Well… It’s been a while since I posted anything on what’s going down in Boris-world and I figure this is as good a time as any. I’m watching the Raw after WrestleMania and figure I’d throw down some stuff on the site.
First and foremost, as I’m sure most already know I have a new job. After just over 7 years I have left Best Buy. There’s a lot I could say about BBY but most of it wouldn’t realy interest anyone but I met some great people and had some great experiences but I think I took it as far as I could and really as far as I wanted too. It was time to branch out and leave the comfort zone and try something new which is exactly what I did.
I’m now in the General Manager Training program at Safeway. Working out of the Cromdale store. It’s been a few weeks and there is a LOT to learn but it’s going well and I hope to help that store return to prominence. If you’re in the neighborhood (and why the fuck would you be??) Come by and say hi.
And I find it greatly amusing that Mr. Tyler Lewis and myself have started a Best Buy veteran exile that continues to grow. There are a lot of great people at BBY and several of them have recently left the company for greener pastures and I’m happy for each and every one of them. I wish them all great amounts of success. I could also do a little mocking of the last BBY GM I worked for who was recently….. Removed but that would be unclassy of me, and I’m a classy motherfucker.
In other news, I’ve finished a few books recently….
“I Slept With Joey Ramone” by Mickey Leigh (Joeys brother) was tremendous. It gave a lot of insight into the life of Joey Ramone and the Ramones as a band and keeps it real. The good, the bad and the ugly is exposed and its raw and real like it or not. Word is that its been optioned as a film, very curious as to the potential casting.
I also just finished “Why We Suck” by Denis Leary. I’ve been a fan of Learys comedy for many years and when I came across the book by accident and Indigo I was stoked and it didn’t disappoint. Everyone should read this book. Women will understand their husbands more clearly, white people will understand black people and vice versa and we will pretty much just be better off as humanity if you check out the book.
Musically I’ve been checking out a lot of stuff thanks to how fucking easy it is to spend money on iTunes. “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” by Phoenix is incredible. I slept on this one for a long time and wish I would have jumped on it earlier as its more then stellar.
Also, “I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart” by Butch Walker and the Black Widows is awesome. I’ve read Gregory McDonalds twitter over the past few months and he was playing with them and talked about Walker a lot. I took a chance on it and was pleasantly surprised. (For those that don’t know, and if you don’t you suck, Gregory McDonald has been playing keyboards etc for Sloan at gigs for the past few years.)
Also, the latest Nitzer Ebb, Attack in Black, Band of Skulls, Features, HIM, Joel Plaskett, KMFDM, Sloan, Prodigy, Rural Alberta Advantage and Vampire Weekend are all worth giving a spin.
I’m also checking out some older bands like The Pixies, Stiff Little Fingers and the Beta Band (yes, because of the movie, fuck you.)
In terms of movied, loved Observe and Report, it was funny and I have a man-crush on Seth Rogen. Wanna check out Cop Out because of my man-crush on Kevin Smith.
WrestleMania was last Sunday, I will need to watch it again when the dvd comes out because we spent too much time fucking around during the actual ppv (as you’ll see in 3BTV.)
Speaking of 3BTV, I don’t know if anyone cares or watches but I enjoy putting things out in the world. Things like this site or my twitter. I’m sure no one gives a shit what I say but I feel better putting it out there. Look up Catharsis kids.
That’s it for now. Behave yourselves, or Tex will come to get you…. And I can make it happen…