Wednesday, December 31, 2003
yup...  You are Gambit! You are a fierce fighter and a good friend to have. Your preference for solitude and your attractiveness make you very intriguing to those you meet. Unfortunately, close relationships are few and far between for you because you often have trouble opening up to others. Which X-Men character are you most like? brought to you by Quizilla Sunday, December 28, 2003
it's been a while since i've done a friday five, and i know it's already sunday, but it's a good year-end recap kinda thing, so here it is: 1. What was your biggest accomplishment this year? establishing my career, in earnest, in design and advertising, and (thus) finally becoming financially independent and stable, and positioned to gain good experience. i have my own life now, doing something i love, and headed down the path to where i want to be. and i can't even express how good that makes me feel. 2. What was your biggest disappointment? losing people to distance. so many of my friends have left new orleans this year, or are leaving soon - and it's so easy to lose touch. i miss them. 3. What do you hope the new year brings? new friends. more personal improvements. someone to share it all with. 4. Will you be making any New Year's resolutions? If yes, what will they be? now that i've got the luxuries - however limited - of time and money - i have no excuse not to learn how to do the things i need to make my creative visions actually happen. i will increase my arsenal of methods and mediums and accomplish all those lingering side-projects, and think of new ones. i will write more, here and otherwhere. i will silkscreen and filmmake and paint more and better. i will fix my condo in all the places it's broken. 5. What are your plans for New Year's Eve? unsure as of now, but there are at least a few good possibilities. it's been kind of a watershed year for me, and everything i've been working for so long has kind of fallen into place. though not everything has been perfect, the low days have been few and far between. happy new year. Saturday, December 20, 2003
i buried a sparrow today. he had flown into the plate glass doors at the front entrance of my apartment building, and i saw him there, on the ground, when i checked my mailbox. later, i went back with a small saw - it was the closest thing i could find to a spade in my apartment - and dug a little hole in one of the landscape gardens in our courtyard. i picked him up on the saw - made sure he was really dead - brought him over to my little hole and buried him. i said a little lapsed-catholic kind of a prayer, and that i was sorry for being part of the reason that glass was there. though i'm not sure if i really am sorry for that, actually, now that i think about it. i think birds should be buried in the sky. they just don't seem to belong in the ground, it's incongruous. when they die, they should just fall up and up and up until they disappear. this would probably put a kink in the duck hunting business, or at least change it considerably. maybe they'd hunt from helicopters. Wednesday, December 17, 2003
i went and saw the pernice brothers tonight, at the house of blues parish. if you don't know who they are, or who joe pernice is, you should, because they're one of the best bands i've seen lately - and that's saying a lot - and they make some of the most perfect pop music i can think of. what i don't understand is why - and this is a perennial question - why some bands, who make the most beautiful, gorgeous music, infectiously catchy and with insightfully written lyrics - the stuff is just calculated to be *pop* in the best sense - why these bands are woefully ignored while so much absolute crap music fills the top 40? the pernice brothers, the shins, the long winters, the weakerthans, the wrens, the old 97's... it's an injustice and a shame... and i'd still like them if they became popular. because really, it's about what's good. and they're all *good*, if not great. and these guys have put in the time, and the effort, and perfected the craft, and they deserve success. sooooooo much more than britney and her ilk. sooooo much more. Saturday, December 13, 2003
as i write this, i'm watching will oldham - bonnie prince billy - with about 200 other people, packed like damn sardines in the smallest, coolest (rock) music club in new orleans, el matador. and you're not. so, ha. half the time, he just hugs his guitar and sings. and his voice is like an instrument. a very expressive instrument that sounds like a voice. or something. it is a very good show. Saturday, December 06, 2003
 You're an Indie Pop Kid. You like songs about relationships and the prettiness of nature. You're sentimental, but not certainly not emo. Oh, and if you aren't an English Major, you should be. You Know Yer Indie. Let's Sub-Categorize. brought to you by Quizilla isn't that cute? and i was an english major! but that was... seven years ago? this is one of those things that reminds me that on some levels, i lived my late twenties in my early twenties, and now i'm doing the reverse. and though it may not sound like it, that's a good thing. trust me. |