Maybe it was the fact that they were on SNL this week, but it made me in a Vampire Weekend type of mood tonight.

Broke out the camera tonight and played around with the black and white settings in my apartment.  They turned out OK.  Actually, the first photo I took is probably my favorite.

I have also been looking around online at reviews of nicer cameras.  I have been also bugging some people with questions.

Anyways, here are a few photos.

I already have too many shoes, but I think I found the next pair on my wish list.

Hello Nike Air Max 1 Holland Edition:

I have also decided to take more photos just for the hell of it and play around with the different settings (i.e. black/white, florescent) on my camera.  I have always wanted to get into photography, so I am going to play around in the next couple weeks and see what I can do.  See if I want to take this a step further and invest in a real nice camera and take a class or two.  So you might see some random photos on here from time to time.

Finally, I don’t fully understand mail.  I am expecting something that was shipped from East LA, but it was sent down to Anaheim today apparently before being sent back up to me.  But I should hopefully get the package tomorrow.

I stumbled into Blink 182 my freshman year of high school while watching 120 minutes on MTV.  Sublime then became popular within my class around the same time followed by Reel Big Fish.  Because of all of this, it led me to purchase some compilation album called Sno-Core Compilation.

I don’t know how I found it.  I never heard of it or anything.  I am guessing I probably found it randomly while looking through CDs at this one record/CD store in my local mall.  I remember anytime I ended up at the mall with my mom, I would let her go shop and I would kill time at this store.  It worked for both of us.

Anyways, this album contained “Josie” by Blink 182, “Wrong Way” by Sublime and “Sell Out” by Reel Big Fish.  Not bad for a random CD.  I probably listened to this a lot during that time.  I was a huge fan of punk/ska music at the time even though I was such a straight-laced random teenager that lived in Texas.  But one of my other favorite songs on it was “Super Rad” by The Aquabats.  Just a stupid, but fun song.  The video is much the same.

It is also funny to think that Travis Barker used to be in this band before Blink 182 and is featured in that video.  Now we come to last fall when I saw Blink 182 a second time and The Aquabats were the opener.  They are still goofy and put on a fun live set.

Looking back at it now, it is also crazy to see the track list and see Incubus, Kottonmouth Kings and Goldfinger were also on the album.  Here is the track list:

1. Sublime - Wrong Way
2. Blink 182 - Josie
3. The Aquabats - Super Rad
4. Reel Big Fish - Sell Out
5. Goldfinger - Chris Cayton
6. Guttermouth - Lipstick
7. Voodoo Glow Skulls - Bulletproof
8. Incubus - New Skin
9. The Urge - Brainless
10. Kottonmouth Kings - Suburban Life

I need to track down this CD again

I haven’t talked about random TV shows in a while since the Olympics owned my life the last couple weeks.  The last time I talked about anything, I was just starting to watch a British show called Peep Show.

Well, I finally got through all six seasons (each season is only six episodes) and I liked it a lot, although the point-of-view camera angles can make you a little motion sick if you decide to watch all 30 episodes in a week on your computer.

The first season was a little slow, but it really picked up steam in the middle and Seasons 3-4-5 were really good.  I was not a huge fan of Season 6 compared to the prior seasons, but still decent.  Basically the show follows the life of two roommates in their late 20s/early 30s as they fail miserably, most of the time, with women.

As for American TV, I have become a huge fan of the new show “How to Make it in America” on HBO.  I think it has potential to be really good based on the first three episodes so far.  Basically it is two guys who are trying to start their own denim company and they basically know nothing about the business and don’t have a lot of money.  The usual root for the underdog aspect, but it works.

Moving to sports real quickly, but the US plays the Netherlands in soccer on Wednesday and they should be wearing one of their new World Cup kits, which are inspired by the design the 1950 team wore when they beat England.  Hopefully the magic of the jersey works again this year.

Canada is up 2-0 on Slovakia in the first intermission.  The US destroyed Finland 6-1, including all six goals coming in the first 15 minutes.  All signs are pointing towards a USA-Canada gold medal game.

Giddy up.

I have always been a fan of hoodies.  I wore them 95% of the time while in college, so when I saw that the Bumpy Pitch guys were going to make one last summer, I was pretty stoked.

Apparently they hit some snags over the last couple months, but their hoodie is finally out and I plan on buying one tonight.

But they make a decent product (their shirts are beyond soft and really durable) that is stylish, all made in the USA and they are some local guys from the LA area, so they get my support.

But I am giddy that it is finally here.

I got bored tonight, so I decided to finish up the new design for this site.  I am a big fan of how it turned out.

No more basic WordPress layouts.

Sweden’s hockey jerseys are pure bad ass.

Love the three crowns (foreshadowing?)…..