http://www.rhymeswithmattie.com having cake and eating it too Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:09:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I just got my server back online and damn music is just such the bomb.  I'm rediscovering all these bands I used to be into like cock sparrer, ivy, ride and sunny day real estate.  how did I ever forget about them?  I have no idea.  I just realized ... http://www.rhymeswithmattie.com/?p=363 [audio:disco-4-he's-santa-claus.mp3] Disco 4 - He's Santa Claus Santacon was crazleberg this year.  Crazleberg because we thought we were going to separated from the whole thing when the ferry company oversold tickets on purpose and made the boat leave early, stranding hundreds of Santas helplessly at Pier 39 at 10 in the morning.  ... http://www.rhymeswithmattie.com/?p=332 Just got back from Portland and Seattle with Anna.  It was cool to check those towns out.  We stayed with Anna's friends (and now my friends).  They rule for putting up with us for a couple days. We were in a pretty good location in Portland.  Cute little neighborhood and we ... http://www.rhymeswithmattie.com/?p=331 I have these friends that are rabid Morrissey fans.  Like, drive-to-Vegas-and-get-a-hotel-room-to-see-him rabid.  I happen to be a fan of the Moz and crazy adventures too so I was down.  At first driving over there seemed like a good idea, then a real bad idea, then a good idea again once ... http://www.rhymeswithmattie.com/?p=312 Anna had her birthday party at this awesome house in Guerneville with a bunch of amazing people.  So we packed up the bikes for a weekend of hangin the hell out. Boris the tortoise held down the spinach-side of things.  Boris and I are bff. Then we took this canoe ride down ... http://www.rhymeswithmattie.com/?p=305 This is a typical practice with the Fur Coats.  You have been warned. This is one of my favorite posters ever.  Doesn't it just make you want to grab an instrument and use it as a weapon? We're working on a show where we do track stands the whole time.  Ok, we're ... http://www.rhymeswithmattie.com/?p=300 Anna organized this ride around finding the perfect sandwich.  'Starts in the Mission, ends in gluttony' was the tagline.  We rode throughout the city getting ingredients in separate parts of town.  Cheese on Polk street, bread at the Ferry Building, tofu on Clement, etc.  We were going to eat the ... http://www.rhymeswithmattie.com/?p=277 Sometimes I go wine tasting with my family.  It's fun because we can I can get drunk with my parents and it's all good.  We've finally reached that pinnacle level of understanding I guess.  Ok, we're drunks.  But hey, wait a minute, we went to downtown Sonoma to pay all ... http://www.rhymeswithmattie.com/?p=273 So sometime in the summer I did critical mass with Cat and Tia.  It was awesome, starting out with the ceremonial shot of tequila at my place... then we looked for the ride and met up with it right at the top of Lombard st.  Timing! [flv:/video/critical-ass.flv 480 320] http://www.rhymeswithmattie.com/?p=271 Kevin put on this ride called Ride and Destroy and it was awesome.  Totally full of riding and destroying. What did you mean there'd be hills?! Blogblock! oooh, artsy. Then we ended up at Puero Allegre.  This is what it looked like after a couple margaritas.  I used the 'drunk' photo preset on my ... http://www.rhymeswithmattie.com/?p=257