Living in the land of dudes and chicks has been a great experience so far. The work load is drastically heavier, dating activity has increased exponentially (thanks to a near 2:1 female to male ratio in the local ward), and video game hours logged are way down. Things I miss from the West coast:
- Mexican Food - there's nothing out here to fill the Ajo Al's / Julio's void. I would say I miss In N' Out but they do offer 5 Guys Burgers out here. East Coasters rave about it. I'll admit it's pretty good but a little too heavy and greasy--even for me.
- Straight-shot roads. Sometimes I think I'm following directions only to later realize that I somehow managed to merge onto a wrong road without making any turns or anything. It drives me nuts.
- Phoenix Suns games at a decent hour - they mostly play from 10:30 to 1:00 a.m. so when they lose I'm extra upset.
- Proximity to family and my blogmate, Trifecta. Though the virtual connection methods (e.g. video chat, Xbox live) alleviate that somewhat.
Panda Bear 'Person Pitch' is one of the best albums of 2007. Vocals eerily similar to Beach Boys but a lot of thick, building, musical layers.
Rhymefest 'Man In The Mirror' is pretty fun. 'Fest does a few very cool covers of Michael Jackson songs and even creates some comical fake conversations with the King of Pop himself.
Scott Walker 'Scott 4'. This album came out in 1969 but I'm liking it in 2008. Thom Yorke cites him as one of Radiohead's biggest influences; songs like "How To Disappear Completely".
Sports Thoughts:
March Madness starts on Thursday. BYU got an 8 seed which will make it tough for them to make it past the 2nd round. UofA got a 10 seed and ASU got snubbed. I guess I'll also be rooting for Georgetown this year; I believe they got a 2 seed. I'd like to root for UCLA but they haven't looked convincing throughout the season from what I've seen. I guess UNC has the deepest team but even they barely squeaked past VA Tech the other day. I expect this year to have a lot more "upsets" than last year as there's a little more parity from team to team since such a deep pool of talent got snatched up to play for the NBA after last season.
MLB is just around the corner. This year I'll be able to see NL games in the new Washington Nationals stadium and AL games in nearby Camden Yards in Baltimore. This is a perfect setup. I just hope I can come across some tickets that are as cheap (free) as they were going to Dbacks games last year.
Suns are finally coming into form, and not a moment too soon. I'm gonna be severely put out if we end up with a better record than the Jazz but end up with a 5 seed or below just because of the stupid divisional setup. The Jazz are gay. How much longer can the madness continue for the Houston Rockets. I just watched them beat the Lakers for their 22nd straight win. Keep in mind Yao Ming is out for the rest of the season and it just so happened in this particular game that Tracy McGrady started out shooting 0-9. Something freaky is going on there. They match up against the Celtics tomorrow and the Suns on Saturday. I'll be watching to see how long the streak continues. The Wizards could be a serious threat in the East if Gilbert Arenas comes back soon enough to be a factor by the time playoffs start.
6 comments:
you say video game hours logged low as a good thing. i'd say that should be something you miss from the west...but you dont have to be as far as D.C. to miss Ajo's and other good mexicano outfits. just being in utah is torturing me with an insatiable desire for good chips and salsa....and bean burros.
P,
Take back what you say about the Jazz. I am as big a Suns fan as anyone, but how can you root against the Jazz when they have Kirilenko and Mehmet Okur. Look at the West: you have such obnoxious teams as the Lakers, Spurs, Hornets, Nuggets, Rockets . . . I am no Utah-phile, and I am not even rooting for BYU in the tournament, but c'mon! The Jazz! Kirilenko! repent. Do I need to say it again: Kirilenko. Kirilenko. Okur/Joe Friend. Boozer's chest hair. Millsap.
I also confess I like the Warriors even though they are a threat to the Suns. Baron Davis has got charisma and a amazingly fat beard, and if I had to choose a team to be a sixth man for, I would choose the Warriors, mainly because I would want to witness Don Nelson in action.
I spend way too much time thinking about the Suns, though. And I am mad at Suns fans for not appreciating Diaw right now and never liking Marcus Banks.
J
Don't worry James, I know trifecta put the Jazz line in there just to rattle my cage. And James, I appreciate your sentiments towards my team. It proves to me that Peabody really does have friends w/their heads on straight out there. Something has to be done to make sure the spurs/rockets/lakers don't come out of the west (although the rockets are surprisingly more tolerable w/o Yao - or maybe it was just that they were playing the lakers). I honestly feel a little bad for the suns because I know this is one of their last chances, and then they're going to be bad for a while. In fact, if the Jazz don't win it, I'll say right now that I'll root for the suns. You can now go back and edit that sentence out of you blog P.
The sentence stays. First of all, thou shalt not add to or take away from. Second, Millsap is a big terd, Boozer moves his arms like a girl when he runs, Okur gets too many annoying tip-ins, Deron Williams takes the cake for the sloppiest tattoo in the NBA, and I still resent the Jazz for making the rest of America endure the "inspiring" comeback moment Derek Fischer had last year in the playoffs. Kirilenko is pretty awesome but it's not enough.
Not to rub it in but I ate Ajo Al's today and it was DELICIOUS! Oh and I'm going to the Suns game tonight, life is good.
too much sports.
i never warmed to person pitch personally.
but i'm suprised you're into scott walker, twainfecta. good on ya. his stuff is awesome. check out The Drift. One of the songs is sung in the persona of Elvis' stillborn twin and it's about 9/11. haunting.
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