Food for Thought

I saw a segment about the "Pregnant Man" on the news today and I couldn't help but be somewhat confused. I guess this would be considered "old news" but he is getting ready to give birth so I guess it's rather relevant. 

To anyone who is unfamiliar with this scenario, it goes like this: A woman goes through almost all of the steps of sexual reassignment surgery except for changing her reproductive organs. She/he then meets a woman and they decide to have a child. But, as opposed to biologically female of the two becoming impregnated, the transgendered one of the pair decides to have his wife impregnate him with a syringe of some sort. 

Essentially, he is not a pregnant man, but a woman who claims to not be able to identify with any characteristics of the female sex and/or gender, except for one of the most defining roles a woman is capable of pursuing? It seems rather strange that he doesn't feel "female" enough to go through life resembling a woman but is able to identify to the point that he can carry a child?

It just strikes me as rather odd. He claims that it is a human right to have children and not a biologically female right, but if that was the case, men would be able to have children biologically, just as women do. 

I am not one to argue against gender being a blurry concept up for much interpretation but biology and science are fundamentally concrete and I don't think that can be argued. 

Amoeba Pick-Up Lines

"So, how many crates do you have?"

... apparently if you're in the vinyl section of Amoeba there is like, a slang imperative to striking up a conversation.I guess I understood what he meant; people usually keep their vinyl in crates -----> how many crates are you on = how much vinyl do YOU have. 

Just another really awesome conversation. 

He then asked me who Patsy Cline was.  

I bought some awesome records though:

Elton John!!

Neil Young

Sergio Mendez 

etc..

I now need to either ship or pack all my records to get them to New york. I just have this irrational fear of packing/shipping anything I care about. 95% of the time I am convinced that they're going to be sucked into some black hole. Irrational... 

Why isn't everyone as cool as these people? The tambourine player is balancing on a rail and the men are wearing suits... I miss men in suits. 

Back by Popular Demand

I thought that my hiatus would go unnoticed but apparently that's not the case.

I have been ordered by a friend to post again.

It feels good to be back.

I am listening to an old tape of my late uncle who made some really awesome music. It's really progressive in a really cool way.

Last night I went to a staple in the lame-o Hollywood club scene. I apologize to all parties involved, I was misinformed about a cool band playing there when, in fact, a hipster friend to hollywood's young starlets was spinning. This essentially guaranteed a crowd of really dull hipsters who are only out on Tuesday night to pass the time before the BIG EVENT: Moscow on Wednesday nights.

I found myself so bored that I actually had a 5 minute conversation with some "post-hipster" as he called himself (he does graphic design for TARGET) about how he cuts his tank tops. Thankfully he found some chick wearing a fedora that he was more interested in exchanging air with and left, but not before explaining that one must ALWAYS fold the t-shirt in half before one begins cutting.

The most embarrassing part of the whole night is that we were photographed mid conversation by an aspiring photo-blogger.

Ugh.. evidence.

I have also realized that when someone asks me what kind of music I listen to I can't name a band that has come out in the last 5 years. I am slightly out of the loop and don't know if I am willing to make the effort to get back in.

It just seems like music is in a pretty stagnant spot at the moment... although those Mars Volta enthusiasts would beg to differ.

These kids are kinda cool though.