It seems like this blog only really works in spurts.

Summer was as usual uneventful, moved way too many times, but am finally settled in a little apartment with Jesse. I walk to work every day and usually stop by the Co-Op on my way home. I have realized that I thrive on routine and that is part of the reason why I am still in Davis and still working at Armadillo.

Primary Concepts opened at its new location and looks amazing, now if only more downtown shops provided the same kind of atmosphere. Every time I go in there is someone there that I want to see and interact with. Kai is turning out better and better tattoos, and they are holding art openings and some small shows.

I am finding very few compelling reasons for leaving my house these days, my netflix subscription and library card have become my default activities after work. I seem to go through reading spurts much like I do with writing in this blog, I will read 3 or 4 books a week for a couple months, then I will get sidetracked and not use my card for half the year.

I am going to try to write about one song/album/movie/or other that has caught my interest recently.

Currently my default album at work is the Earlimart record Mentor Tormentor which came out sometime this summer. Part of that is the fact that by virtue of their name Earlimart are located behind the counter and so are easily at hand. But the other part is that I feel bands like Earlimart, Autolux and a few others are groups who music is especially conducive to cold weather. The record has bits of Elliott Smith, the aforementioned Autolux and the Shins interspersed with beautiful vocals and mellow but complicated song arrangements. Plus they have a song called "We Drink on the Job" on an earlier album, a statement that I can certainly get behind even if I do not currently indulge in that behavior.

Reading: Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Listening: Jim Lauderdale - Bluegrass
Watching: Weeds, Smallville, How I Met Your Mother