This might be my last post for a while, too. If you want updates on what’s going on with me, you can follow me on Twitter. I tend to update there way more than here.

A fast moving brush fire has started in the hills above Montecito. I left work at SBCC shortly after it started and the huge flames were very visible from the east campus. It looked really bad.

Apparently downtown traffic is really screwed up, there’s a major power outage, and people are already losing their homes in the blaze. Spot fires on Westmont campus are being reported. Major evacuations are underway.

They’re calling it the “Tea Fire” for some reason. I heard that they think it started above the Tea House structure on Westmont Campus, but that’s really no excuse for giving the fire such a ridiculous name. That’s just lazy… if anything, they should have called it the Tea House Fire. The local media really like to dumb things down.

(Pictures stolen from Lisa Slavid via EdHat.)

Now get out there and vote!

Get out there and vote.

My 20 year high school reunion is just around the corner. This in and of itself makes me feel old as dirt, but to make matters worse I just discovered the above picture of me which was taken a week before my graduation.

Now, there is something really wrong with this picture. Aside from the fact that I’m wearing a plastic Swatch watch, or that I was sporting a really thin fake gold necklace, or that for some inexplicable reason I have my shirt collar tucked inwards… but OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THE MULLET??

I swear I don’t remember consciously making that hair style choice. It must be a trick of the light or defect in the camera. It has to be. I can’t live with any other answer.

Angelina Jolie Set To Destroy Own Vagina
John Mccain Denies Allegations That He Is A Politician
John Edwards Admits Fathering Clay Aiken’s Baby
Unemployed To Be Used For Soup
Gays Banned From Owning Pets In New York
Gay Marriage Could Be Profitable
Bush ‘Troubled’ by Gay Marriages. Declares San Francisco Part of ‘Axis of Evil’
Polar Bear Finds Yoga Great For Flexibility, But Murder On The Balls
Attack Of The Zombie Negroes: Dick Cheney
Mike Tyson To Fight Michael Jackson
Children Admit To Being Little Shits
Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency
Illegal Immigrants Seize Control Of The U.S.
Bush Sells Louisiana Back to the French
God Destroys Boise For Not Being Gay Enough
NASA Claim to Have Achieved First Zero-Gravity Erection
Scientists Warn Of New Global Luke Warming Threat
Cindy Mccain Talks About Her Boobs
Cheney Visits Afghan President, Shoots Him In The Face
Switzerland To Be Devoured By Black Hole
Aliens Abducted By Michael Jackson

(that last one is my favorite)

Tonight we saw Colin Hay at a local club. In case you didn’t know, he was the lead singer/songwriter from “Men at Work” in the ’80s and then went on to a splendid solo career of his own.

He’s one of the most enjoyable performers I’ve ever seen or had the honor to meet. Half of his act was just him talking to the crowd, telling charming anecdotes and jokes between songs. Damn if he isn’t one of the funniest guys ever.

Lisa needs a better camera phone, it takes crap pictures.

I managed to survive my first week as IT Director at the local community college, and I have to say I’m enjoying it quite a bit. I work with great people and there’s no shortage of stuff to do.

Plus, I get to see the ocean every day. Even the spot where I parked my car this morning has this nice view.

The biggest downside so far is having an office in such close proximity to a vending machine. I can hear the Snickers bars calling to me from down the hall.

I was in a gnarly car accident yesterday that destroyed my vehicle and banged me up pretty good. I got hit so hard that my car flipped over onto the driver’s side, the tires exploded and I had to kick out the sunroof to escape.

I gotta give props to BlackBerry. Mine flew from the car and bounced down the street, split open and cracked, yet it still kinda works.

Here’s something ridiculous to bring in the new year.

Back in 1988, my senior year of high school, my best friend Jimmy and I were part of a rap duo known as White Chocolate. Jimmy had a mini recording studio set up in his bedroom, complete with a 4-track recorder, mixers, equalizers, mics, sampling keyboards, and quite a lot of other gear that did who knows what.

I think we recorded almost a dozen rap songs (with titles like “I Be Cool” and “I Eat Raw Meat”), put together an album called Obnoxious but Healthy and gave cassette copies away to our friends. Surprisingly, it was well-received at the time. In retrospect it’s kind of embarrassing, but I had a lot of fun with it and was very proud of our work back then.

So, to commemorate the 20 year anniversary of White Chocolate, I present you with the album’s title track. I apologize for the poor sound quality. While I’m at it, I apologize for the poor artistic quality.

Happy new year, everyone!

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UPDATE: Now with a MySpace page!