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One morning, everything had come together for me. I had leftover espresso headed from the freezer (before shots shown below), plus soy milk. AND Melissa had made up some vegan pancake batter. I'm not a pancake making pro, but I think I did a damn fine job. Threw some blueberries in them too!

Life doesn't get much better than that!

Check this pic, looks pretty gross, right?

Well, you are wrong. This is perhaps my finest concept ever.

THE SOY MILK ICE CUBE!

I toss them into my iced lattes. Espresso + soy milk ice cubes + soy milk. That way, the espresso NEVER gets watered down.

GENIUS!

My wife gets some pretty cool perks. Last time, she got tickets to Fenway, we sat in the EMC Level. I get misty just thinking about how amazing those seats were. These seats were nothing to snob off. In face, they were the second best seats I've ever occupied. Check my blurry pics for yourself.

Yeah, we were close. WAY better than HDTV, that's for sure. Also, we were right behind the Jays on deck circle and happened to be sitting next to two drunk yellers. They probably threw out hundreds of terrible one liners. But every now and then, they hit a gem.

"Barajas, you suck. Varitek is a better catcher than you."

"Hey, Millar, cowboy up, you douchebag."

They had a few more gems that really escape me now. Out of hundreds of one liners, they probably had 5. Not worth it, really.

All in all, we had a great time. The Sox won too. Thanks Auntie Ann!

The other day Justin Thunderlizard hooked me up with a Gator Bait shirt. He couldn't sell it because it had a small dryer burn on the shoulder. It was pretty apparent on that bright white shirt. I thought the shirt was cool and wanted to sport it. I too was having a hard time looking past that burn. So I went ahead with a little craft project. Turns out I also had a dope Mental tee that went through the wash with a pen. The pen exploded. Sadness ensued. So check the pics. This was maybe 2 hours of work. And most of that work was waiting.

Pretty sweet, right? I was very pleased with the Gator Bait tee. The Mental tee was lime green initially so the difference isn't super apparent. Also, I think that GIANT X on the Gator Bait tee flecked and washed off onto the both tees. An interesting side effect.

Good luck finding either of these on eBay. If I can make them, so can you.

Justin Thunder Lizard posted some pics of a few new shirts they had in stock. I ordered two shirts from Thunder-Lizard and received so much more. Great dude.

He threw in a bunch of extras because he knows I love shirts. He even threw in the Mindset "acetate" (is that what it is? I'm never sure) for the pocket print of their tshirt. Very cool.

Support Thunder Lizard. This crew is doing it right.

Actually, it's more accurate to say "since I've been gone." I'm sure you all missed me. I was off in Albuquerque for the week. Here's my week in pictures.

Leaving Providence. Lovely weather, of course.

Sadly, I did not stay at this hotel. Yes, I said HOTEL. I stayed next door. This is sticking out the side of the Radisson Hotel and Waterpark. Yes, Hotel AND Waterpark. Wild.

ABQ has a dry, non salty climate so all those old cars stick around. I saw many amazing classics ...

And then some cars that just BLEW my mind.

I had the opportunity to eat at some awesome restaurants this go around. I arrived a little early on my first day and got to walk all over the Central St area. Annapurna's World Vegetarian Cafe was my obvious highlight. I was hoping to hit up 20 Carrots for a PB + Banana shake, but they were closed. Here's my meal from Annapurna's.

While enjoying my meal, I kept amused by reading I Drink Milk Fanzine #3. These kids do it right. Review coming soon. Peep that pic with Casali. All the way from Wilkes-Barre to Hungary and back.

ABQ has a lot of houses that all look the same. This one isn't one of them. It's located on Monte Vista, and I believe I caught it featured in a segment on the Travel Channel. Needless to say, it was a little over the top.

My last full day in ABQ was Friday the 13th. I'm not a superstitious fellow so I wasn't worried at all. However, my morning free buffet was ruined by a leaky cranberry juice cup. I filled my drink and walked away from the cart without realizing the cup was severely cracked. Here's the terrible, terrible outcome.

One last shot. I've never seen this before. And despite hating Dr. Pepper, I would have gladly used my free Guns N Roses coupon on this beverage. Anyone ever had one?

So that was my trip. Other highlights not pictured: gelatin free skittle, many iced lattes, Rudy's BBQ (I heard someone accurately describe it as "vegetarian hell." Very accurate. My co-worker at "brisquet, ribs, sausage AND chicken." It was either 1 full pound of meat, or 1lb 4oz. I can't recall if he got a quarter pound of chicken or half a pound. Either way, it was a ridiculous amount of food. Ridiculous), long days spent in windowless warehouse sized rooms, longer evenings and other fun stuff.

This will probably be my last trip to ABQ. See ya, dudes. I'll miss your ayurvedic meals.

I hit up Anchor's Up last week to see The Effort, Alert, Mindset (and Give). Good show. Supported some bands!

I also traded a Bane test press to a friend in London for these bad boys.

There is obviously WAY more to the story, but I'll let you figure that out.

My next pick up should probably be a photography class or a class where they teach you how to NOT take a blurry picture. That'd be nice.

No seriously.

Expect more updates soon. Peace.

I have a few items up on Ebay. You should buy them.

Check the listing here.

Some people like to get dressed up and go to fancy dinners. Or order expensive wines and fancy cheeses. Others like big slabs of steaks or sandwiches with au jus. Me? I'd rather eat a burrito. I'm no burrito snob either. I'll eat one from a hole in the wall, moe's, chipotle, ... As long as it's vegan, I'm eating it. I prefer the kind you can lift. Not really big on burritos with mole sauce, but I'll still eat 'em.

This was my dinner tonight. It was friggin amazing. Paired with a coke zero, some broiled cauliflower and a spicy cabbage salad. So friggin good. You're into it, admit it!