http://treycaliva.com I'm awesome. Just saying. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:17:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tired, tired, tired. That sums up my day. I've walked across most of the eastern part of downtown Vancouver going to all of the "pavilions" each country brings to the Olympics. By far the best one I went to was the Sochi 2014 House put together by Russia. ... http://treycaliva.com/2010/02/22/but-seriously-why-did-no-one-tell-me-about-all-the-blondes-in-canada/ I stepped off of the train from Seattle yesterday into an absolutely mad house. I didn't figure it would be anything less here in Vancouver, but the crowds and the energy I've observed in Vancouver far exceed what I thought they would be. The closest comparison I can ... http://treycaliva.com/2010/02/20/someone-shouldve-told-me-how-many-blondes-there-were-in-canada/ http://treycaliva.com/2010/01/19/funniest-tv-ad-ive-seen-in-awhile/ 1)  "1901" - Phoenix 2)  "Stillness Is The Move" - Dirty Projectors 3)  "Two Weeks" - Grizzly Bear 4)  "Little Secrets" - Passion Pit 5)  "My Girls" - Animal Collective 6)  "My Life Would Suck Without You" - Kelly Clarkson 7)  "The Rake's Songs" - The Decemberists 8)  "Hellhole Retrace" - Girls 9)  "my love" - jj 10) "Islands" ... http://treycaliva.com/2009/12/10/top-10-songs-of-2009/ Tomorrow night the nominations for the 2010 Grammy awards will be announced.  The Grammy awards are notoriously tricky to pick, especially the nominees.  I'm going to give it my best shot, though ... Album of the Year Taylor Swift, Fearless Green Day, 21st Century Breakdown Maxwell, BLACKsummers'night Kanye West, 808s and Heartbreaks Lady Gaga, The Fame - ... http://treycaliva.com/2009/12/01/grammy-nominations-prediction/ So apparently, Microsoft CAN make a great operating system. Although I’ve been using the Windows 7 Release Candidate for a couple of months now, I’ve found myself using Microsoft’s latest OS more and more over the last couple of days.  First, because of some last minute testing before it was deployed ... http://treycaliva.com/2009/10/27/good-job-microsoft/ Before I post of list of the things I'm excited about ACL, I decided to post a list of a couple of songs I PROBABLY won't get to hear (they've only made it on these artists' setlist a couple of times in 2009) ... but here's hoping ... 5.   "Kingfish" ... http://treycaliva.com/2009/09/30/acl-week-top-5-songs-i-hope-to-hear-but-probably-wont/ Well, already nine pages into The Alchemist, and Paulo is already brining up one of the key idea from The Pilgrimage.  On page 9, Santiago details the exchange between with his father when Santiago tells his father of his desire to travel, which will mean Santiago will become a shepherd.  ... http://treycaliva.com/2009/06/15/santiagos-father-and-fighting-the-good-fight/ I finished The Pilgrimage about a week ago.  I just couldn’t keep up my blog notes while reading the book (I was that into it!)  My next book is going to be The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.  It is the follow-up novel to The Pilgrimage, during which he was actually ... http://treycaliva.com/2009/06/15/re-reading-the-alchemist/ "Fans who lack the faith can make a team lose a game it is already winning." http://treycaliva.com/2009/06/06/from-the-pilgrimage-2/