just a thought..

Okay.

I sat down for a second before I wrote this so expect a semi-well written piece of prose with out too many grammatical errors.

I felt like making a blog post with pictures and graphs and api's and web 2.0 goodness but I was feeling.. more OG and decided to post a blog circa web 1.0, i.e. text only.

Many projects of mine have late have gone under... in every aspect.. and it is painfully easy to see such failure in the wake of a huge failure... in this time it is good to remember that life, is not for the faint of heart. The best advice I received this year was to be ruthless with my time. Utterly ruthless. That one little piece has affected a few things in my life and I'm proud to say I am now a Apple Certified Macintosh Technician, or in layman's terms a Mac Genius in a paltry six months.

The more I reflect on this past year I see a common issue, a central theme surrounding minor and major events. I simply wasn't greedy enough. I didn't strike when the iron was hot. Some of the lessons I've learned have been incredibly painful, and those resonate the most. with the last part of the year ahead, I think it's time to shift gears and be in it, to win it.

As always, the most exciting part of a change in lifestyle is the ability to control your own fate, (for the most part) and decide how to live your life, not just today, but tomorrow.


Like so many, many, many, hopeless souls in dire straits, how they perform under those circumstances shows character and self. Here is to the next six months that will be my finest hour.

it's all about the moment

the right moment. thats what mr brainwash told me for his take on life, art, and everything in general. i'll be doing an interview with him this sunday.

new music monday

here are a few things to look out for

music
new coldplay
new weezer
new girl talk
and the SXSW 2008 music pack, i'll make a muxtape of the best, im still flipping through a lot of the tracks.

i'm still enjoying the fujiya and miyagi, some MGMT and hercules and love affair.


events
70th anniversary of chinatown ( L.A. ) 6/24/08
swap meet at betalevel 6/24/08
free moca thursday 5-8pm
la film festival (continuous)

MR BRAIN WASH

mr brain wash is having a first ever show ... for those of you don't know please check it out, the opening show is wednesday at 7!

details after the jump.

http://www.artshow2008.com/beautiful.html

go metro

I'll admit it right off the bat- there are lots of cons to riding public transportation, I won't even go in to details... you crybabies.

But for those daring enough and adventurous enough, for those without a car (or sick of it) and for those who are tired of sitting at home wondering what to do, Metro is the answer.

My usual metro route would be driving a very short distance up the 110 northbound, getting of at the harbor station where you can park for free, buy a $5 all day pass and ride the green line to the blue line to the red line and ride to union station. From Union Station, I can either walk a little bit to Little Tokyo, or walk to Chinatown - great downtown LA spots if you have never been.

The whole trip is going to take one and a half hours roughly, which gives you time to relax, mingle, read a book or the paper or take a nap!

It is a little confusing at first but if random strangers from other countries can figure it out, surely us Californians can do it too. For the less brave, you can always ride with a friend and figure it out together. I'll be headed to Pasadena Chalk Art Festival and I'll be riding the rails for sure, and besides, at 5 dollars for an all day pass, it beats buying one gallon of gas.

Also I use the metro trip planner a lot. you can find it here

a cure

http://najicalove.muxtape.com/

a cure based muxtape. enjoi

check up

Look at me all smug.

It's been awhile but I've actually been avoiding the internet. I'm either on it, or out and about and having trouble integrating the two. But I do like my pretty blog and there are a few things to look forward to:

1. Status of my apple training

2. metro LA guide to riding the rails

3. A fun cure mixtape

4. and some recipes that I've enjoyed.
cheers,

john