Celeb Sighting: Dr. Oz

At his wife Lisa's book signing in Culver City.

How much would you pay to see your future?

"A Stanford bioengineer has become the first scientist in the world to decode his own DNA with a machine he invented, allowing him to peer into his genetic blueprint to see his risk for disease — and expanding the frontier of medicine... [His] machine, the size of a freezer, sequenced his human genome in only four weeks, for $50,000. The procedure is expected to cost $10,000 by the end of this year."

If you're able to scrounge together the resources, would you pay $10K and wait 4 weeks to map your complete genome?

Source: http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_14987438

Happy Madison Square Garden

Culver City, CA

On learning to play the guitar

Just because you don't currently have the ability to do something doesn't mean you can't acquire that ability. Many things in life are deterministic. Fate's not going to just come to you and give you the ability to play. If you want it bad enough, you'll figure out a way to make it happen.

So for me, the question is not necessarily when, but how badly do I want it?

I regret...

...nothing. There's no point to looking back in regret if you can't actually click 'undo' on your life.

When the Sun Don't Shine

dreary, weary, most lackadaisical day
serious, worn-out, and caught up in the fray
of non-thinking, head-spinning, nonsensical displays

say, have you ever not been present when others aren't away?
hey, cut out the bevy of um's, maybe's, and okay's
and instead concentrate
on the things that aren't so opaque

or maybe that should be my strategy of late:
to try my hardest not to be dismayed
by the uncertain future that feels like a weight
and running full steam into me like a freight
train. it's hard to pick up the energy after you've ate

when you've basked in the glory of cakes and baked
goods and have had a taste
of hunger that's been hard to insatiate

crave, to be better than what's there for you straight out the gate
hate, the traits people have placed on you that don't really explain
who you are. but wait
that's just another lame game if you're not so sure of your personal aims

more of the same--
death, war, destruction, and pain
though you're not to blame, per se, they still can't be tamed
leaving you drained and only partially sane

so, mate, what's on the horizon for what I became
any sage wisdom that you can ordain
as I navigate the tumultuous rage that so frequently characterizes this stage in the maize
my fears I've tried so far to keep at bay
but how do I gauge?
at what age do I get to lay claim to my name in fame?
and create something that's finally here to stay?

or do I leave it to fate
and simply turn the page?

Concert: Semi Precious Weapons (feat. Nico Vega, Breedlove)

Live at The Roxy Theatre | Los Angeles
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 | 8 PM