happy.

Rafael Furcal, SS
Andre Ethier, LF
Matt Kemp, RF
Jeff Kent, 2B
Andruw Jones, CF
Russell Martin, C
James Loney, 1B
Blake DeWitt, 3B*
Brad Penny, P

(...cute baby in snow below is also happy)

in the snow

hey

im watching the baby and the ruttles. are the ruttles funny? jury is still quite out.

if you're not doing anything on the fourth of july, i will be celebrating my birthday at the hollywood bowl... the hollywood bowl will be celebrating 50 years of the dodgers in los angeles with the philharmonic and... wait for it... ... ... randy newman!!! playing baseball songs.

not much else. we're playing in ventura next saturday. jack is cooing a lot. we're looking to move. probably in the same neighborhood, which means another little while in los angeles. should be fun. life's wild man.

i also start school. national university. i will be paying for my credential, i guess. i just had some good pizza. we can't eat it much because when it comes out as robyn's milk, it upsets jack's stomach.

i am sore

from ultimate frisbee.

good thing it is easter. i will heal faster.

concert time!

matt inspired me. i've saved most of my concert tickets- presumably for this moment. and because i'm ocd.

first concert:
ray charles at the ventura theater. i was eight or so. to me he was the "you got the right one baby" guy. i fell asleep during the opening comedian. and woke up during hit the road jack.

middle school:
ray stevens, jim stafford (both fantastic country novelty geniuses), and the same christian bands matt saw mostly because of hume lake and not by choice. i would've seen more concerts i assume, but the tv toons artists rarely toured.

high school and beyond (in no particular order):
bob dylan was the first. other dylan shows (dylan and willie @ the el rey, dylan and phil lesh, dylan and merle haggard, dylan solo in bakersfield, dylan with asleep at the wheel in bakersfield, dylan and paul simon @ the hollywood bowl)
johnny and june (thousand oaks)
steve miller band
john stewart (one watching, one playing with)
willie (el rey, bridge, 4th of july picnic ventura w/ leon russell)
gordon lightfoot (2)
u2 (2)
stones
paul mccartney (2)
old 97s (2)
james taylor (3)
doobies/ george thorogood
jon brion (many: w/ gillian welch and david rawlings, b. tench, grant lee buffalo, fiona apple)
the roots
common
mavis staples
ray price
smothers brothers
tiger woods benefit w/: the eagles, hootie, and brian mcnight
van morrison
taj mahal
petty
greg allman
daft punk
brian wilson
bright eyes
rufus wainwain
eric burdon at linda mccartney's memorial in santa b
arcade fire
levon helm
"beach boys"
beastie boys
marty stuart and porter wagoneer
beck
wilco (many)
jeff tweedy solo
jonathn richman
billy idol
billy joe shaver
larry gatlin
richie furay
chris hillman
charlie daniels
john doe
cwk
x
social d
eric clapton
john fogerty
dr. john
dave alvin
phish
dick dale
dwight yoakam
garth brooks
huey lewis
carol king
elliott smith
granddaddy
elvis costello (2)
emmylou
everly brothers
flaming lips
frank black
bobby vinton
glen campbell
jackson browne
jens lekmen
jimmy buffett
charlie pride/ dixie chicks/ sawyer brown (after party for the CMAs)
os mutantes
john cale
keb mo
kings of leon
robert plant
the who (2)
lucinda williams
lyle lovett
skynyrd
mouse and the billionaire
nitty gritty dirt band
peter case
roger waters
thom york
randy newman
richard swift
rio bravo
ryan adams
steve earle
supergrass
traffic (sort of)
dick van dyke
poncho sanchez
bridge schools: CSNY, Willie Nelson, Wilco, Indigo Girls, Counting Crows, Incubus Dashboard Confessional, James Taylor, Ryan Adams, Tenacious D, Thom Yorke, LeeAnn Rimes, Jack Johnson, Vanessa Carlton, Crazy Horse, Pearl Jam, REM, Dave Mathews, Ben Harper, Tracy Chapman, Billy Idol, Jill Sobule, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beck, Dave Mathews Band, Foo Fighters, Tegan & Sara, The Who, Pearl Jam, Sheryl Crow, Green Day, Billy Corgan & James Iha, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams and Brian Wilson
gram parsons benefit: jim james, keith richards, nora jones some others...
cwk
the red west
we barbarians
dj death face patterson
dmh
supertones
jerry seinfeld (2)
robin williams
fred arminsen
gallagher (sp?)

and i think some more that i forgot.


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bonus: people my dad saw that make me jealous:
jimi hendrix (many)
janis (many)
moby grape
captain beefheart
james brown
woodstock
doors
the band
altamont (including a stabbing/ and the burrito brothers)
and many more...

rocky mountain hygh

we're in colorado. we've eaten at the cracker b. chicken and dumplings, mustard greens, fried okra, fried apples, and biscuits. yum.

we've also jogged, relaxed, played in the snow (movies to follow), watched movies, and hung out with robyn's parents. it has been nice.

we will be going to ventura on wednesday.

there's also a new post up at hobosoul.

bye.

splish splash mish mash

watching. reading. listening. farting.

house.
the hero with a thousand feces.
some gordon lightfoot this morning. and cannonball.

i kind of took the day off from writing yesterday and just chilled. i did a little late at night, but not much. it kind of felt a little weird. im very much getting used to my schedule of work, work, work... fun work, but still work... playing with jack, running, making music, writing movies, watching movies, cooking dinner... it keeps me busy, but i like being busy.

we'll be going to colorado for a few days, which will be a nice reprieve. calm. movies. some snow. reading. etc.

busy is the week...

ive a busy week. tonight is mellow, as is tomorrow, but ive many an assessment to give and many a parent conference to attend and many a colorado to visit and many a paper to grade.

that is all.

shhh...

is what i just said to my class. we're listening to solo monk. they're doing a free write to start the day about plants that talk. i'm trying to take care of a bunch of official school/ credential/ life stuff. we're doing a budget today. maybe. or maybe we'll push it to tomorrow.

i've been running a lot lately. it's been nice. i also may extend my lent past lent. we'll see. i get a lot more done.

jack's cool. he was up when i left, which means robyn is probably up now. my mom comes on tuesdays and thursdays to watch him while robyn goes to school. it's a nice arrangement. she takes the train. i think she's made friends.

yesterday we ate honey chicken and watched children of men and seinfeld. i liked everything about children of men but the message, which was a bit lame. the chase was cool though. i like chase, running from danger movies a lot right now. and seinfeld.

when robyn and jack went to bed i edited my the office episode and finished my whaler short. the whaler short is about a whaler from another world who, after being swallowed by a whale, is transported to silver lake. he eventually becomes a famous indie rock star who sings sea shanties. it ends with him taking credit for slip sliding away. you can read it over at hobosoul.com.

i'm also in a band. we're almost done making a record. we will give it out for free because we are hippies.

i will watch before night falls tonight and read something. i am very busy, but it is good, constructive busy. i like being busy. it makes me tick. tock.

thus, my life in a nutshell.

jack takes hold

sick to my stomach

via dodgerthoughts...

From Diamond Leung of the Press-Enterprise:

Joe Torre declared Nomar Garciaparra the favorite to start at third base over Andy LaRoche. "Being the veteran guy, he has the inside track in being the starting third baseman," Torre said. Torre said he could tell LaRoche has been a bit anxious during the intrasquad games.

This might be a motivational tool for LaRoche, or it might be reality. But the end of March is still 32 days away. A track is just a track, and the outside track is still a track.

and juan pierre is still living in left field with an inside track on being the most useless left fielder in history. i am a redsox fan now. or at least a fan of my fantasy team(s). ned colletti can go sit on a used scalpel.

Mouth Guard

I get a mouth guard tomorrow for my teeth grinding. I'm only supposed to wear it at night so it probably won't be that creepy. The bell just rang, so I should be getting to grading and whatnot from the time out of the classroom last Thursday and Friday. Nothnig else.

sunday, sunday, sunday!

im watching that show on the travel channel with the guy who goes weird places and eats weird things. it is really cool.

i have band practice soon. we are cleaning up a bit. jack is sleeping in his swingy thing. i may write soon.

survey!

from darrens silly baby blog.

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. pizza maker in whittier
2. concessions vendor
3. roadie
4. janitor

C) Places I have lived:
in order
1. ventura
2. biola
3. whittier
4. los angeles

D) TV Shows that I watch:
1. the office
2. the lost
3. the seinfeld
4. the hbos

E) People who e-mail me (regularly):
1. vern/ jeff
2. my bands

F) Four of my favorite foods:
1. sooshi
2. pizza
3. a lot of other things

G) Four places I would rather be right now:
1. vero beeches
2. roma
3. hawaii

H) Four friends that I think will respond
1. billy's friend gill
2. wollet or whatever his name was who lived with jayson and andy

I) Things I am looking forward to:
1. nothing this is dumb.

what im doing

ive stopped with the "what im reading, watching, listening" thing on the sidebar because i feel its a little silly sometimes. however i do like to occasionally see what my friends are into/ reading/ etc... it gives me a little picture into their lives.

because of this. and because ive got a moment...

reading: just finished the diving bell and the butterfly. very nice. id like to see the movie.
watching: seinfeld season 4. like the simpsons, seinfeld really doesn't get going until season 4. i also got caught up on the office on the nbc.com
listening: a lot of country. ive been writing to ravel and sad jazz. and listening to sixties and seventies pop rock and soul for musical inspiration... billy preston, the rascals, etc... so much so, that i hadn't taken a trip down the country highway and its quite doing me well.

long weekend

corned beef and belts fun friday. santa monica jogging, parents saturday. hangout, music, pools sunday. not sure about today. more jack pics.

hippie teacher am i

it's break. we're listening to the pretty things. rocking out actually. some kids are painting my bulletin board to make it look cool. some are doing homework. some are looking up pictures of chairs on google images. i was just shown a bicycle chair for office use. now red foley is on. rocking out less, but still cool.

and, occasionally, i think they learn things.

tracking guitar today at andy's. writing in the evening. probably making rosemary broiled shrimp, black beans, and kale for dinner. okay. bye.

nothing from nothing

is what we're listening to right now during break. now the bell has rung. bye.

obsession

robyn and mike s. say i'm going overboard on the porch about fantasy baseball. i explained to them that one cannot go overboard on an obsession, as obsessions are for going overboard. robyn then told me i was acting like someone broke up with me. and the i am acting like one who can't handle it. maybe so. maybe so. but she also thinks $50.00 is steep.

mike said i'm in danger of people thinking i'm going crazy. dare i say... so what?

anyhow, in other news, i'm making some meat and potatoes. jack is eating mother's milk. and we will be watching the best little whorehouse in texas later.