So back in April I spent a couple days in good ‘ol Valdosta, Georgia before hittin’ up Orlando. Anytime I’m there I make it point to see Joe. He’s one of the funniest people I know, and I don’t even know why. There are some people that can just sit there and talk to you and it be extremely amusing for no apparent reason. That’s how Joe is. Anyways, enough of the man-crush action.

So we go to Vito’s to see Nic’s band, Cyclops. The stage was warmed up by False Arrest, Against the Sky, and Guff. Immediately afterwards Cyclops took the stage and Nic unleashed a fury on his guitar and even managed to dabble in a little keyboard alchemy. Some of the warm up bands weren’t my usual taste in music, but like most live shows, just being there and feeling the music on your face makes it great. All in all it was a good show and a great time hanging out with friends. I’m definitely looking forward to my next trip down south. End of July maybe?

I heard Alex doing his little ‘cat bark’ the other day and at first I kind of ignored it. After a few minutes of it he came and sat next to me and just stared up at me with this ‘excuse me’ look on his furry little face. I patted him on the head and went back to what I was doing (most likely surfin’ the interwebs). A few minutes later, I caught him just outside my peripherals still staring and noticed he had not moved. As soon as I stood up to see what he wanted his eyes got big and he started walking to the living room while watching me to see if I follow. As soon as I entered the dining room I stopped after noticing the fat bird perched on the deck.

After I snapped a couple pics, I let Alex out to investigate. As soon as I opened the door the huge bird kind of rolled off the ledge and seemed to barely gain enough lift to fly away. Alex didn’t mind though, there were plenty of other birds to bark at.

Epicurous featured pho today which is kind of strange since I’ve been pumped about it for the past couple of weeks. The recipe featured is definitely a tamed down version geared towards a wider audience, which isn’t a bad thing, considering traditional pho takes a lot more love and care than I’m willing to give it. It makes much more sense for me to go out and get some than deal with a boiling pot of bones.

Now that I have found a couple local places to get this delight, the chances of me actually attempting this at home is between definitely not and never. If your feeling pretty wild and decide to follow the recipe let me know how it goes, especially if you’ve had traditional pho. I’m curious how it compares. Come to think of it, we’re having a pho party tomorrow for lunch. I’ll be sure to take some photogs and send ‘em to my Flickr.

This video is over a year old, but it’s still amazingly amusing to watch.

Update: For some reason the player says the video is no longer available. Check it here.

I just signed up for more social sites today. Why, you ask? It’s quite a silly reason but I’ll tell you anyways.

I had an idea for my MySpace layout. See, I told you it was silly. But unfortunately, it gets even sillier. I don’t even remember how the idea got in my head. I think it came to me from looking at all the blogs of different writers. In their about/contact pages they display all of their social networks throughout the interwebs in a neat little list. I’m a sucker for lists. Okay, so I primarily use my Myspace as a hub for other sites. I really don’t like Myspace. The base code for each page is terrible (the layout is one giant ugly nested table, yuck!), but let’s face it, a lot of people use it and old friends actually find me on there (and visa versa).

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