Merry X-mas?

I hate x-mas, that is all. May you have a decent one…

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2.7 in the Heezy

Since my nerves are getting the best of me before my long flight east I decided to upgrade to WP2.7 aka Coltrane (in this muhfugga) I also upgraded the flickr plugin and everything is working fine! Not that I expected anything less but last time I updated the flickr plugin I hated the plugin for a few hours before it began doing what it is supposed to. So yeah… YAY! 2.7 is pretty bad ass.

Edit: I’ve officially give IE6 the finger forever (F-You IE6!). I am the poor bastard in charge of fixing everything for IE6 at my place of work so I sort of refuse to acknowledge it’s existence in my personal/freelance work. I will charge extra for it in a  attempt to deter clients living in the stone ages. I recently worked with a client who still had dial up and IE6! It was mind boggling once I realized I could not talk to him while he was online (no mobile phone either) It was also fun to see wordpress do it’s thing in an lowest denominator scenario, not fun really though.

New Head Pieces

Brixton makes some pretty rugged hats. I picked up a few at Emerald City in Coronado. I got two of the same hat but they are made of different fabrics. The first I swooped is the Stroll in grey wool with a Lady Guadalupe lining (Awesome… even more awesome if you like to mainline.)

Melton Wool Stroll
Melton Wool Stroll

The second hat I got is also a Stroll but it has a nice grey herringbone pattern twill (silly flyness!) The hats are very solid, even their straw fedoras are pretty hefty. I am impressed and look forward to owning many a hat by these guys.

Herringbone Stroll
Herringbone Stroll

Wish List

Since it will never rain pop corn or actual cats and dogs here are some things you can get me to make the holidays totally awesome. This is not a weak attempt to use my never used Amazon affiliate account (I don’t think I have made a single conversion ever). I will probably just update this thread as a master list of shit you should buy (for yourself or for me!)

Bigger twitter profile pictures

I must know how now! Not so much because I want a bigger photo on my twitter profile but because I can’t figure out why only a handful of people have bigger profile photos?? I have found four people with bigger profile pictures and nobody has really spilled the beans. I haven’t gone so far as asking how they did it but I can’t find any information at all.

Anything I did find was a reference to the fact that some person indeed had a bigger profile picture. Google didn’t even come through! I am stuck and will probably ask one of them how they did it.

Last to bed, first to rise

Edit: this was written at 6:34 am on Sunday morning.

Why oh why is it always like this. No matter what I do I am always the odd ball who stays up way too late and then wakes up like four hours later. Right now it’s freezing and I’m sitting next to a portable heater with a cat who is sort of awake too.

If my intestines don’t lie, it’s safe to say that last night I drank quite a bit of Weller Antique 107 proof. First and last thing I tasted. My guts still kind of burn and I might need some tums.

Overall I enjoyed this bottle of Weller as much as their other bottles I’ve tried. A few things I liked about it were the price, the color and that’s pretty much it. I didn’t so much like the taste. It’s very old timey, cough syrup sweet with subtle hints of oak. I found it to be similar in taste to the 7 yo 90 proof but it’s still different enough to favor the 7/90.

It really reminded me of Bulleit, which markets itself as a frontier whiskey. They share the same copper penny flavor and a somewhat orange hue. It’s also got a little edge to it. I found to be better with tons of ice and a little water to be safe.

Whenever I have some bourbon I find too sweet it usually tastes better if I leave it alone for a few days and then give it a try again (see old grand dad.)

Weller 107

Bah Humbug

Seriously, screw the holidays. I once felt like a genius when I wrote that on the holidays nobody works. That is to say that only a nobody works during the holidays. Like the poor bastard that gets to run the drive thru at Jack in the Crack on x-mas day. It happens and I know it does because I am the type to want some tacos on x-mas day.

If I was a rich person I would probably enjoy it more since I would have many days off and tons of free time to do the shit that makes me sick like baking ginger bread men or decorating my house with fat bearded white guys dressed in red.

I really just hate the big drain. Plus the economy is poop so it’s extra lame this year. I ain’t bought a new toy since August! AUGUST!! Then my hours got cut like a new yorican knife victim (boricua!)

Sure, it sucks for all of us. Or does it? Bah!

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Oh man… SNL goodness

This had me dying earlier tonight. Sometimes Andy Sandberg is just too funny. A while ago I remember seeing some death metal song about giraffes that my friend and I swore was all his doing. Today was one of those days that I woke up late and had a cup of tea with whiskey in it and ended up staying in my pajamas the entire day alternating between naps, food and drinks on the couch.

Recent Decent Sips

So before turkey day I went and picked up two bottles. I wanted a nice bottle but there weren’t many options so I opted for two decent bottles.

One was a Weller 7 year old. It’s good and much different than the stellar 12 year old. Somewhat floral on the nose and packs a nice balance of sweetness and light oak on the palate. It’s a great anytime bourbon because it’s just so damn good and the price of $16.99 it’s damn near impossible to find a better bottle.

The second bottle was an Old Grand Dad 114 proof. Upon first sip (after having a few wellers) it tasted pretty gross. It had a sweet Italian sausage thing going on. I really thought it was pretty foul. I put it all the way in the back of the milk barn.

I gave it a few days and hit it after a hard day of work and it was much better. It still had a little of that sweetness and was a bit musty. I also picked up some fruityness. It really tastes like basement to me but in a good way.

I found it goes great with lemonade. The two just mix into each other and you end up with a sweet treat.

With or without lemonade it is a good sipping bourbon (just not as cheap or as good as the Weller).

old grand dad

weller

So I broke

I totally spent money at the Levi’s website swooped me up two pairs of 514’s for the price of one. Can’t complain. I really do want to make the move into uber expensive denim but I am broke as balls so Levi’s will have to do. I’ve worn levi’s my whole life. I once owned a pair of wranglers that were pretty cool. It’s strange how I change cuts every few years. I used to be strictly 501/505 but then I wanted more straight legs so for a few years I rocked 559/569. Eventually I got rid of the 569 because they are baggy in the thigh area. Now I just scraped the 559 altogether and rock a 514 with a bit more thigh huggage, a lower waist and an overall more fitting look. After all the phases of clothing I went through as a child/teen/young adult I have finally settled down at age 26 into clothes that fit me properly. My mom loves it and so do I.

Black Friday

sucks balls when you’re broke . I want nothing more than to go blow a few hundred dollars on myself right now. In reality I have about $200 and I owe my old lady $125 which leaves me with a whopping $75! Something tells me I should keeo it too rather than spend it. It is really burning a hole in my pocket… or something. If I was a nice person I would probably spend it on some gifts for friends or family.

Holidays are always such a bummer. I hate that I am always broke starting October and then never recoup till around February. You’d think that after three years of this happening one would notice a pattern and begin to prepare for such things. I think next year I will get it right.

The rain is gone and my neck is all fucked up because I slept on it in some horrible position. I dont know what happened but it hurts like a bastard and I’ve been awake since 7:00 am. Lots of bourbon but no money. My brain hurts and I want to listen to Led Zeppelin while sucking on ham bones and turkey necks with my ankles shackled to the sofa while watching a Mork and Mindy marathon wishing it would all just catch fire and get on with itself already.

I will now eat some leftovers and watch a Forensic Files marathon 😛

Alas it has arrived!

Today the creature spanks various food items including a TURKEY! Then he will retire to a cigar and some bourbon (Who would’ve thought!?) A La Vieja Habana African Cameroon and some Weller 7 to be exact.