Today the Green Day tour bus parked in front of my building. They obviously did it to torture me, because I’m not going to the show.

I stood outside for a while, but it appears that it was merely the crew bus. CURSES! For the record, Green Day has a special place in my heart: Dookie was the first CD I ever owned! *sigh*

Shiny Shiny has once again lured me towards something I suddenly cannot live without. This adorable bag has a build in iPod pocket (not that strange these days) but I like how it can be worn either around the waist, fanny pack style, or over the shoulder. It’s perfectly sized for me, because I hate carrying a purse (gross) and my Timbuk is just a little too big for casual wearing. The bag is from a company called Silent Revolution, and I think I’m going to buy me one of these very soon. Unless you want to buy one for me…

In other news, the move has gone well. I’m pathetically broke (yet trying to buy a fanny pack?), but it’s worth it to have a place of my own. Although, a couch would be nice. You can add that to the list of things you’re buying me. ‘Kay?

Well, they finally decided to pull MacWorld out of Boston. I suppose it makes sense, considering the show couldn’t even get Apple to come. I’ve been to two shows in Boston (one at the South Boston Cenvention Center, and the other most recently at the Hynes Convention Center), and also one here in San Francisco. It’s easy to say that the SF show blew the Boston ones out of the water. While I never had the chance to go to one of the MacWorlds when they were in New York, from what I’ve heard it was much more exciting (to nerds like me) than the later shows.

While this makes me a little sad (now I don’t have an excuse for anymore improptu visits to Boston) I can see where they’re coming from. The Boston shows, especially at South Boston, was pathetic at best. The area that MacWorld took up was a paltry 1/4th of the room they were in. It looked… sad. Hynes was laid out a little better, but the gap left by vendors such as Apple, Macromedia, Adobe, etc was very noticable. I couldn’t tell from the article whether or not they’re planning on moving the show back to NYC, or if they’re just going to have the one show in SF. Maybe… two shows in SF? That’d be super.

I’ve been listening to this album for the past two days, and I’m still not positive exactly how I feel bad it. There are definitely a few great tracks (“Lights”, “Blood” and especially “Munich”), however the rest of the album isn’t quite sticking with me yet. This is their first album, so I can give the Birmingham, UK, band some credit for effort. Fans of Interpol and Bloc Party will be psyched, as they have a similar dark, dancey feel to them. I hope they tour soon, I wouldn’t mind seeing their show live.