Dave Chillburn

A Few Favorites From Resort

LANVIN-Love the hair and the shoulders on that trench!!
THAKOON- Colors! 
MATTHEW WILLIAMSON-Again, the colors are beautiful. But I love these pants too, how fun!
STELLA McCARTNEY- Cape coat and shorts!! 

Throw Your Back Into it!

What am I obsessing about these days?? Oh just this RuckSack from Filson. Only the most perfect backpack EVER. Clean, classic, manly, with out being like REI water bottle/parachute/sleeping bag/and inflatable water raft all-in-one...back pack. I mean really, who needs that? I will make this pretty little pack mine, just you wait and see! I'll find all sorts of things to put in it: Lunches for work, weekend getaway over night bag, weekend exploring bag, oh the options are endless, ENDLESS! Okay, over and out. 

Rant Wednesday

Confession time. I have been passive aggressively hating tupperware for quite some time now. Every body owns it, I may even have a few pieces here and there that were bought when I graduated high school and braved college for the first time. I get it I guess, I mean storing food, whatever. But honestly, let's talk... I was doing the household dishes today and tupperware was spilling, SPILLING out of every nook and cranny of my kitchen! Why so much tupperware?? It's so hard to stack, I try placing it neatly in the cupboard and it inevitably comes crashing down in a cloudy plastic mess on the floor. You can never find the right lid because there's like a million different sizes and shapes..each requiring a different blue lid. Which brings me to my next question: Why is tupperware all the same color? It's like putting together one of those forest jigsaw puzzles. ANNOYING! Sigh...

And then there's the tupperware parties. That's right, PARTIES CENTERED AROUND TUPPERWARE! (shaking head in disapproval). Women have got some seriously wacky ideas of fun.

Well, that made me feel a little better. I won't hate you for loving tupperware, or using it, or packing your lunch in it, or whatever, but just know that from now on, I will aggressively hate tupperware. It should fear me when I'm on dishes week. That is all.

Dramatic much? Maybe a little.....

Things I came across that wouldn't be too bad to own.

Need I explain???
Taxidermy Mice finger puppert!!! found here. Hehehehehe!
Wood Log ipod Speaker
Marubeni Infotec wooden keyboard.

A Post about Beer.

I realized that I have never really done a post about my favorite beers. Why? No clue. I'm slacking, clearly. I was never a beer person, in fact the very smell made me a little sick to my stomach. Then one night I was at a get together and I had a beer, I actually can't even remember what kind it was...It was in a green bottle which leads me to believe that it was cheap and probably not something that I would order now. But I will be forever grateful to that beer because after that I fell in love. My family loves wine and I spent the last few years going to vineyards and tasting and learning about different wines. I enjoy it, but not completely. In fact, I'm actually sort of a wimp when it comes to wine--I favor the whites and blushes. But with beer, I just started trying different ones and completely fell in love with it. I can pick out the flavors and understand it so much more then I can understand wine. I came to realize the I love hoppy beer. If it's got a nice bitter flavor then I'm sold. I also really like stouts and porters which probably comes from my love of coffee...that's a completely different story. The only type of beer that I have tried and have yet to get into are the sours. I just can't enjoy them. I tried I really did...

I started home brewing which has been a great new hobby and really educational. I find that for me, I need to do something or make something if I really want to learn about it. It helps me understand it so much more and I can appreciate it better. I don't really know where I'll go with brewing, but for now I'm just enjoying new styles and slowly trying new things. Thus in a round about way, bringing me to the actual point of my blog post: Some of my favorite beers. Not an exclusive list, but more of a "this-is-what-came-to-me-off-of-the-top-of-my-head..list". It's not exactly well rounded because I don't have all of my favorite types included, but they are for sure my go to beers and a few new ones that I've recently tried and enjoyed.

#1. Three Philosophers. This beer is so enjoyable to drink and is really well rounded. There are no over powering flavors which makes it a great beer to enjoy with food in my opinion.

#2. Moylans Hop Sickle Imperial Ale. I about died and went to heaven the first time I had this beer. Oh man. Probably by far the hoppiest most hop-tastic beer I've ever had. A real kick in the pants.
#3. Pliny The Elder. This is a beer that I just recently tried. My friend and beer lover Jake told me about it originally. On Sunday I went to Beachwood BBQ in Seal Beach, and noticed that they had it on tap...HELLO! Had to get it. It has a flavor that I can't quite pin point...but I like it. Maybe one of the best IPA's I've ever had. There's talk of a Pliny the Younger coming out soon and I'm pretty stoked to find it on tap somewhere.
#4. Bear Republic Racer 5 India Pale Ale. Juuuust had this beer tonight actually. They had it on tap at Belmont Brew Company in Long Beach. Jake told me about this one too! A really nice Pale Ale. The bartender had me try their house pale ale, but realllly wasn't digging it. The house Pale was very bitter but in a bad way... Now don't get me wrong, I love bitter but it didn't have enough flavor or aroma to back it up. It was almost watery bitter...ew. But this one was spot on. Really flavorful and enjoyable.
#5. Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout. HAD TO INCLUDE THIS! Probably up there in my top 3 all time favorite beers. So full and wonderful and chocolaty. I just brewed a russian imperial stout and I'm really excited to try it. I bought a 4 pack of Rasputin to taste with my home brew so I can compare and contrast. Pretty excited about that.

Rain Drops Keep Falling on My Head

When it rains, it pours. And it floods. And I play in the puddles and make rainy day mixes.

1. Kettering..........The Antlers

2. My Halo...........Atlas Sound

3. People Are Strange..........The Doors

4. Knotty Pine.............Dirty Projectors+David Byrne

5. It Never Entered My Mind...........Chet Baker

6. Lullbye.........Azita

7. Nude.............Radiohead

8. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head.......Burt Bacharach

Check out our rain puddle pictures on Blinking Against The Brightness.

Finally

My Christmas present from Mum and Dad. I thought the day would never come.

Sunday Afternoon Fun

After I spent the day thinking about photos and the significance of having a photo in your hands and not just on a computer screen, I decided to go through some of my boxes of pictures I had taken when I was younger. Most of my childhood photos are at my parents house in Oregon, but I managed to hang on to a few, and mostly ones that I took on my parents camera, or my Cannon point and shoot. Which speaking of, I found my old camera and brought it back to Long Beach with me, so if I can just get my hands on some film then I'll be golden. It's a newer cannon, and it's nothing fancy and definitely not ironic or vintage in any way, but it takes great pictures and I would love to start having some hard copies lying around, maybe throw together a few albums. Facebook albums just aren't cutting it for me lately. Maybe I'll get hooked and I'll become an obsessive scrap-booker. Like the kind that go to the monthly get togethers and join scrap booking societies. Sort of like tupperware parties for paper, stickers, and fancy scissors! Anyways, here are a few from my collection, enjoy.

Snap Shots

This weekend was filled with antique shopping and exploring the local flea market in Long Beach. I didn't really have a mission in mind, but I was able to collect a few gems in the form of photographs. These are a few of my favorites.


Not bad eh?

The Perks of Fun-Employment

A lay-off from a job is a lot like a break-up. You were happy...maybe not in love, but really happy--content. Then he calls you up and says "let's get some coffee..."

You're thinking coffee?? Since when do we get coffee? Okay..

This is the part where he tells you that it's not you, it's him, he just doesn't have the budget for a girlfriend anymore. To that you say "What? But I cost pennies compared to your last girlfriends!"

Then you gather your things, get your music off of his computer, and take the walk to shame back to your car, box in hand.

All that being said, and now being over the "mourning" process, no more sleeping in half the day, no more booze and ice cream... I am now reaping the few, but precious perks of Fun-Employment.

1) I made a mix. Yeah yeah yeah, a little dramatic. but seriously, one of my best coping mechanisms. Here are a few songs off of my Fun-Employment mix:

-Time To Move On......Tom Petty

-The Thanks I get.......Wilco

-P.S. It All Falls Down......Richard Swift

-How To Disappear Completely....Radiohead

-Leavin Blues....Lead Belly

Just to name a few.

2) I made more beer. Beer takes time...Time I have plenty of these days. Tyler came by on sunday and we brewed a Russian Imperial Stout. Very excited about this one.

3) I don't feel like I'm 22 going on 85 anymore. Let me explain: When I was working, I would get tired at like 9:00 at night. "Guys I gotta go to bed, I'm beat". But now I can stay up till 3 and wake up at 11...no problemo. Enjoying my youth.

4) More time to sew and make art.

5) I bought a book. I only like reading when I've got the time..vacations are prime reading time for me. I purchased East of Eden, which I have had recommended to me many many a time. 600 pages people! 600! I figure this will be my literature of choice for the next 2 years.

6) Unemployment checks. Obama extended the time available to receive unemployment, so I'm going to "cash" in on that..pun intended. Thanks Pres.

7) Budgeting skillz. This is the best time to perfect my money saving abilities. Joy.

8) I'm really stretching for this one (pun intended) but I suppose I have more time to work-out now. Although I didn't work out at Affliction even when I had a free gym and a personal trainer at hand....FAIL. But IT IS a perk non the less.

9) Assess The Situation..time. I can now figure out what I want to do next. The big question mark.

10) And last but certainly not least, I can go to Portfolio coffee house and update my blog more regularly and drink copious amounts of espresso. Like I'm doing right now...

Some Photos From Metallica

Heavy Metal

Tonight I will have the pleasure of attending a Metallica show at the Honda arena in Anaheim, joined by fellow colleagues and bosses. I'm not a huge Metallica metal head fan, but I can appreciate a band and their important place in music. Hey, it's a classic.
I will be wearing something very very similar to this. More pictures to follow after I rock n' roll this evening. Ciao.

Christmas Things List

Dear Santa,

1) Beer Glasses

2) Robots
3) Puppies
4) Cona Coffee maker
5) Stumptown coffee
Love,

Jody

Movie Update

Over Thanks Giving weekend I had the pleasure of watching 3 fabulous movies. The first was by director and master-creepy-mind David Lynch, Inland Empire. It was one of his tamer films which made it a little more enjoyable for me to watch. We were so inspired by the "Lynchian" way of directing, that we made our own version of Inland Empire. I'm sure Sister Dailey will be posting it on her blog Blinking Against the Brightness shortly.

Same face the whole movie. Brilliant.

The second movie we watched was called Ballast. I really enjoyed this film, but if you're into resolved endings and a strong plot line then I wouldn't suggest this movie. It's very slow and very realistic. There isn't much dialog or soundtrack either. I know i'm not making it sound very good, but honestly it was a beautiful movie and a really moving story.

Lastly, I went and saw Wes Anderson's new movie: The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Holy Moly! Such a good movie. All stop motion animation which is just such a feast for the eyes. You must go see this movie!

Titanic, ADVENTURE OUT OF TIME!!!

During my internet perusing this evening, I was trying to find the game Chips Challenge that I have such fond memories of playing on the old PC at mom and dad's house quite a few years ago. After not being able to find an online version that I could play, I remembered a game that I loved maybe even a little bit more than Chip's...Titanc: Adventure Out of Time. Now I don't consider myself a gamer by any means, my family to this day doesn't even own a dance dance revolution. The closest thing we came to mario bros, was computer games. I had all the good ones: Magic School Bus-Body Adventure, and Space Adventure. Then I graduated to the really good stuff and I purchased the Titanic game. This is no magic school bus my friends.
Visually INSANE. You could explore the entire ship and walk up to people and they would talk to you and give you clues. The goal of the game was to collect all of the special objects, get off the boat with out drowning, and to not get killed by one of the not so nice people on the ship.

I never actually made it to the sinking of the ship part because A: Our computer kept crashing due to the shotty software, and PC-ness of it all, B: Because this game took DAYS to play, and C: Because I could never seem to get past the scary man in the boiler room with the gun that would shoot and kill me every time. SO ANNOYING! And let me tell you, this game was creeeeepy. So scary. Honestly I think that David Lynch had a hand in developing it. Even the music and lighting was creepy.

All that to say, I sinserely miss this game and would give my right arm to have an updated version for my Mac. Hats off to you if you ever played it too.