Chris Cornell

First off, he's one of my favorite artists. As noted on the photo I had the opportunity to meet Chris. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it. And had to photoshop myself in it. Cornell won me over back in the early 90's with the grunge/rock band Sound Garden. I especially love the one off tribute album "Temple of the Dog," where Cornell joins members of Mother Love Bone and Eddie Vedder to make a great cd. After giving album after album of pure grunge goodness, Cornell pursued a solo career. Where he re-invented his sound in what I'd call Chick Music. Years later Cornell joined another of my favorite artists, Rage Against the Machine. The new band titled Audioslave made waves buy again reinventing Cornell's earlier sound with a little less raw Rage. The band broke up earlier this year, which was dissapointing because the band did really hit their stride until the 3rd album.
Well while strolling through REVVER, I found some Chris Cornell videos during his recent solo tour. Please check 'em out and enjoy. It's Chris Freakin Cornell!!!

Introducing... the new "Big Double-Double Mac"

Feast your greedy little eyes on this. What this, some sort of illusion? Nay, sayers, nay. This is in fact a 100% real "Big Double-Double Mac" And its just another demonstration how my girlfriend is better than yours.
If you've ever been to McDonalds, then you must be aware of their famous, but not very good tasting Big Mac. A bun, cheese, meat, bun, cheese, meat, secret sauce, pickles. Simple enough right? But McDonalds, well to put it mildly, sucks. Now imagine that glory that is In-N-Out. The burgers are far superior to that of the fried burgers at that other place. But you can't get them to make you a Big Mac styled Double Double. I've asked.
Now enter my incredibly wonderful girlfriend. She's a charmer. And she charmed her way into the heart of on In-N-Out employee. Because although I've asked for this treat a bevy of times, I've never been successful. However, she was! And here is the evidence of this delicious beast. In researching this burger, I checked BADMOUTH'S Secret In-N-Out Menus. I didn't find it on their site. So I'm linking this topic to their site. I hope people bug the hell out of In-N-Out to get this on their secret menu. And I'll certainly investigate other items on the secret menu. You should too!

Lily Jumps!

I am more than adequately prepared to rock

Alice in Chains and Velvet Revolver:
Gibson Amphitheater, Universal City, CA.

Last night was the 2nd time in a little more than a year that I was fortunate enough to see the band Alice in Chains. This concert was headline by Velvet Revolver, who for the most part I am indifferent too. Our seats were decent. We had a clear view of the stage. However, looking at these pictures makes it look like we were in the nosebleeds. Which wasn't the case at all. The concert was actually pretty awesome. Be a big fan of the "NEW" Alice in Chains is quite rewarding when they deliver on the 2 shows I've seen of theirs. Besides Telegraph Rd, I tied my record for seeing Alice In Chains with my record for seeing Pearl Jam.

My review of the concert, to put it simply, was great. Brother Jim and I were completely sober and rocked out to some of our favorite A.I.C. songs. I started with the Jay Cal-erokie. By singing along to the songs I was most familiar with. I turned around to look at my brother, because I didn't know if he saw me being goofy. And he was singing along too. My brother and I have a lot of things in common and most of the music we listen too is the same. Some of my favorite songs did get played. "What The Hell Have I," "Rain When I Die," "Angry Chair" "Wood?," and "Rooster." Of course there were more songs, but with 4 hours of sleep.
Velvet Revolver was also pretty good. Scott Weiland is quite the entertainer. He reminded me of Mick Jagger. Slash did an awesome job. They covered some STP songs and some Guns 'N Roses songs. VR put on a good show, but I wouldn't consider myself a fan. And at points felt completely lost, but not knowing certain songs. But it was a hell of a night and thanks to Brother Jim for making it happen.
I didn't take this picture

I did record a few songs using my digital camera. Doesn't take pictures very well from far away, but I'll be converting these files to WAV. and be enjoying them later. Belove is the video of "Rooster" being performed live. It was brilliant. Unfortunately the video looks like it was shot through the Hubble Telescope. But Enjoy won't you?

Lily using Chopsticks!!!

So this was a video taken on my birthday. We're at P.F. Changs. Wow what a tasty meal. Anyway, Lily was doing her best to use these chopsticks. I didn't notice how much she was concentrating. Anyway, I love sharing these videos. Please check out the videos. If you want to see more, just click on the REVVER Link on my links.

ENJOY

Damn, I love the Wii

When I first heard of Nintendo's new concept gaming device I scoffed. Never did I think a Wii, would be able to compete with a more powerful competitors, the X-Box 360 of the Playstation 3. The graphics don't seem advance. You can't use the Wii as a DVD player, let alone a Blu-Ray or a HD player. And lets talk about the game play. Traditional Gamers are used to a hand held controller, with a couple of buttons. However, you only have to play the Wii once or twice and your hooked. The controller is wireless. It's almost like Virtual Reality. If you move in real life, you character moves in the game.
I recently received the Wii as a gift. Wow. It came with a sports pack. Golf, Tennis, Bowling, Baseball, and Boxing. Well I had played all the games except the boxing. All I have to say is kudos to Nintendo. In a nation of obesity and laziness, I'm glad that companies like Nintendo has found a way to get kids to stay active. Even if its just inside the house, you'll definitely burn calories jumping up and down playing these games. And over the weekend I played the Boxing game for the first time. I burned more than a few calories. I know I'm out of shape and the Wii proved it. After playing for about an hour, my back and biceps were noticeably sore.
I never thought I would ever be this excited about the game play of any video game console, but I love the Wii. And if you hadn't done it yet, purchase the web browser. Great for watching YouTube videos. Or checking out your favorite BLOGS!

Its all happening so fast.

Where to begin. So it is official. I'm 29. I had quite the birthday surprise. Now I'm not going to tell you that my girlfriend is better than yours, but she is.

The night before my birthday she gives me a cryptic message. "I'm going to tell you to do something tomorrow, and you're going to do it, ok?" My first reaction is that this is going to lead to a "sexy-time." But the events of the 28th weren't really all that sexy, but very sweet. At 5:30am, I get a text message that reads "Leave 10 Minutes Early and pack a spoon, a fork, and a knife." I abide by the rules because I promised.

I walk out of my house and there is breakfast waiting for me on the roof of my car. Lurking in the shadows was Michelle. We jumped in the car and she explained to me what was for breakfast. She also gave me 2 CDs that I've wanted for a while; Jack Johnson's 1st CD and Bravery's 2nd CD. We both turned around to leave. However, Michelle sneaked into my home and cleaned. And didn't just clean a little. She cleaned for over 7 and 1/2 hours to make my home amazingly clean. Complete with replacing shower curtains. All the while, she put on a rouse of "hanging out at her home"

I was off to pick up Lily from Day Care. As we approached home Michelle "met" us. I got home for cupcakes, a clean house, and anticipation of dinner at P.F. Chang's with the family. I got a great round of gifts from everyone, especially the Nintendo Wii. I had a great night and it was awesome.