Tuesday, January 8, 2008

how i spent my christmas vacation

aka: how i took 7 crappy photos in 3 weeks.















tom came and visited, and snored like a polar bear.















i went to the new museum.
the sign on the outside was the only good part.




















christmas came and went.















i got a bunch of books and dvds.















i sat around and made stuff like this.
















tortured the poodle like this.
















and played beautiful katamari until my thumbs were raw.

unhappy ballerina

before the "if dance"...there was this:

the antennas are classic.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

The Folly of a Boy's Empty Mind


Welcome back to Boston. Its good to be home.

My first time seriously travelling during the holidays. Three $13 jack and cokes at the airport bar helped smooth over the edges of a reeeeeal rough red eye across the country, replete with screaming babies and fights for seat space with the creepy 8 year old sitting next to me.

Back in Beverly with the fam and a hearty nap before hitting Beantown for the Celtics-Magic game. I'm so glad i saw this team play in Boston in this historic season. 29-3, wtf!!!??!! They only won 24 games total last season.

My camera wore drunk goggles.
The Magic handed the C's one of their 3 losses earlier this season. Here's wunderkind Dwight Howard at the line with KG looking ready to rip someone's head off underneath the hoop. The intensity was palpable. Such positive vibes in Boston sports this year. A Red Sox World Series, the Patriots going for a legendary 19-0 season to pick up their 4th superbowl, and for the first time in 20 years the Celtics matter. What a year for me to move 3000 miles away.

The cheerleaders dressed in santa outfits.
Old friends, it's good to be home.
Pull your pants up KG! Thanks for a great game, see you in Oakland come February.

Festivus at the Cohen's. Somehow my parents always find the most random yet completely appropriate gifts. Here's my brother Jay with a prosthetic middle finger.

My brother James got a remote control rat he immediately named Eric Mangini. Thats what you get for tattling on the best coach in the history of the NFL!
Mike approves of two strangers deeply involved in a New Years dry hump. I wish I had more pictures from this night but my camera sucks and I was heavily medicated. Addendum to my New Year's Resolution list: buy a Powershot.

I hope everybody had a nice holiday season. Tom, Derrick, Mike, great to see you guys in SF. Sara, Chris, sounds like you had a good time ringing in the new year, let's hang out soon. Annie, hurry up and come back so we can commit to an all Miki diet for the rest of January.

Friday, January 4, 2008

by request...


new years with annie....

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Better Late than Never...

Best of 2007

Top Albums (not necessarily released in 2007):

6. Mice Parade - Bem-Vinda Vontade
5. Fionn Regan - The End of History
4. The Kidcrash - Jokes
3. Beach House - Beach House
2. Why? - Elephant Eyelash
1. Majority Rule - Interviews with David Frost

Top Songs Enjoyed in 2007 (in no particular order):

The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up - A Toast to the Happy Couple
The Curtains - Saga
Grizzly Bear - Don't Ask
Bracken - Fight or Flight
Beirut - Scenic World
Xiu Xiu - Boy Soprano
Sufjan Stevens - Opie's Funeral Song
Montag - Going Places
Rachel's - Wally, Egon, and Models in the Studio
Beach House - Lovelier Girl
Aoki Takamasa + Tujiko Noriko - Vinyl Words
Panda Bear - I'm Not
DNTEL - To a Fault

2008 New Year's Resolutions:

5. Ride my bike more / become a Cat 5 rider
4. Read more books
3. Write and record more music
2. Talk to more girls
1. Drink less


I miss you guys. Thanks for letting me be a part of this.