It's like a drug.

I discovered StumbleUpon.
"Just....one.....more.....click!"

...and yeah, I know you wouldn't touch us with a ten-foot pole...

...'Cause we're North Americans....

My dad, my brother and I went to do our citizenship interview this morning at 7:30 AM.
I described what happened to Gabi this morning...

BigLouBeats says:
bueno, me pare a las 5:30 AM para salir para alla me eche un bano y bueno salimos mi papa mi hermano y yo
BigLouBeats says:
llegamos ahi en punto como a las 7:05
BigLouBeats says:
hicimos una colita
BigLouBeats says:
y te revisan....te mandan a dejar los celulares en el carro
BigLouBeats says:
y despues te montas en un ascensor....
BigLouBeats says:
lemme tell you about this ascensor
BigLouBeats says:
regular looking elevator right....
BigLouBeats says:
except....
BigLouBeats says:
it has a button
BigLouBeats says:
it says "W"
BigLouBeats says:
and a label covering it
BigLouBeats says:
that says "NO"
BigLouBeats says:
needless to say
BigLouBeats says:
i wanted to freakin press the button
Gabi says:
LOL
BigLouBeats says:
but i didn't cause God knows what's on the "W" floor
BigLouBeats says:
maybe the gates of Hades or something
Gabi says:
jajajajajajajajajajajaj
BigLouBeats says:
anywho...after obsessing about the button (what does "W" even stand for? Way down? Water level? What?"
BigLouBeats says:
they sit you down in a big room with several other people...and they call your name
BigLouBeats says:
we werent even there 6 minutes and there was a dude calling my brother....and then a minute later they were calling me
BigLouBeats says:
my dad stayed waiting
BigLouBeats says:
so the guy walks you to this office
BigLouBeats says:
and i mention the elevator button
BigLouBeats says:
cause i'm obsessed and i'm trying to get "insider" information
Gabi says:
LOLOLOL
BigLouBeats says:
and he's like i dont even know what's down there
BigLouBeats says:
i was like...oooo kkkk
BigLouBeats says:
anywho
BigLouBeats says:
that helped break the ice though so he starts laughing
BigLouBeats says:
and it was pretty relaxed
BigLouBeats says:
so he has a set of questions....have you been in jail?, are you psychotic?, do you owe the government some money? in case of a national emergency would you help out?
BigLouBeats says:
and my answers were: no, no ( up for discussion ), not yet, and give me a gun and orders
Gabi says:
LOL!!!
BigLouBeats says:
so perfect....he asks me a couple of those civics questions ( no 13 states, whew!)
BigLouBeats says:
then he says: read this question here #6
BigLouBeats says:
so i do
BigLouBeats says:
and then he says....write this:
BigLouBeats says:
"I have a big dog"
BigLouBeats says:
i'm like....::chuckles::
BigLouBeats says:
ok...
BigLouBeats says:
so i write
BigLouBeats says:
and here comes the most difficult part
BigLouBeats says:
i need you to sign your name here, here and here and here
BigLouBeats says:
but!
BigLouBeats says:
you need to do it in cursive writing and as legible as possible
BigLouBeats says:
cursive?! i haven't written like that in like 23 years!
Gabi says:
JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJ
BigLouBeats says:
anywho....i stumble across the signatures
BigLouBeats says:
that came out surprisingly good
BigLouBeats says:
and he stamped my paper
BigLouBeats says:
and told me i would be called in a couple of months to do the oath ceremony
Gabi says:
:D

And to celebrate...Here's my new theme song by LCD Soundsystem:



Viva la America!!!

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Holy Vishnu that was an awesome show!

I took a good chunk of video of the show last night. I'm gonna give it the proper treatment over the weekend and post as soon as I can... All I can say is, Foo Fighters is amazing, but you probably already knew that.
EDIT: Finally! got the video rendered and uploaded. Made this from my phone and some guys footage of the concert off youtube. Ohhh it's loud, but so was the concert. Beautiful :D

The countdown is on.

Tonight! Live! Sold out!

There are 4 elements to hip-hop.

Those are DJ-ing, MC-ing(rapping), Writing(Graffiti), and Break Dancing. Of those 4, my man Charlie, dominates 2 of them, (MC-ing and Writing). My count is 0/4. I make a couple of beats from time to time but I don't consider myself part of the culture. That does not however, impede me from appreciating it and enjoying it. Last night, Charlie and I headed down to Miami Springs, FL to a Hip-Hop outreach called "Catalyst". It's run by this guy named Joel. All kinds of kids come out and get together for the love of the culture and at the same time, they get the Gospel and they stay off the streets. I had to give my kudos to Joel, 'cause let's face it, it takes a lot of balls to do things like these. Preach on man!

If you don't know, you'll miss things like this...

I used to think there was nothing to do in this town. There are things beyond the classic dinner/movie/club/whatever daily grind you're into. Ft. Lauderdale/Miami is so much more, but you gotta know the right people.
Last night we went to this place called Radio-Active Records, off Sunrise Blvd. Now, this place was very particular, not just because they sell old/new vinyl records (which no other place ever does), but because of the people. This was a different crowd, you could tell they just came out for the love of art and music. Sasha was the one who told us about this thing going on, this hardcore punk band was performing and needless to say, they were very good. I thoroughly enjoyed it. But of course if you don't know, you'll miss it!

I've been out of commission....

These past couple of days I've been sick and not in the mood to do nothing. But today I feel a bit better... And I realized that the Foo Fighters show is next week! Jimmy Eat World and Against Me! are gonna open for them...and JP found the setlist... oh dear God! it's gonna be a great show!

Here's what they played in Atlanta:

Let it Die - Hell of a way to open the show!
Pretender
Times Like These
Cheer Up Boys
I'll Stick Around
Long Road to Ruin
Breakout
Learn to Fly
The One
Stacked Actors
Skin and Bones
Marigold
My Hero
See You
Everlong
Monkey Wrench
All My Life
Aurora
D.O.A. (not played)
But, Honestly
Best of You

So after work...

It's not always fun and games at ichameleon, and we often need a little time to wind down after work...It was Monday of course, so it was time to cruise on over to the 'puss to meet up with Pablo, Cossette and a friend. After, we wound up going to a little restaurant called exotic bites here in Hollyweird. It's a nice Mediterranean place where you can order a mean Tabule and a nice hookah. We had some laughs and a great time :)

We just had a Pirates Vs. Ninjas party.

Last night was fun. :) Charles and I decided to come in as software pirates. As expected, there were more Pirates than Ninjas. The Pirates won of course. Freddie's jacket was priceless. We had kickass BBQ served up. Two midgets came to visit. Yes. That's right...little people. Thanks for the awesome party Freddie. We love you! AHHHRRRRRRR!

More pictures coming monday... :)

Le Tigre crashes birthday celebrations at ICG.

By way of accident, fellow ICG'ers didn't know what was in store for them, as an ancient aboriginal chant was uttered, Le Tigre appears and obliterates like he always does.

U23D. I'm there.

National Geographic and U2 teamed up to produce the first live recording of a U2 performance in digital 3D. Now if that doesn't sound enticing, I don't know what is. I'm freakin' there!

Welcome home, Lou.

It was Jackie's Birthday so we went to the 'puss. We chilled, and eventually all types of great songs started coming out of that jukebox. All kinds of Smiths songs, Morrissey Songs...one of the great poets of our generation. He sure knows how to tell it :)

Then Freddie, Jacqui K. and I ran into a herd of people from Kansas...and as Freddie proceeded to rip them a new one, I was just cracking up in the back in disbelief. It was like a comedy central roast on steroids with the possibility of an ass kicking in the end....all in all, last night it felt like coming back home. I'm back with my extended family. :D

So this is what I did, the first day of 2008...

I've had this NXT Lego set for a while so I decided to disassemble the current little guy I had, to create KILROY9000. :) Gabi and I decided that Kilroy would be an appropriate name so we christened it officially in the wee hours of 08. As I built it, I took time-lapse video, a frame every 20 seconds. This is the first stage... The legs.

...Oh yeah....Happy New Year!

We had some friends over. I drank champagne and I turned in right after, relaxed...The perfect end to a great year! Here's to a better year! :) God bless us everyone.