1.  It’s always good to get all the facts before weighing in.

2. Oh! By the way, New Year’s Eve was quite the night.  My game plan? It was to go out and shoot a couple of bands, stop by Maggie’s and be home by 11.  What happened in reality?  Two hours at Discovery for Tommy Marsh, then Guy Martin, Grapes and Hops for Shawn Jones, Iron Butterfly Experience at Amigos, then Mandex at Bombay’s.  I finally made it to Maggie’s just in time for midnight.  Got home by 12:30.  Missed my target by one and half hours.  Not too bad!  Plus I love the photo taken just after midnight.
Thanks to pops for being my DD.  Thanks for posting this photo Maggie!

3. I believe on my last post I mentioned that I’m a spicy mama; I love hot foods!  But I’m also a cheesy girl.  Can’t get enough cheese in my life.  It was with surprise that I found out that China doesn’t “do cheese.”  I’ve heard that the Chinese don’t have a milk-drinking culture, thus they are lactose intolerant, but a lot of people around the world think the whole process is flat out gross.  I have to admit, it kind of is.  But then I eat chorizo, and nobody really wants to know what’s in that.

4. Could someone PLEASE for all the love in the world, explain to Sydney Rose the difference between leaving a voice mail message saying it’s “URGENT” and a voice mail message saying it’s “important.”

She drives me crazy!

5. I saw the movie Selma this weekend.  I don’t think I’ve been that emotionally impacted by a film in quite some time.  I’m hearing how certain businesses have pooled resources together in key cities to sponsor showings for all 7th, 8th and 9th graders.  The movie is a solid reminder that we have in fact come a long way.  You think cops nowadays are bad?  These guys were right down chicken shit motherfuckers.  People forget the segregation and the degradation, and bullshit rules imposed. Just shameful.

Yes let’s keep moving forward.  We shall not stand for human rights violations. PERIOD.

6. Cute story reported by LA Weekly recently where they show an LA Traffic sign was apparently hacked.  How funny would that be if it wasn’t hacked?  The sign reflects a Twitter hashtag, #ReadAFuckingBook, that’s been circulating since 2010. It’s often used to punctuate a perceived act of ignorance. Nice message don’t you think!

7. I’ve been creating websites since the 90’s when I was taught by a friend.  I never took an official class; he mentored me in website designs. I generate some extra income working at night and on the weekends as much as needed, but the World Wide Web Consortium has changed the rules over the years and so I’ve been teaching myself some of the newer technology via online tutorials.  I find the more tutorials I do for “beginners” the faster I get through them and the more the tech “sticks” with me.

8. The Doug Webb Group featuring Danny Carey of the band Tool, have played here in Ventura three times in the last seven months.  Each musician is top notch and to see Carey playing jazz is just too cool for school.  A friend of mine was going to put a tip in the tip jar until someone showed him on their i-phone that Carey is worth $40 million.

9.  Note to self:  When recovering from a bad head cold and/or cough, avoid tearjerker movies.

10.  Yeah, I had to deal with a bad cough the past week and so I couldn’t go to physical therapy for my knee.  After one week of no exercise, tons of bed rest and not really thinking about it…my right knee feels fantastic! 🙂

11. I’m planning a trip to Europe this Fall.  Any tips on traveling on a frugal budget?

12. From my favorite quotes file, “The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.”  – Malcom X

Thanks for your time!  And always question the media. 😉