Erik’s Blog

Love the band… Love the song… OMG…

Nobody tags me with memes. Okay, a friend from R7 did it once but that’s it. Since then, bupkis. You know what? I don’t care. I don’t need taggage to do one of these friggin’ things. If I want to do a meme on my own, I’m gonna, phhhthththttthhhh. So without further ado, here’s some kind of 10 thing that I saw on another person’s blog, but this one has my answers. Call it whatever you want.

• 10 seconds ago I was trying to type an intro to this meme.
• 10 minutes ago I was reading Fake Steve Jobs.
• 10 hours ago I was reading Part One of McSweeneys 26.
• 10 days ago I replaced my windshield.
• 10 weeks ago I was trying to stop writing “2007″ in favor of “2008.”
• 10 months ago I turned 41.
• 10 years ago I was doing tech support for Caldera. 

• 10 years from now I’ll be wondering why I pursued graphic design.
• 10 months from now I’ll be a full blown designer earning a designer income.
• 10 weeks from now I’ll be celebrating B’s birthday.
• 10 days from now I’ll begin counting the days ’til my next paycheck.
• 10 hours from now I’ll be hopefully asleep.
• 10 minutes from now I’ll no longer have to take a leak.
• 10 seconds from now I’ll click on the Publish button. 

So there.

Am I the last person on the Intertubes to discover hulu.com? I just watched The Big Lebowski and didn’t pay a dime to do it.  

…I dreamt that I had a blog. The blog ran Wordpress. I decided Wordpress sucked ass, then I tried other blog and CMS software.

Then my basement got flooded after a hurricane hit the coast of Oregon and I took down my web server. It stayed down a long, long time, then I brought it back up with Textpattern as my blog software.

Then I blew away Textpattern when I found that I couldn’t import my old Wordpress blog entries and decided to hold my nose and use Wordpress again. I changed the name of the blog from “Erik’s Blog” to “Meat.”

Then I removed my energy mask and I was Cameron Diaz. Then…

Wait, was it a dream? It sure felt real.

There are so many people that need to watch this, I can’t begin to list them.

I just downloaded and listened to the latest, greatest, label-free Radiohead CD “In Rainbows.” I’ll admit, when I pre-ordered the CD I was expecting something less than their last three CDs. I don’t know why, either.

I’m happy to say I was completely wrong: this, I think, is actually one of their better CDs. It’s more accessible than their last three–not as far out in left field, shorter radio-friendly song lengths, etc.–which is probably intentional considering that they’re now on their own. Still, it’s well worth the money and the slow download.

And yes, I PAID for the thing. I strongly recommend you do so as well. Don’t be an ass. Trust me, it’s worth it.

Do I really need to say anything about this? I didn’t think so.

Somebody, please, remind me where I live. It’s Portland, right? Not San Francisco, or Atlanta, or New York, or LA, but Portland?…Are you sure?

In that case, isn’t this more of a SECONDARY market for graphic design?

That’s what I thought…

…so why is the design industry out here sealed up tighter than a frog’s bunghole?

IDIOTS!

I don’t typically enjoy seeing a former employer go down the crapper, but in this case I think I’ll make an exception.

To SCO: bad luck, sleep poorly, and thank you very little. Oh, and die a flaming death. I can’t think of a company that deserves it more than you do.

I learned not long after I moved to Portland that a few celebs call the place home. Of course, reader that I am, I immediately thought of Chuck Palahniuk (who may actually live in Seattle by now, what do I know). Little did I know, Portland is fast becoming a mecca for indie musicians. Modest Mouse, The Shins, The Decemberists, Death Cab for Cutie, and a slew of others either have a member or two living in-town or are fully based in Portland. And more are on their way. Qwazy, I tell you.

I wouldn’t know most of these people if I ran into them on the street, but that’s what makes this place so cool: folks can just kinda be here and not make a big deal out of it.

What a cool place to live…