This week has been very busy and now the sleeping-in begins. We finally got Qwest (#@$%^&ers) to come and hook up our T1 line, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut our T1 line still doesn’t work. Hmmmmmm. Sounds like Qwest still has more work to do, more than a month after the scheduled delivery date.

Onto more fun stuff. The week was topped off by leaving early on Friday. It was nice to catch-up on my favorite comedies: 30 Rock and Scrubs and jam out to the Flaming Lips and CYHSY. (Music selections inspired by this blog post) I also got a PS2 slim from eBay, madden 07 and a memory card. The plan is play madden online with a friend from Iowa. This is two years after I sold my original Ps2 to buy a dvd player, since I never played games. Even though I’m usually quite tired after work, I’m still less busy and stressed-out compared to school. So, I’ve been working on my console Football skillz and have chosen the Bengals as my team. Once my game gets up to snuff, I’ll be ready to take on all comers.

Keep your ears open this spring:

4 albums are either out or coming out that will keep indie-rockers quite busy. 1. Radiohead 2. Arcade Fire 3. Bloc Party 4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah . I’ve seen all of these bands live and have rated them based upon lived performances and album quality. We’ll see if the order shakes after their albums come out in the coming few months. Also, Radiohead fans should look for the Live at Bonnaroo DVD that Thom Yorke promised this fall. I was at that performance and it was the best musical experience I’ve ever had, EVAR!

NetFlix: With the full time job I’ve also got to consistently watch my NetFlix rentals. I’ve hitting up the standup comedy section lately. I recommend Louie C.K., Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifiniakis and the rest of the Comedians of Comedy gang.

It’s one week into the new year and things are already exciting. Technically the most exciting event so far was over the New Year’s holiday. I flew to LA last Friday to visit high school friends and take in the warm weather. The sunny weather was a nice respite considering the cloudly and rainy cold of the northwest. Right after touching down at LAX, we drove to Newport Beach and the Fashion Island Mall for shopping and lunch. We ate at the Cheescake Factory, molto bene!, and returned to the rental car to find that right-rear wing window was broken and my friend’s company laptop was stolen. The thief(s) passed up my iPod on the seat for the bag underneath the seat that might or might not have anything of value. Suffice it to say, we spent the next few hours talking to rent-a-cops and real cops.

The truly exciting part came when the ‘CSI Unit’ was called to lift fingerprints. I was sitting in the seat where the window was broken, so there was a chance that the fingerprints were mine. So, I had to give finger and palm prints to rule out my prints. I just heard yesterday that the prints found were NOT mine! Hopefully they catch the scum who stole my friend’s belongings, and his company’s, and discard my prints. I’m not sure how helpfully my prints would be for the official record considering they took my name and birthday only.

Other than that, work is going well as temporary DSL has been setup until the #$(*@# at Qwest get us the T1 line they were supposed to have provided, THREE WEEKS AGO! People are getting settled in after the office move and there is definitely less stress. Although all of the moving has helped me my find my new calling, running Cat5e ethernet cable above the ceilings.