jazzy jeff in thailand / past wk

here's a pic from december i've been meaning to post of mel and i, my brother travellin' matt, and philly's dj jazzy jeff... here we're in MBK mall in bangkok, the dopest spot to shop in the world for everything and anything...


what else has been up? short, but yet somehow long week...mel's been sick...ive been stressing at work over this huge sale. saw the shins the other night which was dope...copped my plane tix to come home to philly...did my taxes and owe a bunch of $ from when i was doing freelance PR last year. tim tizzle's wedding's coming up in april...copped our tix to go home..made the best egg salad ever the other night...checked out this cool neighborhood out here, multnomah village, last weekend, pretty rad...what else...mel's work schedule is changing soon so she can spend more time on grad school...she'll be working 7am-2pm soon, starting in like 2 wks i think...friday night and im helping her w/ some statistics problems...ughhh...

my man pots and pans...

so lets see whats been cracking this past week...

went to omaha, nebraska on friday for a HUGE sales presentation...it went well...brought back some of these nice rib eye/prime ribs:

bought this book also in omaha on the plane ride home and crushed about 150 pages of it on the ride: Chuck Palahniuk's "Lullaby" ... so far = super banging..

i had this really nice Polo wool/cashmere, long black overcoat to wear over suits in the cold months...some lady sitting in the row in front of me had one too from portland to denver...we both had ours in the same overhead compartment...now, i have hers and she has mine...anne klein, size 14. a large lady... this sucks, i loved that coat...united lost and found gets me nowhere...

happy chinese new year this coming week and also happy valentine's day...

i need to cop my tix to come home to philly in april for tim's wedding...next paycheck...

did anybody see Pan's Labyrinth? i think we might go see it tonight... check the trailer here... check the reviews here...

i stepped on a nail yesterday while helping my neighbor move some wood from the house he's fixing up...which i want to buy..if inly i had half a mill...its worth about 750K though, so i should see what i can do... that aside though, i cant tell you the last time i hd a tetnus shot...so i went to the hospital last night for one..always a fun way to spend a saturday night....then came home, drank about 5-6 small glasses of port, watched jungle feaver and passed out...

we've got the shins concert coming up next week... here's their latest video that you may or may not have seen already:



talk to yall next week...this sale is huge by the way, so i will keep yall up to date...

p

Everything's Gone Green

bored, watching the bears beat up on the colts in the first minute or two of the pooperbowl and browsing the web....so it turns out that my boy douglas coupland wrote a movie that is coming out in the US soon called "Everything's Gone Green". written for middle class, late twenty-something year olds...

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND CLICKING HERE FOR THE TRAILER

douglas coupland

just finished two douglas coupland books, and i recommend checking them both out:

hey, nostradamus

and

all families are psychotic

i liked hey nostradamus better, thought more about morals/religion while reading it, though all families are was a faster read...just reserved 2 others of his i slept on - microserfs and jpod, both about cubicle life, working for microsoft or something... gotta give out a shout out to my old millersville professor dr. greg seigworth for putting me down w/ douglas coupland back in 1997 with the book, Generation X, which is a fantastic read...

countries i've visited and foods i reflect on in each country

reflecting on my travels the other night, i made a list of the countries i've visited and thought of some of my favorite foods in those countries..i definitely want to keep adding to this list as i think mel is taking me to tokyo / japan for my 30th later this year...countries i've visited are as follows, along with favorite foods experienced:

bahamas - dont remember
costa rica - rice and beans, grilled fish
mexico - guac, salsa, beans, grilled meats
jamaica - jerk chicken, curried goat stew, acki and salt fish
thailand - som thum, bumee, bbq pork, juk soup
philippines - grilled shrimp, garlic crab, sour fish soup
hong kong - dim sum, congee, everything
china - everything, stir fried eggplant, pork and string beans, har gow
denmark - tuborg beer, fries, cheese
norway - salmon
sweden - dont remember, oh meatballs?
france - onion soup, cheese, bread, escargot, everything
holland - coffee, soups
england - indian food and beer, beans with my eggs for breakfast
ialy - everything, pasta, coffee, wine, salads, seafood, cured meats, cheese
czech republic - beer, chicken and dumplings, white asparagus
canada - noodle shops in toronto, indian in vancouver
belgium - beer, mussels, chocolate, garlicky steak
india - dhal (lentils), tandoori chicken, lamb tikka, everything.

more to come.....