Radiohead

I've been in a pretty big phase as of late, listening to "Pablo Honey" repeatedly. This morning I found out about the pre-sale tickets going on sale this Friday. I really hope I'm able to get tickets, they're one of the few bands I really care about going to see.  Last time I saw them at the Hollywood Bowl right after Hail to the Thief was released (2003- seems much longer ago), and it was an amazing set. Not to mention this time they're performing with Liars, which is going to doubly awesome.

Work

Work is hard, retirement sounds good. It's unfortunate that you just can't do whatever you feel like doing in this  life. Who decided that? Since I can't do whatever I want whenever I feel like it, nursing is pretty cool as a career. There is so much to learn in the process of doing things and the way operations work at the hospital; it's hard, constant work for 12 hours/day, but the time flies by, and most of the people I work with are aight and fun to talk with.

A Resurgence?

I just finished the book, "The Kite Runner" today. Despite it's name, it's less about kites that you might think. Actually, the story takes place from pre-Russian invasion Afghanistan to the near-present, and revolves around the story of a boy, his father, their servants, their response to the calamity following the Afghanistan revolution/Russian invasion. Plot twists abound, and there are a lot of interesting themes about morals and parental acceptance. It was really an amazing story throughout, and I can't recommend it highly enough. Hurry up and read it so we can chit-chat.

McSkillet Burrito

I love McDonald's, but I don't love the McSkillet Burrito. The sauce was weird, the "meat" was weird, the eggs were slippery and slithery, but the cheese was ok. I'll stick with the McGriddle until my heart explodes.

Graduated

My friend Justin and I at our Nursing Pinning Ceremony

I finally graduated from Cal State Long Beach with my Bachelor's of Science in Nursing. The only thing that stands between dedicating the rest of my life to ridiculous pursuits and hobbies is our state board exam, the NCLEX, which I will take in a few weeks.

Here's a group photo of our class

Sigur Ros Vista Theater

Lucky me, before Sigur Ros' movie premier at the Vista Theater in LA last Thursday, they came out and played a three-song acoustic set (Ágætis Byrjun, a new song, and Untitled #4). It was really cool to see them in that setting, cause there were only like 200 other people in the theater, and it sounded really good.
The gist of the movie was that following their 2006 tour, they returned back to Iceland to play free shows all around Iceland for people to come out and see. They'd play outdoors, in abandoned houses, an old industrial fishing warehouse, and a final show that culminated in a huge festival-type setting. The film was beautiful enough to be used as an advertising tool for the Iceland bureau of tourism, but the music just left me longing to hear the band live, especially because I was aware of their presence at the venue.
Afterwards, Jonsi was outside, and it looked like people were standing around him to talk to him, but nobody was really talking, they were just kinda standing there. It was a bummer cause I wanted to take a picture, but he was just surrounded by hipsters. Anyway, here are some pictures that somebody else took, and at the bottom is an mp3 of Ágætis Byrjun from the event:

Freeways I Drove On Yesterday

22W
405S
22W
57N
91E
91W
710W
405S
710E
405N
110E
10E (by accident)
10W
110E
101N
101S
5S
710W

I went to Anaheim for work and Amoeba to get free Sigur Ros tickets for Thursday night with Karisa.