Quiet before Chaos

To be able to lay in bed and take a long dream like coma of rest is never taken for granted. The calm before the storm is approaching.

I start back to college this time not at a Cal State but a Junior college.

I'm excited for this experience like a undercover cop going back to High School for an investigation. Who says going to a certain college gives a person

a certain prestige? I think now a days it's all about personality and experience. Some will argue. Honestly, who gives a boring monotoned colorless person from a UC or

Ivy League school a top paying position if he/she is incapable of having an impressive personality during a job interview? Oh wait, the girl in Up in the Air.

23

Today I am the young age of 23. I feel like I have learned quite a lot in my youth but I have not yet grasped the world that is patiently waiting for me. This is the year I graduate. This is the year I become a true adult with a real job. I will leave you with a playlist of songs to play when you or a friend turns 23.

1. Blonde Redhead-23

2. Jimmy Eat World-23

3. Josh Kelley-23

4. Cut Copy-Lights & Music

5. Jeremiah-Birthday Sex

6. Marie Antoniette- Opus 23

7. India Arie- Psalm 23

8. The Smiths- Please, Please Let me Get What I Want

Vegas Seperation Anxiety

It's my birthday is January and I believe that it's a perfectly great excuse to go off to Vegas. Vegas is hurting during this tough economic situation which means wonderful deals or should I say steals? I would love to celebrate for New Years there as well. Although there are steep hotel prices and long lines for nightclubs. The new hotel, Vdara, in the City Center opened today. I can't wait to see it since I've been watching it being built since three years ago. Construction always made the traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard awful. By the way the picture is of me on my last trip in July at the Rat Pack show in Downtown Las Vegas. It was very cheesy especially when the Frank Sinatra impersonator asked my sister and I to go out with him afterwards in front of my grandparents. The guy couldn't tell the show was over because he kept on with his sleezy New York accent and said that he hangs out at the Blue Martini. Oh please!

Brian Wilson at Walt Disney Concert Hall

Sunday December 6, 2009, Brian Wilson will be performing an acoustic set at the Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Also Dave Alvin and the Indie Sisters will be joining him. Brian Wilson is my favorite musicians because of his unbelievable way to create harmonies in his head. I love the interview he did with Zooey Deschanel. Please watch.

My love for Bon Iver

Bon Iver is one of those musicians who create a new look on life for the listener and make them want to explore the world and all it's wonders. I started this blog when I first heard "For Emma" on Current TV's Embeded. They walk through the rainy streets of Paris with only a guitar and three voices. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver went up to his father's cabin in the woods of Wisconsin and used old recording equipment to record the album, "For Emma, Forever Ago." He used isolation and clear minded focus to develop some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard. Enjoy.