire, so I didn’t go. Instead, he came by afterwards and we went to Norm’s with Montez and Regul. Norm’s isn’t exactly on the list of hotspots I’d take people from out of town, but it was the only thing that was open that wasn’t a bar or a taco stand, and at least it’s better than Denny’s. So, we just hung out and ate breakfast, and he left the next morning to go back home.

Saturday I spent ripping CDs. Montez came over and we worked on his first Podcast, but then my laptop crashed and I lost all of the files, so we’re going to have to do it again. I found out I have some RFI or some shit that’s screwing with my mic inputs - if I’m going to record stuff in my apartment, I need to buy a power conditioner.

Then we all went over to Toby’s house in West Covina to play cards. I ended up in third, so no money for me. After that was a cash game where I ended up simultaneously having fun learning new games (for me, at least) such as Omaha, 727, and baseball, and also feeling the fun (and money) getting drained out of me by not understanding the nuances of those games. But I managed to win a few and ended up being up for the night.

Today, I downloaded my first two songs from the iTunes Music Store: “Some Jingle Jangle Morning” by Mary Lou Lord, and “Left Coast Calling” from Rollmottle. I jammed them on my iPod Shuffle so I can listen to them at work tomorrow. Once I got past the account registration it was surprisingly easy to buy music, and I can see how addictive this might get. But I still like buying CDs, so this will probably be just for the songs where I wouldn’t want to buy the entire album.