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Playlist: Because I Feel Like Dancing

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:40:00 -0700

Razorlight - In The Morning
Salt 'N' Pepa - Push It
Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm
Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
Young MC - Bust A Move
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Original)
David Bowie - Lets Dance
The Pipettes - Pull Shapes
the bird and the bee - love letter to japan
Phoenix - 1901

Homeeverything.com Poor Shopping Experience

Wed, 05 May 2010 10:29:00 -0700

To http://www.homeeverything.com ,

Before I made my order on your website, I called into sales and asked saul@homeeverything.com if I ordered 3 appliances (over $3,000) worth of gear from your store, could they simply throw in home delivery. His response was, yes as long as I didn't price match everything. Go ahead and purchase online and forward him the order number and he would take care of the home delivery.

Upon the promise, I created the order and emailed Saul. A few days ago by without hearing anything back from him. I called up inquiring my order. I was connected to a customer service representative on the phone who asked Saul about this promise. He had no idea of the sort. I wasn't asking for a free appliance for 50% off, I was simply asking for free home delivery. Upon the dis-service of a broken promise, I asked to cancel my order. The sales representative on the phone, then agreed to cancel my order and hung up the phone on me without any confirmation or pleasantries. I found my shopping experience to be extremely poor and the sales representatives rude to me.

I am sorry but I am going to be forwarding the story to http://consumerist.com.

Regards, Austin

Mobile / Web App Idea

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:05:00 -0700

Contemplating creating a new mobile app that will allow check-ins for Austin sightings. My reasoning is that I am a very hard man to track down / get off the couch. I think this app will earn me a crap load of money.

First Spam!!!

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:23:00 -0700

Long time no write long lost internet people. I just wanted to write an something that said that I have made it. My blog here at austins-web.com has had it's first spam comment. Interesting enough the whole blog was written by hand and also every registered user needed to click a link on their email and every user's email has to be unique. I know it's not the hardest system to break but why put in the time to program a spam bot for my website? You can see the spam on the bottom of this blog post. http://austins-web.com/articles/514-Busted-Tees-a-Shopping-Experience

A Hollywood Outing

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:58:00 -0800

Every once in awhile I have to do my boyfriend duties and actually escort my girlfriend out to some sort of event. Last night we headed to some sort of lounge / club in Hollywood called the Falcon.

A club or lounge is a perfect place to people watch. In my evening I have conclued the following

Cool

Randomly yelling: "THIS IS MY JAM!" to random songs.

Bad

Drunk, ugly and ho-ish women
Giving lap dances
DJ more or less playing cuts of a GirlTalk album.

Ugly

Throwing up dinner and drinks on the dance floor.
Full on gang brawl in the middle of the dance floor.

My New Commute

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:55:00 -0800

My commute no longer consists of a 10 minute drive or a 40 minute skateboard ride up the street. I have traded in that awesome commute for an hour long commute that consists of me driving through Korea Town and La Cienaga.

There are a couple of things that I have learned so far with my commute.

Even though my commute was like 2 miles in the heart of Glendale, I still come across more crappy drives in those 2 miles commute than I do in my hour long commute through the heart of LA.
You think your streets are ridden with potholes and neglected by CalTrans, try driving through my commute.
There are so many people selling t-shirts, food, dolls, etc out of the trunk of the car and apparently that is ok.
There are so many people selling t-shirts, food, dolls, etc out of the trunk of the car and apparently that is ok to the police.
Speaking of police, there so many freaking police in LA, I am surprised anyone would do anything stupid.
My commute takes me about an hour regarldess of the worst traffic or no traffic at all.

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Ode To Summer

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:22:00 -0700

And just like that summer has come and gone. It has been a fun summer of good comics, Dodgers baseball and some good drunken evenings. I have created a mix of songs that to me encompasses this summer. I hope you enjoy the mix.

Momma's Boy - Elizabeth & The Catapult
Lisztomania - Phoenix
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
Rapture - Blondie
Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
You'll Find A Way (remix) - Santogold
Empire State Of Mind - Jay-Z
Don't Upset The Rhythm - Noisettes
You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Hey Ya (Acoustic Cover) - Matt Weddle

LA County Fair 2009

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:46:00 -0700

I am sure most of you remember my previous foray into the LA County Fair last year ended up in me consuming twinkies that were fried and dosed in some sort of chocolate sauce. Upon eating the whole thing, I am sure I lost a year from my life simply based off the pure concentration of preservatives and stuff you really aren't supposed to ingest.

This year was extremely fun. Denise and I rode on a few rides. The merry-go-round in the kids section was fun and easy. Then Denise wanted to step it up and go on the big people rides. I reluctantly agreed. Both rides were not created for the average human. Instead these rides were created for some iron stomach child who just so happens to be over 47" tall. Let's just say, I got my ass handed to me by those rides. While I sat horrified in my seats, Denise mocked me by having the time of her life.

Besides the rides, we got to meet the Budweiser Clydesdales. Let's just say their huge muscular arms, were larger than my whole body.

We also came across the kids exhibit where all the children who wanted to show off their artwork could do so. Let's just say it had me pissed off that children these days have no artistic talent what-so-ever. Not only do children today have no artistic talent, but judges have some weird non-sensical process to identifying which crap artwork deemed worthy to place. My guess is they threw all the paperwork onto a surface and a had a drunk blindfolded monkey throw darts.

As we were walking to the exit to call it a night, just like a dying sitcom wanting to grab enough attention to justify it's existence to a declining user-base, we happened to come across a mobile platform where on top of said platform a band playing funk music. I looked around as the mobile platform went up and down the major corridors of the fair and people seemed disinterested. I guess this was the norm when it came to the fair.

I had a lot of fun at the fair this year. I had my yearly huge turkey leg. I walked the fair and enjoyed the atmosphere. I attempted to avoid the carnies. All and all, this year's trip was a success.

Been On Brand?

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:32:00 -0700

Do you think someone from the Simpsons have been to the Borders on Brand Blvd. in Glendale, Ca before?

Brand Blvd:

Photo Credit: fotomom

The Simpson's:

Austins-Web on on rails 2.3.4

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:10:00 -0700

Austins-web has been upgraded to use rails 2.3.4. Nothing should change from a user perspective. In fact, this post was more or less useless sorry.