"Is Is" is Awesome!

Yesterday I bought the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP, "Is Is" and it's awesome! The sound is a lot more like their "Fever to Tell" album which I didn't expect but I love it! My personal favorite is the opening track, "Rockers to Swallow." I think I'll be blasting that one in my car for a while. Interpol needed a break anyway. ;)

Boredom + google = social life

Earlier today I was bored so I decided to look up random people on google. One of the people I decided to look up was an old co-worker/friend from NYC who I hadn't spoken to in about 4 years. Sure enough I found her profile on her company's website so I decided to send her an e-mail, not expecting to hear back from her anytime soon. Five minutes later she had written me back. We exchanged a couple of e-mails and then ended up talking on the phone and catching up. It was totally unexpected but definitely cool. Now we'll most likely get together next month when I go to NYC. Finally something posiive came out of my boredom.

I love google. ;)

P.S. 59 days before the Interpol concert!

Interpol!!!

The other day I bought the long-awaited new Interpol album, "Our Love to Admire." It took me several days to listen to the whole thing because I like to listen to songs a couple at a time. After having listened to the whole thing I've decided that my top three songs are as follows:

1. Rest My Chemistry - A song about taking a break from drugs/partying.

2. Scale - Not 100% sure what this song is about but I love it anyway. The song just has a great sound even if the lyrics don't mean anything to me. ;)

3. No I in Threesome - This is a song in which Paul Banks asks his lover to try something new, i.e. a threesome. This is the perfect guy song. I wonder how many guys will dedicate this song to their girlfriends.

Naturally I went for the gloomiest songs on the album. (See playlist below) That's one of the things I love about Interpol. A lot of their songs have a gloomy sound to them. As a result, they've quickly become my favorite band. (sorry Strokes. I still love you!) I don't think I would say this is my favorite album by them though. I still like "Turn the Bright Lights" better.

Anyway, today was great because I got my Interpol tickets in the mail! (finally) I'm so excited that they added dates in Florida. Now the countdown to September 19th begins! :)

Miami moment

So last night was one of the weirdest nights I've had since I moved to Miami. My friend Darlene and I decided to meet at a local bar in Hallandale after work to catch up and have a couple of drinks. It was literally supposed to be just a couple of drinks but two drinks turned into three, then four and it all would have ended there had this writer and photographer from In the Biz magazine (a local magazine) hadn't walked in as we were finishing our "last drink." They came up to us and asked us if they could take our picture and ask us a couple of questions for some story they were writing about the bar scene in the area. So of course we said yes, however since our drinks were almost gone we needed to get another drink for the picture. So we take some pictures and finish our drinks and are about to leave when the bartender mentions something about Dennis Rodman being outside. So we look over and there he was having a drink with some girl. So Darlene and I walk up to him and she casually pulls out a cigarette and asks him for a light. So he pulls out his lighter, lights up her cigarette and then asks us to join him and his assistant. So of course we couldn't refuse. We ended up hanging out with Dennis Rodman who of course bought us, you guessed it, more drinks! I was really surprised that he was so nice and that he invited us to join them. I think he liked us because we weren't making a big deal about him being famous. That and we played along when he initially pretended to be someone else. (as if we didn't know)

Overall it was an interesting evening. The last thing I expected was to have my picture taken for a magazine and then meet (and hang out with) someone famous on what was supposed to be a casual outing. This never would have happened in New Jersey. It was definitely, as my friend Jason said, a "Miami moment" even though technically this took place in Hallandale. ;) I can't wait to see what happens next time we go out. I could get used to this.

Blue Martini Groupie

And now for a more positive blog entry. Today I completed my tour of Florida's Blue Martinis. Blue Martini is a local chain of lounge bars which specialize in, surprise...martinis! The first one I went to was the one at the Galleria Mall in Ft. Lauderdale and I loved it. Since that fateful day in March I've visited their other locations in West Palm Beach and Orlando. Tonight I finally went to the 4th and last Blue Martini in Florida; the Tampa location. After visiting all four locations, here is how they rank:

• 1.Blue Martini @ Galleria Mall, Ft. Lauderdale
• 2.Blue Martini @ Millenia Mall, Orlando
• 3.Blue Martini @ International Plaza, Tampa
• 4.Blue Martini @ City Place, West Palm Beach

Blue Martini is definitely one of my favorite things about moving to Florida. Finally something positive. ;)

Lost...

Those who know me are aware of the fact that I am feeling lost careerwise. It's nothing new really, I've been feeling this way for the past year or so if not longer. Lately the feeling's been stronger because I'm not happy at work and the other day I realized that I am six months into the 30th year of my life. It's time to get my act together and figure something out once and for all. If only it were that easy. :/

I am at a scary point in my life. I'm living in a still relatively new place, working somewhere I no longer want to work at and feeling uncertain about what my next move should be, not to mention the fact that I owe a lot more money than I would like. This is definitely not where I expected to be at my age. When I was a teenager I thought I would have my life figured out by the time I was in my 30's. Silly me.

Anyway, a friend of mine suggested some books that might help me find myself which I will read. I always thought it was so stupid when people said "I'm trying to find myself" but now I totally understand what that means. I kind of wish I didn't.

Music makes it all better

I love music. I always have. If it weren't for music I don't know if I'd still be around. When I was in H.S I used to listen to heavy metal because it was the angriest music I could find and it helped me get through some tough times that I'm not sure I would've survived had it not been there to assure me that I'm not the only one feeling down/angry/whatever. Back then I was depressed about life in general. Looking back I'm not sure why I was so upset about things. When you're young there's always hope that things will get better. When you're my age it's different. There's stll hope but there are also so many more concrete reasons to be depressed. At 30 you are more aware of mistakes you've made and reality which is not always so great. Fortunately, there's always music to help you get through tough times. Today is one of those days. I'm not feeling so great but at least I have The Strokes to get me through. My problems will still be there but at least I have music to help me feel better.

This is the song on my itunes right now:

What Ever Happened?
By The Strokes

I want to be forgotten,
and I don't want to be reminded.
You say "please don't make this harder."
No, I won't yet.

I wanna be beside her.
She wanna be admired.
You say "please don't make this harder."
No, I won't yet.

Oh dear, is it really all true?
Did they offend us and they want it to sound new?
Top ten ideas for countdown shows...
Whose culture is this and does anybody know?
I wait and tell myself "life ain't chess,"
But no one comes in and yes, you're alone...

You don't miss me, I know.

Oh Tennessee, what did you write?
I come together in the middle of the night.
Oh that's an ending that I can't write, 'cause
I've got you to let me down.

I want to be forgotten,
and I don't want to be reminded.
You say "please don't make this harder."
No, I won't yet.

I want to be beside her.
She wanna be admired.
You say "please don't make this harder."
No, I won't yet...