Yep. That's definitely a truck with a giant plush woolly mammoth and the movie poster for The Day After Tomorrow plastered on the side of it advertising an ice show over loudspeaker in Tijuana, Mexico.Way better than any Camus book you will ever read. Trust me.
I went up to Santa Barbara for most of the week. It was a week full of fun, lounging and excellent discoveries, Including a raccoon and its four children, as well as sweet light up cups that look cool when you are looking through them.
The other thing I did was randomly go to Tijuana in the middle of this week. It's something like a 9 hour drive to and from, so, of course this was a great idea.
My friend Alvaro only gets two days off of his entire six week live in nightmare of a job, and, somehow, I have been able to experience both of them, the second being this Tijuana trip. What is there to say besides "Tijuana es golf."
Oh, and screw the people who try to rip you off. Twenty nine d
ollars for a wrestling mask? What a rip off. Also, here's a tip Tijuana, people aren't as big a fans of Nacho Libre as you think,. So you should probably stop trying to peddle so make bootleg merchandise based on that intellectual property.
As for my other announcement:I have a job! It's for a gifted kid's camp. I'm a counselor and I have absolutely no information to share about it other than that I got the call today and that it takes place at UCLA.
Anyway, even it if sucks, I'm only going to be there for three weeks. Better than being broke.
In non-completely life based news, I am listening to lots of new music that I like. Specifically, as for my ongoing addiction to indie singer-songstresses, I am currently listening to a woman named Annie Clark. Unlike many of these acts, she can actually play her instruments really well and performs well live.
She reminds me of My Brightest Diamond (both have shared backing duties for Sufjan) except that St. Vincent is slightly less weird and operatic. Equally artsy though.
Oh, and watch this. It's beautiful.
In other news, I find myself morbidly curious with the new Rilo Kiley single, which I have termed their own "Beverly Hills." That's not a compliment by the way. But the whole album can't be that bad, right? It's hard to top a video with porn stars and a funky bass line. Oh well, at least Jenny Lewis is still attractive.
We'll see. I'm considering going up to Birmingham while I'm in the UK to see them in concert. I hope it happens, but I'm only there for five days and a trip to another random city that isn't London might not end up being on the agenda.
Life is good!
3 comments:
Birmingham's only about 90 mins away from London - there's a direct train from Euston a few times per day. And the Academy is a short walk or taxi ride from New Street station.
So you might be able to get to the Rilo Kiley gig without spending too much time outside of London.
Birmingham's an OK city (my home town!) but I'm the first to admit it's not quite a tourist trap...
Yeah, I thought it would be close train ride so I figured it'd be a good opportunity to see a more genuinely British urban environment rather than a tourist trap. I don't really like feeling like a tourist when I'm travelling. Is that a bad idea, you think? Anyway, thanks for the comment. My who is traveling with me didn't seem too eager to go there because he says it is "too far" (obviously didn't even take the time to look up how far it was). I'll have to compromise with him or something.
What do you think of Bath? Is that worth visiting? He seems to be eager to go there and I'm reluctant.
Well, the inner parts of Birmingham are definitely urban!
Bath is quite nice. It's good if you like your history as it was an important Roman spa town (Aquae Sulis) about 2,000 years ago. The Victorians re-popularised it in the 19th century and it's quite a pretty town.
A friend of mine went to University there and there was a pretty good nightlife when I last visited - although be warned in many British towns these days that translates into "drinking too much and acting like an ass". Depends on what you're after seeing.
Sorry about the dollar/sterling rate at the moment - you're going to find it a little pricey, I'm afraid, wherever you go!
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