I'm alive...
Can you believe it's been a week since I've posted? jeeshk!!!I just had my friend in Hawaii call and ask if I'm still alive. ha! Yes, I'm alive. I've just been working my arse off. Look Mom, no arse! It's all worked off! :)
So ya, I've just had my head buried in work literally from 9am all day, all meals right here at my desk, and when I eat I click through all the emails I've ignored due to working so frantically... and then on into the night, usually 1 or 3am. (!) ya... just a little crazy.
I got a rush project last week, that spilled over into this week - and then another project that became a little longer than it was supposed to be (aren't they all? :) So, check this out (and this may only make sense to other designers/web geeks out there) but in 2 weeks I have designed 4 homepages - 2 of which I did 2nd level designs & full production of the HTML/CSS templates - another that's just had a couple rounds of revisions/updates and another I'm still waiting to hear back on (deadline was just yesterday). I also started & completed a 12 page Whitepaper and redid all the graphs involved... (this also was a great project to get more familiar w/ Quark. I'm all ready to start a zine now boy! ha) And all the little things in between - one being a dynamic text flash thingy that was fun to do.
Anyway, as you can gather I've had absolutely no time to do anything else. I've barely bathed, eaten and slept! :)
But being busy is so overrated these days huh? I mean, I'm not here to impress you with my long super accomplished list - cuz really *EVERYONE* is just so damn busy. And as I've said before - I LOVE IT! So I'm not complaining, but boy is it going to be nice to sit by the pool in LV with a cold drink in my hand!
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Of course my one get-me-out-of-the-house vice is live music! And with purchasing tickets ahead of time, I was able to atleast get my booty out of the house for 3 shows in the last week.
#1 Rilo Kiley last Friday night was *AWESOME!!!!!!!!!* I'm sooo in love with the lead singer, Jenny Lewis. Her songs are so beautiful and full of passion and I love it when she swears. :) Her voice is sooo beautiful and she's adorable... absolutely lovely to watch on stage.
It was a sweltering hot, sold out show. I am not sure how Jem, who is always wearing a couple layers, even made it through without passing out... but it's probably cuz she's a pro show ho! :) xoxo I love that woman.
Ok, so back to Rilo Kiley - if you don't have any of their stuff yet - go get it now! I've fallen in love with their CD "Execution of All Things" - and they've even has a new one coming out in a week or so, which you can listen to a few of the new songs here! woohoo!
Here's a VenisZine interview on them, too.
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After working a bit last Saturday, I did get out & have some fun by hittin Lucia's fun gathering at Zeitgeist. It was good to be back there, it'd been awhile! I met lots of fun new folks and got to hang with a lot of good friends, too. It was awesome and the night ended with Rick & Jee talking us into hitting El Faralito around 1am. Twist my arm: Care for some butter & cheese right before bed? Heart attack, here I come! haha
It was really fun to hang w/ Jee & Dan, and get to know him a tad better - and just see them together :) It was great to spend time with Jee, too. Especially when she's tipsy - she absolutely cracks me up. She's much more silly :) Jee's a sweetie.
And our fun friend Moses joined us too, which was awesome. He sprained his foot or something, so he's got this big clown shoe on it (hilarious) & is on crutches (which is a bummer). Moses is a good guy and way fun to party with.
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Then after working all day Sunday, Jem, Rick & I hit The Hives show at The Fillmore. Sahara Hotnights opened for them - Oh & Reining Sound, too, but unfortunately we missed most of their set. I just got their "Too Much Guitar" CD off emusic though, to give it a listen & check them out. I've heard good things.
Sahara Hotnights wasn't any better than when we saw them at Coachella in the 104 sweltering heat. They're really just kinda boring live somehow. I love their CD Jenny Bomb, but live they're just very 'eh'. I don't know if it's because you can't understand anything she's saying - or because they - I don't know... it just was whatever. But their chic drummer is sweet :)
The Hives were fun, but between working and going out the night before I was a little wiped out. I'd seen them at SXSW, and they were on fire & it was suuuuch a fun show! This show was really fun, too - but I think it woulda been funner if I had more energy (or a few more drinks in me :) BUT if you've never seen them - go & get right up front, it's a blast. I'm looking forward to checking out their new CD.
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I did nothing but work, work, work from Mon-Thurs night and then lastnight we hit the Ambulance Ltd/Elefant show at GAMH.
Ambulance was INCREDIBLE. I loved them. They're 5 totally real, down to earth, no frills guys that sound super solid together and you just want to take the lead singer home to your Mom.
I can't say enough about their set... it absolutely had me sooo happy!!! Not to mention I was honestly just so happy to be surrounded by my show buddies, and with my sweetie for the first time in _days_. It was really. super. great!
Elefant came on next (after a cheering audience chanted their name even!) and I really wanted to like these guys. Especially after seeing their avid fans singing along to every song and freaking out like it's Elvis himself! But, honestly, I didn't think they were that great at all.
I mean, I think I woulda liked them more had I listened to the CD first... cuz the songs are catchy and I do like the lead singer's voice. But you know what killed it for me? This guy could not have been more totally opposite of Ambulance in the down to earth, humble category. This guy is absolutely FULL OF HIMSELF! Which is fine and it's not the worst - and it's good to see a guy get up there and rock us out like he owns the place. BUT this guy's hand movements have *got* to stop. It might as well been a rock opera with his silver glittery scarf, his "i'm trying too hard to look indie" overly shaggy hair and these theatrical dramatic hand movements. HA! He even *watched* his own hands as he slowly moved them dramatically in front of himself. It was hard to watch.
Ricky G made a bet with me, behind Jem, that she'd leave at the 4th song. I thought she'd stay, cuz she gave me hope when she commented on the 2nd song that she thought they sounded like The Psychadelic Furs. But wouldn't you know it *boom* right when he called it she turned around and gave us the "i think i'm gonna go" line. I owe Rick $2. :)
And that's THAT!! Finally an update!! Thank you if you missed me and sorry I made you come back here every day or so to find nothing! I even have a camera full of photos to post eventually, too - which I should have time to do this weekend. So, woohoo! Happy Friday everyone.
