CARDRUNNERS

There is this local venue in the city of Pontiac (near Detroit) usually reserved for indie rock groups, hip hop and old fashioned rock and roll. It is pretty quaint and well designed in an old warehouse downtown. My friend decided to put on a combo show of local hip hop artists and improvisational comedy (I take classes and perform at a local improv club here in the Detroit area). The idea was the rappers would take a suggestion from the audience and do a freestyle rap. Then, based on the content of said rap our troupe would do a bunch of scenes based on that. It ended up working out OK but there was some serious crossover action when we realized DJ Pauly D was putting on a show in the next room over (the place is pretty big). For those of you that don't know, he is on a show called "The Jersey Shore" and while I don't know the specifics having never watched it, from what I gather it is about people who wear a lot of gel in their hair and have fake tans. For reference, here is a picture of Pauly D:



The line outside the club consisted of tweener girls in full on skank wear in 10 degree weather. I have seriously seen more clothes on the girls at the Spearmint Rhino than I have here. Every single guy after that had the patented porcupine hair do with an Armani shirt or table cloth looking button up on with at least three buttons undone to expose their pecs. All this was accompanied by the worst trance type music you have ever heard and lots of talk about cocaine and "fucking hoes." The funny part was our venue shared a hallway with theirs for the bathroom so their was this eclectic mix of indie rocker/actor types and the decay of Western society intermingling. I went to take a piss a couple times and there were always 4-5 Jersey types sitting in the bathroom staring me down hoping I would say something so they could intentionally misconstrue it and start a fight.

The funniest part was I thought these guys were some type of myth like the Yeti or Sasquatch. I figured there were a few of them that existed solely on the Internet, but no, apparently these guys are everywhere.

Pretty ridiculous that just eight months ago I was working an office job that I hated for $12 an hour. I don't want to give any particular numbers but I am looking at a six-figure year for 2009. That probably seems a bit ho-hum these days - who isn't making six figures playing poker? But considering I never even thought I would make 30-40k a year with my trusty liberal arts degree from a state university I have to say I am quite pleased especially since I was staked for part of the year and had a full-time job until April as well.

The holidays have also been going quite smoothly as I did most of my shopping online this year. No long lines, no homicidal thoughts while trying to wade through a department store. I almost accidentally bought my girlfriend an engagment ring when I was just looking to get her a nice diamond ring. I was clued in when I said I would buy it and the counter girl chimed in with a "congratulations." Yeah I am smooth.

The Braminc Faarcyde stable has been going pretty well, not as smoothly as I hoped but can't complain with the results so far. We have eight horses and are looking for more, so if you are a winning player with decent results visit this 2+2 thread and email an application to bramfaarstakes@gmail.com . Make sure to post in thread if you email an app (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/135/staking/bram...

Other than that, not much going on. Michigan weather sucks and I want to move to California ASAP as possible. If I put up a big 2010 I will probably put a down payment on a house out there as long as the tax man doesn't rape me too bad and I can convince my family-obsessed girl to part ways with this climate. I just made three consecutive videos for CR so I'm guessing they will be sick of me for a bit but I plan on doing a multi-tiered leakfinder series next. Stay safe if you are traveling, take care everyone.

Probably the chillest beat ever committed to vinyl. RIP Dilla and Baatin.