I'm in a emotionally fragile state right now - maybe it's because I'm on the weekend night shift right now, or maybe because I miss my son. I hope he's ok at this very moment. It's my fervent wish that I don't screw him up someday. I want him to grow up to be as normal, well-adjusted and happy as humanly possible.

I probably got all these thoughts just now because I stumbled upon a blog made by a 2 month old baby....which is what puzzled me at first. It occured to me that his mommy made probably made it for him, and writing it from her son's point of view. Which is sooo touching and funny of course...I can totally relate as a dad. Check it out by clicking here. Check out the poem too. It's heartwarming, comic gold!

It's hot today. Summer's presence can best be felt at this moment. The air's thick and moist. Nothing evaporates, it just stays in a liquid state - or something in between.

This murderous heat is cooking everyone's brain and thereby melting away their sense of humor, patience, and overall well-being. Including mine. This does not bode well for my son either. This sweltering hell is keeping him up at night.

Something tells me this goinq to be a loooong summer.

nothing to report - except the biting cold here at the office. This jacket of mine isn't really built for very frigid conditions i think....it's barely keeping me warm.

So i took the liberty of borrowing someone else's jacket and am now wearing it on top of my own.

This the coolest song I've heard in a while - - 311's version of The Cure's Love Song:(click this!)

Whenever I'm alone with you
you make me feel like I am home again
whenever I'm alone with you
you make me feel like I am whole again

Whenever I'm alone with you
you make me feel like I am young again
whenever I'm alone with you
you make me feel like I am fun again

However far away
I will always love you
however long I stay
I will always love you
whatever words I say
I will always love you
I will always love you

Whenever I'm alone with you
you make me feel like I am free again
whenever I'm alone with you
you make me feel like I am clean again

However far away
I will always love you
however long I stay
I will always love you
whatever words I say
I will always love you
I will always love you

My ears hurt

If it was taking me a while to sink my teeth into the 'Crow' album, the Incubus show last night jumpstarted that process. Needless to say, it was an awesome experience. The guys opened the show with 'Megalomaniac'. I previously didn't regard it as one of their heavier tracks, but hearing it live is really something else...ear-blistering would be the word.

My biggest apprehension was that they would stick to the new material. But they were kind enough to play a mix of the old and new stuff across 'Crow', 'Make Yourself' and 'S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'. Call me a snotty, geeky fanboy, but it seems that I was the only one (at least in the section where I was in) singing along to the older songs - and headbanging to the exact moment when the heavy licks kicked in...alone on a fairly frequent basis, which made me look like a moron. Oh well, coolness be damned. I came to watch some good rock. Here's a not-so-accurate list of Incubus' set. I can't recall the order, so I'll just sort them out by album (with the most recent 'era' first):

-Megalomaniac
-A Crow Left of The Murder
-Pistola
-Priceless
-Here In My Room
-Talk Shows on Mute
-Wish You Were Here
-Circles
-Just a Phase
-Warning
-Clean
-Consequence
-Idiot Box
-Drive
-**Vitamin (with an extended drum solo, click this)**
-A Certain Shade of Green
-Magic Medicine

to be continued:
-Encore
-Brandon on guitar
-deeper respect
-Ben on bass
-regrets

Just overhauled the layout - - gonna make a few more tweaks, and it should be good to go :-)

Listening to the Make Yourself CD right now - - as if I haven't spun this one a hundred times in college. What I should be listening to is the Crow album since I'm not too familiar with the songs on that yet, and chances are Incubus is mostly gonna play the new stuff. One, Ben Kenney probably can't play the old shit yet, and two, the tour is named after the new album for crying out loud.

Ah...all these thoughts I had brewing inside my brain for the past week have ebbed away. Too lazy to write them down and post it here.

Even if the copy of The Last Samurai that I saw was pirated, it was still apparent that it was a good movie. Again, it's all about East-meets-West. There's something about that theme that's so poignant and intriguing. Even if two people live separately and might as well live in different planets, they can still find some common ground. I wish i could write something significant and meaningful that would remotely resemble a review, it seems that my brain cells are spent at the moment.

On another note, I'm gonna look for a new blog skin - - this layout is already sickening to my eyes.