So, this last Saturday night comes up and I feel like doing a “boys night out” since we haven’t done one in… well, FUCK, I can’t remember the last time. Anyways, I put the all the regular calls into the people that - A. are Single, B. Live close enough, and C. Can actually go out starting at 9 or 10pm (instead of going to bed at that time).
Unfortunately, that list has become rather short in my old age. Spork – out. Philly – out. Beat Dave – out. Neighbors – out. I sit in my living room scratching my head going “Shite, I might be in alone tonight”.
Then I go through the list of bastards, excommunicated friends & losers that NEVER go out.One such person is Chazz which I had all but given up for dead, not talking to him since last June for his Birthday. I throw him a text out of the sheer curiosity of his response. Sure as shit, I get a text back – He’s DOWN!!! So I tell him to be at my place at 9pm. We have a tall Captain (Arrrrgh!!!) at my pad, talk about the last 9 months and head over to my local watering hole – The Bluefoot (or as I call it the Clubfoot). I really love that place though. Good, strong drinks that are not hard on the wallet.
As I partake in some cocktails, Chazz decides to GO BIG his first night out in a long time – 4-5 Bass Ales along with 3 shots of Jaegar, topped off with that first Captain at my house.
Needless to say we were both quite loose and lubricated well into the evening. Even ran into my old neighbors Kurt & Kristen (the owners of Frock You). Played some pool. Watched Chazz work the room with the grace of a leopard (a drunk leopard, that is). By 1am I was ready to roll my happy ass home, but he had other plans – beer goggles in full effect. Sure there were some very NICE ladies in there but not this one, considering the last thing she told him before we left was that she had a Boyfriend.
We leave when the lights are on and they are telling us to get out. We walk (well, I walk – stumbles) back to my place. I know there is NO WAY he will be driving home that night. He sits on the couch and tells me “the room is spinning”. I give him some water and he won’t drink it. I say “You want to go to the bathroom or a bucket” as I was walking in with the bucket he says “The bucket sounds like a good idea” and proceeds to hurl for an hour, pass out, then roll into my bathroom to dry heave for another hour. GOOD TIMES!!!!
The next morning – we both look like crap since I barely slept and he looked like Death shit in his mouth.
Just one of those days, not yet Summer. HELL, it's barely Spring, but was great outside - sunny, blue sky, cats playing in the green grass, the smell of spring in the air.
Makes me think of the things I love... Art, Movies and MUSIC. One of the bands I don't regularly think about, but love to hear when they come on is the Doors. My favorite song - Peace Frog.
Enjoy...
"Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven Blood stains the roofs and the palm trees of Venice Blood in my love in the terrible summer Bloody red sun of Fantastic L.A."
Apple announces IPhone (been rumored for some time) and Apple TV:
IPhone link Consumers will finally get the chance to own an iPhone, a mobile phone that plays iTunes and surfs the Web, electronics maker Apple said Tuesday. The device will retail for between $499 and $599.
Company chairman Steve Jobs, speaking at the company's annual Macworld expo, called the iPhone, which will be available in June, a "revolutionary mobile phone" that will feature an iPod, phone and what he called an "Internet communicator."
Jobs also disclosed that Apple's iTunes will sell Paramount films, and that the long-awaited AppleTV device to view downloaded videos will be available beginning in February.
The phone is rectangular, and the entire front surface is a touch screen. All of its functions are activated by touch, but when you bring your iPhone to your face, a proximity sensor will turn off the touchscreen so you don't accidentally face dial.
The phone, which runs the Mac OS X, will come in two models -- a $499 version with 4 gigabytes of memory and a $599 one with 8 gigabytes.
"This is a day I've been looking forward to for two-and-a-half years," Jobs told the crowd at San Francisco's Moscone Center.
Jobs was particularly enthusiastic about the iPhone's Web-browsing capabilities."It's bad out there today," says Jobs of mobile Web browsers. "It's a real revolution to bring real Web browsing to a phone."
Despite all these bells and whistles, Jobs said the "killer app is making calls." The iPhone will operate on the GSM protocol, but won't have third-generation broadband initially. Jobs said that 3G capability is coming. It will also sync with the Mac's Address Book application.
Cingular will be Apple's sole U.S. partner. It's an exclusive multiyear agreement, which means no other carrier will be able to sell the iPhone through 2009.
In a move that could hurt BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, Apple will offer free push e-mail from Yahoo on the phone device. RIM currently charges for its e-mail service.
APPLE TV link On Tuesday Jobs also unveiled the product formerly known as iTV, which will now be called Apple TV. This device has a wireless connection that will let up to five computers stream or download video content to a television. It can connect to a large-screen high definition television, and with 40 gigabytes of memory can store 50 hours of movies and television shows.
Apple TV will ship next month, and will sell for $299. Jobs said the company is accepting orders.
Jobs announced that there have been 2 billion iTunes sold for iPods. He said it took 3 years to sell the first billion and ten months to sell the second billion. He added that 1.3 million movies have been sold for video iPods.
The company also disclosed that it is changing its name to Apple Inc. from Apple Computer Inc. to reflect the changing nature of the company's product list.
Apple shares surged nearly $7, or more than 8 percent, to $92.44 on the announcement.
