stabbed.....

this is how i feel today: i have been stabbed, in the left side of the chest between the 3rd and 4th ribs; with a strait blade that has severed the pulmonary artery and has punctured the left atrium of the heart.... a sharp pain lies within, the life slowly leaving......

I Love Shoes/Sneakers

I love shoes, if you don't know me i love to get new shoes and sneakers as often as i can. in the past i have had trouble finding my size (13 EE) but since early 2005 i have been exclusively buying my shoes online from two stores with great inventory; ShoeBuy.com and Zappos.com. I love the fact that i can order a 100 pairs of kicks, and sort through em, and ship back the 98 pairs i don't like, all without leaving the house, no more finding a shoe i love @ the shop and then receiving total rejection from the clerk when they don't have your size, this was pure hell for me in China, you cannot believe what small feet they have there!!!!



Today i was going through my purchase history on Zappos, and i found that i was never issued a credit for a pair of shoes which i had returned, i bought the same show in a different color but i returned the other, so i call them up and they quickly look up the order and sure enough i was right, they promptly issue me a refund, and then the representative issues me a $25 off my next purchase, it was great, thats a better return then my crappy savings account @ 4% !!!

anyway it made my night that i found $150 ($125 + $25 coupon), just figured i'd share the great news with y'all. in short o love Zappos.com


ttyl

Gomez w/ Ben Kweller (Webster Hall 3/8/07)

Tonight I had tickets to two shows, and well it kind of stunk because I only wanted to go to one of them, and bought the others out of haste. I got tickets to the Gomez show while in china, and I thought they'd sell out and I could flip a profit on this lousy show; the next show I got tickets for was The Walkmen down @ the Bowery, this show sold out, and it was the one I wanted to go to. I was able to sell off The Walkmen tickets and I’ll see them again in April when they are back touring with the Kaiser Chiefs. anyway, I headed up to Webster hall for the show, doors were at 7:30 and I was in no rush, cause well music was not my speed, I arrived around 8:15 and went to look to unload my two extra tickets, I stood out there offering my tickets away for free, I had no takers, so the friend I was with went and asked the homeless guy across the street if he wanted to come to the show for free, and to my surprise he took us up on the offer, it was so damn funny to see this guy walking around the venue, you just have to picture a homeless guy at a concert.

so I got to the main floor at around 9:00 and it was more crowded then I had anticipated, I mean I didn’t know that Ben Kweller was so popular, anyway I made my way to the Balcony and found myself a nice spot I can take pictures from, and stood through a dreadful Ben Kweller act, Gomez went on about 25 minutes late @ 10:25 and I like there latest album How We Operate , so I knew the song they opened with, and a few afterwards, hated all there acoustic songs, but the I rather enjoyed the non-acoustic songs. I left around 11:15 after I got fed up with the acoustic song they were doing, I figured I’ll cut my losses and get home early and get some well deserved shut eye.


anyway I am looking forward to the Tea Leaf Green and Birdmonster shows later in the month (3/24 and 3/31 respectively) and I really cant wait until Bonnaroo only 97 days left.... and I cant wait...


good night all

ttyl

PS: Pics will be posted when i am done processing them.

Elvis Perkins

wow, this weekend started off alright, and it got progressively worse... i woke up on Sunday @ 3PM went to eat and drink, down a good bottle of red wine, and i was buzzed, i continued to drink, and drink and it was great. i visited my second set of parents, and it was nice to see them i haven't seen them since before i left for China. at around 7pm i headed to Williamsburg, to the Luna Lounge for the sold out Elvis Perkins show, and i was a bit skeptical about the venue at first, but once i got in it was better then i had anticipated, and it was very roomy for a sold out show, and the drinks were cheap. i went to the merch table and picked up the Ash Wednesday, i didn't want to wait to get it via amazon.

any way, Elvis Perkins took the stage and totally blew me away, the lyrics, his mellow voice, the harmonica, it just all came together really well. i loved his performance when i saw him back at CMJ and that was a showcase show, getting to see him preform a full set plus encore was a treat, and well if you have not heard any of his stuff, check out his myspace page and listen to a few tracks he has streaming there. ( http://www.myspace.com/elvisperkins )

i took a few pics, I'll post em when after i process them.

ttyl