Who Is DJ Skittles?

Music, shark. Shark, music.

kitpierce — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:03:49 +0000

I think I have just witnessed the death of musical integrity. I was flipping through the channels and stumbled upon the high definition music channel sporting a Gospel choir swaying on stage in front of a rock and roll band. Now those of you that know me know this is a great start as far as Kit’s concerned (to wit, Black Crowes, Third Day, et al) So I hit the info button on the remote to see Storytellers was just starting; even better! And then…
Kid Rock saunters toward the stage and pulls out a microphone. That’s right – the series that was once known for giving artists an opportunity to tell tender insightful stories about their hits (Eddie V’s story about how audience reaction colored his own awareness and enjoyment of Alive was amazing) was now giving us a formerly self respecting choir belting out Bawitdaba. Followed by a overly blue tribute to a crass stage prop known as Joe C. Not that I don’t think there are hip-hop acts worthy of a Storytellers (Talib, Common, Mars Ill, shoot even Eminem) I just don’t think Kid Rock is it. Evidently I have either held out too much hope for music in pop culture or I have drastically underestimated how far a wife beater and a Detroit Tigers tattoo can take you in life.

7 More Weeks…

kitpierce — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:38:44 +0000

No Line On The Horizon

The date is approaching for U2′s new album – now the details start dropping. Pitchfork has an article detailing the track listing and it includes the new cover art. I can’t wait…

Happy New Years!

kitpierce — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:13:04 +0000

Well, it’s been a wild wild ride. I have met a ton of new people and discovered more about people I already knew; learned new things and forgotten some others; experienced a ton of change (some good, some not so much) gained some new habits and lost some others; been places I have never been; done things I have never done; learned more about myself than I ever thought possible; and *most importantly* lived to tell the tale. I can only wish the same for the coming year. God bless to each of you and I look forward to the adventure that is 2009. Happy New Year Ya’lls!!

Music Nerd

kitpierce — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:36:41 +0000

Zune Playlist

I officially broke 30,000 plays on the Zune. I either love my music collection or need to get out more. Or both…

Update (12/31/2008): Evidently the powers that be thought I needed some time away from my Zune as well. As such I was striken (along with potentially a million of my closest friends) by Z2K9. That’s right, due to a wonderful “bug” (not a feature,) BSOD company strikes again. Thanks Wired.com for letting me know I am not alone. Let the snickering from the Apple fanboys begin…

Sooooo…

kitpierce — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:09:43 +0000

My 30th birthday is coming up in a couple months (8 weeks and 3 days, but who’s counting?) and I am trying to decide what to do to treat myself. Granting, because Murphy (he of the eponymous law) is a jerk, the economy has tanked just prior to my big day which may put a crimp in how much money I am able to throw at this event. But I still would like to take a little time to commemorate my not becoming a meth addicted burnout or victim of some unfortunate tragedy (knock on wood…)

Any ideas?

Merry Chrismakwanzakasolstice

kitpierce — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:41:20 +0000

That’s right ya’ll – it’s the holiday season and I would like to be the 4 billionth person since Thanksgiving to remind you that today is indeed, Christmas. I hope that you all had a wonderful time surrounded by friends, family, and loved ones.

And I learned that you never really notice how much you’ve been working, and hence slacking on the home life, until you find yourself sitting at home with all of the local HEB’s closed without milk for cereal or meat to cook with and eating soup waiting to go back to the normal cycle again tomorrow.

In a completely unrelated note, there’s a great Flickr set paying homage to one of my favorite cartoons – The Far Side. Enjoy it here…

Rover Strikes Back

Just another day…

kitpierce — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:36:07 +0000

As a subscriber of SBC’s DSL service, they were kind enough to throw in all sorts of wonderful goodies – namely 2GB of email storage at a time before Gmail and when Hotmail and Netscape were offering a whopping 250Megs and later on the addition of a pro account on Flickr. Sadly a mere three years after I stopped giving them money, SBC/Yahoo has decided to revoke my pro account. And while it’ s been a good run, the thought of dealing with a mere 3 sets was unbearable for me so I started searching for another photo host. Which, as a nerd, pretty much entailed googling photo host and hitting the first few pages of results.

Lo and behold I have decided to move my pictures to Google’s own host – PicasaWeb. On the downside it only offers a gigabyte of storage for free (you can purchase more if wanted) but since I moved all my pictures *ever* and am still using less than half of that, I think I will be safe for a while. One very nice addition is the ability to use a client application (Picasa 3 is pretty nifty AND it has a Linux client) which is far easier than Flickr’s web editing tools and it is whipcrack easy to sort photos by date taken – something that drove me crazy with Flickr.

And it was while sorting my wedding photos (yeah, I probably need to write more about that soon, eh?) that I discovered a nice little surprise. My three year anniversary was this week. Brief recap of the timeline – married in December, the real coldsnap hits and she leaves for good in less than a month, annulment filed by a lawyer with an unintentionally awesome sense of humor on Valentines Day, and officially annulled exactly six months after the wedding day. A large part of me thought those dates would live in infamy, seared in scarlet across my brain. And for a while they were. But as I started to tell this story at work, I was met with a volley of “aaww, man I’m sorry” responses. To which I had to point out that the point of the story was much happier than it would seem at first blush. The date had crept up on me, jumped into my face, screamed “Boogity!!” and been met with a resounding “Oh… whatever.” That’s right people, evidently time does heal all wounds. In the words of a wise person I know, “This too shall pass…”

And thanks to MP for picking up lunch that day. That really wasn’t the point of the story, but I appreciate you being such an awesome dude none the less.

Sheboygan = Wild Wild West?

kitpierce — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:25:51 +0000

“A staged shootout got a little too real when two people were shot with a gun mistakenly loaded with birdshot…” Awesome – I am so proud of my hometown today.

Yech…

kitpierce — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:16:19 +0000

Dogbert Explains...

So I did nothing today. At least it feels like it. Slept until almost noon – perhaps the sinus medication is to blame? Cooked. Did laundry. But I guess it’s all the stuff that I didn’t do that bugs me at the end of the day…

Although I usually don’t mind being a lazy bum, today it struck me that I’m almost 30 and still seem to spend an inordinate amount of my time doing – well, nothing. Is that normal? Am I missing out? What makes the average human being feel fulfilled, or feel complete? Is it work and a career? Is it friends? A family and kids? Religion? Escapism? A collection of stuff? Hobbies? Looking forward to the next vacation? The acquisition of knowledge? Having goals?

Things Bears Love

kitpierce — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:05:36 +0000

Girl Scouts – defenses are easy to infiltrate, plus free cookies after mauling…

Things Bears Love - Girl Scouts

from thingsbearslove.com