OK, so I'll admit it right off the bat:
We didn't paint today.
Instead, we slept in until 10, listened to "Car Talk" on the radio, ate a strange breakfast (we shared a rice cake slathered in peanut butter and jelly. Patrick was a bit too generous), got dressed and went to the Cypress swap meet. I haven't been in a long time, but we used to go together practically every weekend. Patrick likes to go to get his walk in, so he goes more frequently, but I just can't go all the time.
We bought: a strainer, a big loofah, and and icee. Took us two hours to walk the whole thing. It is truly a beautiful day, and we had fun. Afterwards, we checked out Bionic Records, which is right across the street. Bought Devo (Are We Not Men?) for me; Quicksand and Lamb of God for Patrick. I can't believe there are no more Tower Records, anywhere. Bionic was cool; the guy there was playing a band I'm a little bit interested in, called "LCD Sound System." They were a little bit Talking Heads, a little bit Human League, a little bit something else 80s. Oh! And they had a new copy of "Starin' Down the Sun" for sale!
After that, we went to Katella Deli for lunch... kind of an old folks hangout, but the food was yummy. I had matzoh ball soup and a grilled cheese sandwich (on wheat, thank you), with a side of steamed vegetables. We shared a turkey knish, and Patrick had some kind of crazy pastrami sandwich. It looked delicious. The service was terrific.
After that, we decided to check out one of the other locations listed on the business card I got at Bionic Records... we thought there might be a second location in Huntington Beach. On our way there, we decided to call and found out that the HB location closed in January, so instead we went to the beach.
Turns out we were at the Dog Beach, and that was totally cool. Checked out all the really cute doggies running around in the ocean, and the people walking around, and the surfers. Would love to visit that beach again.
On the way home, we listened to my Devo CD, and I am currently in LOVE with "Sloppy" (track 10). Terrific song. "Mongoloid" is pretty cool, too, though - not very politically correct.
Now I'm home, checking out this thing online called "Pandora Internet Radio." It's this thing created by the "Music Genome Project," and it notes your requested music, and suggests (and plays!) songs or bands that are similar to what you searched for. For example, I typed in "Wall of Voodoo," and have so far heard a song called "Lipgloss" by a band called "Pulp" (pretty cool), a song called "The Great Pretender" by Brian Eno, and "Misfit Kid," by the Cars. ... In fact, I think all these "Wall of Voodoo" songs have been awesome. You can see the station I created by clicking here!
And, just as a reminder, if you want a cool online radio station you don't have to program yourself, you should really check out FM 94.9, the San Diego station. I listened to it all last night and every single song was perfect.
