Mr. Meatballs turns 30

Court finally celebrated his own dirty 30th birthday. Usually people cling to their youth by fighting every step of the aging process. Court on the other hand feels that his body is finally catching up to his mind. Take that as you will. When we were dating, his sister wrote me a letter giving me a heads up about him secretly being a "crotchety old man" before making the commitment to marry him.

This year we went to Pizzeria Mozza, an uppity pizza place in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles. As we waited for the valet, (yes valet at a pizza place) we saw an old woman in a long black dress with a tutu type detail holding a Badgley Mischka bag. If that wasn't bad enough a women left her car with the valet and he chased after her with a large fist full of cash yelling, "excuse me ma'am this was lying on the floor of your back seat." We decided that for fancy pizza, Delancy's was clearly the better choice. 

I wanted to give Court some magic for his birthday so I got up super early (5:00am) and strung lights up over the table for a special breakfast. In the picture he is holding Beck's Mellow Gold album.

     - Spinach & gruyere quiche

     - Cinnabon cinnamon rolls

     - Orange juice in a vintage glass pitcher 

Enroute

 A playlist for occupying the space between sky and ocean.

Dirty Beaches True Blue

Echo & The Bunnymen All My Colours

The Chameleons View From A Hill

Girls Names Black Saturday

Jessica Lea Mayfair Our Hearts Are Wrong

Kings Of Convenience Misread

Raveonettes With My Eyes Closed

Toro Y Moi Divina

Warpaint Undertow

Washed Out Feel It All Around

                                          

 Jared sitting next to some dude who would much rather

be swimming in a pool full of alien cocoons.

Being trapped on a plane means having to partake in a stranger's flatulence from beginning to end. I have broken down the stages of suffering.

1. Its subtle at first, making only your nose crinkle and nostrils flare.
2. Then the furrowed brow.
3. At this point you realize you are now breathing in air that has  
    passed through someone's anus. This realization induces an       
    overwhelming sensation of anger.
4. After the anger subsides the theories begin to formulate as to what
    the perpetrator may have eaten to produce such a vile odor.

In this particular instance my brothers and I concluded that this person must have eaten an aborted Garbage Pale Kid.

Left: Adam's inflight snack                                             Right: Adam in a smoking chamber

My Golden Ticket

This Winter I recently visited my parents again but this time with two of my brothers. Since my sisters and I went last Summer, my mom felt that is was only fair to plan a brothers trip. My mom bought a ticket for each of my three brothers. The expectation was that they would acquire a visa and time off of work for the impending trip. Two out of three made good on the deal... but the last little piggy had none.

I would just like to paraphrase the exchange that took place between my mom and brother #3 when he had to tell her that he would not be coming.

Mom: "Josh, did you get your visa?"

Josh: "No mom. I can't go. I'm really busy."

Mom: "What are you talking about? You're unemployed."

Josh: "I am taking an auto class at the community college and I have class once a week that I can't    miss."

Mom: "I already bought your ticket. Surely you can take this class again next semester."

Josh: "I'm also heavily involved in the Occupy Wall Street down in San Diego. They really need me."

Mom: "This is too ridiculous. Get your visa Josh!  If I cancel your ticket I won't get all of the money back."

Josh: "Another reason I can't go is because I have be here to support Ron Paul. I need to put signs up around town and talk to people."

Mom: "Are you even registered to vote?...Wait a minute, are you even allowed to get a visa? You know you have a felony charge and I'm not sure they give those people visas."

Josh: "That charge was dropped to a misdemeanor."

After much discussion it was decided that my brother's ticket would be transferred to my name.