Turn That Up! I Love That Song!

There are times when I'm in my car and a song comes on where I MUST blast the speakers. There are three songs that , in my opinion, are a must blast when they come on the radio.


The Breeders - Cannonball
The guitar on this song gets me every time, and I love Kim Deal's voice.

The Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
What more can I say? It's the The Pixies!

Mumford and Sons - Roll Away Your Stone
The banjo is the best part of this song. This song also does an awesome job of bringing you up to the peak then just blowing your mind! Dang these guys are so talented!

There is a fourth song which I'm debating if I should add it to this exclusive group...


The Airborne Toxic Event - All I Ever Wanted
This is a fairly new song by an up and coming band. They manage to combine strings and amazing guitars to create pure awesomeness!

What can I say I love to listen to music and I love it loud! My future hearing may be in jeopardy, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

Ham, Egg, and Cheese with Green Sauce

People do many things to ward off the side effects that a night's sleep brings with it upon waking up in the morning. Some cure it with caffeine, others exercise (those are the crazy ones), but I like to curb said side effects with a big, warm breakfast burrito.


I don't know exactly when I became an addict of this portable food gem, but it was probably when my mom would make us breakfast at 4:30 in the morning before we hurried off to seminary and school. I could smell the bacon or ham, cheese, and eggs as I prepared for a long day at school. I knew when I had my fill that I could take on the world!


As I have gotten older, I have become somewhat of a breakfast burrito guru.  Whenever I see it on a menu, I have to order one.


Now a days, it's one of the only things that can wake me up in the morning. I usually order them from a little fast food restaurant near my workplace called Hilberto's. Past and present Arizona residents will know of the 'bertos' chain of low end fast food Mexican restaurants. People go to these familiar dives seeking cheap, fast, and very satisfying Mexican food. I usually order the ham, egg, and cheese burrito with green sauce. It's one of the best burritos I've ever had and it never disappoints.


So here's to you breakfast burrito. Fighter of morning grouchiness and filler of empty stomachs.

I'm Back!!!...To Life!!!

Well after about a two year hiatus since my last post, I have decided to come back from the dead. I guess life just got really crazy, which it tends to do sometimes.


You're probably wondering what the heck I'm doing with my time these days.


First of all, I have applied to graduate from GCC this coming December with my Associates in Business. Yes, after a five year battle of wading through the crap storm we call GCC, I made it out alive.  It wasn't easy and the enrollment and financial aid staff certainly didn't make it worth it.


I'm still trying to find a girl who finds my personality compatible with theirs. It's not that easy I've come to find out. Oh well, I guess I just can't worry about it too much.


Well that's about it for now. I promise I won't wait another two years to update.

Its amazing and heart breaking how quick your life changes sometimes.

Zoo/Alkaline Trio Roadie... All In Tucson

Well I was looking at my poor little blog today and decided that I should update it to keep the mobs at bay.

I took many trips this summer, but the most interesting one was with two of my friends, Greg and Erin. We took a day trip to the utter wasteland south of us known as Tucson to see some sweet animals and also to see an awesome band known as Alkaline Trio.

It was a sunny and friggin hot day on June 2nd as we started on our trip. Our first stop was at Tempe Marketplace to see UP!, which was an amazing addition to the Disney/Pixar collection. Unfortunately, the theater we went to didn't show it in 3D.


Our next stop was at the Tucson Zoo, which is probably one the coolest and most inexpensive zoos I've been to. We saw some cool looking animals and we even saw a polar bear! Its an awesome thing when you can see a polar bear in the good ol' AZ!After the zoo, we killed some time by getting some eegees and hanging out at Zia Records.

At long last it was time for Trio concert! This was the main reason we came to little Mexico. The opening band was horrible! The relieving band was pretty good. Finally Alkaline Trio came on and they were amazing! Totally worth the trip to the armpit of AZ!

Single Awareness Day

Wow my second post in 2 weeks! I think I'm turning over a new leaf!



Well onto the subject at hand. February 14th has a many different meanings to different people. Some of which are St. Valentines Day, Arizona's B-Day, and my personal favorite Single Awareness Day (aka. S.A.D). This is the day in which you are very aware that you are in fact single. A day where you have a concrete understanding of the single life.



For the past two Single Awareness Days a few of my close compadres and I have driven 5 hours west of the AZ to the OC. Specifically Disneyland. Now my faithful blogosphere readers know how I feel about this magical place. If not read this http://brob84.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-think-i-need-intervention.html

This trip was kind of an interesting one in two ways. One, it was kind of a send off for one of my friends that is leaving for the Alabama, Birmingham Mission in 2 days from now, and two, one of my friends ended up in the hospital with appendicitis which resulted in an emergency appendectomy.

While this emergency was happening, the rest of us didn't know what to do so we just did what we came to do, and that is to have a fun filled day at the Magic Kingdom. We arrived there about half an hour after the park opened which made for great parking spots right by the trolley pick up spot. We then proceeded to get our Disneyland on. After about 16 hours of non-stop fun, we made the late-night trek back to AZ. We got back around 6 AM and had a few hours of sleep before my friends farewell at 11:00.

When all was said and done we had a memorable trip to the place that Walt built.Wow my second post in 2 weeks! I think I'm turning over a new leaf!

Music Im Into Right Now

Holy crap its been a long time since Ive entered any submission into the blogosphere. Lets see what have I done since my last post...


Christmas... awesometastic!

New Years... frickinawesome!

Bonfire... Rad!

Super Bowl... Unlucky.

Groundhog Day... Billmurrayish...

Starting school... Umm not gonna go there.


But to get down to the nitty- gritty.... Every start of a new semester means alot of things start again, but one thing in particular is the infamous 10 minute walk across the street to the high school with ashtrays known as Glendale Community College.


Now my favorite thing to do on these daily morning walks to school is to delve into the deep tracks of my very eclectic music collection, and every once in a while I get into a genre or band rut where I just listen to a certain band for a month or two.


Well this month its a band called Bishop Allen. I first heard them when they made a cameo appearence on the movie Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, and I thought they had a rockin' sound (wow that was very dick clark sounding)

They are a relatively new indie rock band that is just starting to gain a reputation in the music world.

I downloaded their latest album from the juggernaut know as Itunes a couple weeks and it has been non stop listening ever since. I can't get enough of their music. Its very different from the stuff I usually listen to, and thats probably why I like them.

If you get the chance I highly recommend giving them a listen. You won't regret it.