Circa November, 2008

Two Weeks

Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in Life As A Nico | 12 Comments »

or, "In Which Nico Spills The Beans". Before the end of the day today, I must remember to cash in my vacation days.  The check is pretty hefty, and that's one thing I didn't know about leaving a job. That's right.  I've ...

Re-Introducing: Shadow Nico and The Muse

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Life As A Nico, Random | 5 Comments »

Muse: Hey, have you seen Nico lately? Shadow: Nah, not really.  (drags on cigarette)  Why? Muse: Just curious.  He hasn't written any music lately, nor has he written very much in terms of creative writing or using his sketchbook.  Or even poking ...

Bike Hero

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 Posted in Internet, Social Media | 10 Comments »

I've alluded to it before, but one of the perks of working in Social Media is you get to see the cool stuff your colleagues are doing. This is one of those times. I personally am pretty enamored with the Guitar Hero ...

Filled With Beans

Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Life As A Nico | 5 Comments »

"If water were beans, our bodies would be 70% beans." -Al (a friend of mine) I'm feeling like I am made up of beans lately because I would really like to spill them.  I need to spill the beans.  But I can't.  ...

Let It Burst And Bloom

Friday, November 14th, 2008 Posted in Life As A Nico | 3 Comments »

I've a lot on my mind lately. I'm just an airwave rolling around I storm and crash without a sound There's all these islands out at sea I can't reach I'm just an airplane diving down I storm and crash without a sound engines exploding silently out ...

No, Seriously.

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Blogging, Internet, Research & Development | 5 Comments »

Turns out, I forget about the sphere of the internet that takes blogging and its ideas seriously - the part that doesn't shoot from the hip about what they're saying. In my last post, a sarcastic Anon pointed out that it ...

The Internet Is Not A Big Dump Truck

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 Posted in LA Underground, Life As A Nico | 6 Comments »

I wrote a whiny post about how I needed to leave my job working at the bar in order for me to get out of this rut I've been [verb]ing* in.  But why talk about it when I can do ...

Re-Emergence Day

Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in Gaming | 3 Comments »

*sigh* There goes $60+. Dammit.

Double Booking

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in LA Underground, Life As A Nico, Musicianship | 4 Comments »

I've ranted this before, and I'll rant it again: One of the worst things you can do as a booking agent for a music venue is to cancel a show. [sarcasm] And you know what's fuhrkin awesome? [/sarcasm] I have to ...

I Think I Borke Somefin

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Life As A Nico, Random | 3 Comments »

Well, the wedding in Vegas, which lead into a weekend that would make me ache well into today, was totally fun and memorable.  My favorite costumes included (predictably) those based on video game characters.  There was an impressively accurate Mario, ...