Friday, January 30, 2004
this is incredibly stupid. this is incredibly cool. that is all. Wednesday, January 28, 2004
another post from a concert, this time from the house of blues parish, the bossa-nova/indierock band mosquitos. they are beautiful, much better live than i'd have ever guessed from their album - which I love. it's like luna meets air meets os mutantes and astrud gilberto. if that means anything to you. and not a band afraid to rock, occasionally. i love the softness of portugese sung by a beautiful woman. glad I decided to come out tonight. :) Tuesday, January 27, 2004
today's poem on "writer's almanac" makes sense to me, for some reason. it's called "prayer" and it's by galway kinnell.
also interesting today: let them sing it for you is one of those little projects people do that makes the web such a neat place.
it's lewis carroll's birthday! (he'd be 172 today) and also of some mozart guy. January 27th is a good day to be born a genius, apparently. Monday, January 26, 2004
why don't i sleep? argh! I know this is obvious - but infomercials - all of them - are sick and wrong and an abomination against all that's good in the world. my late nights make me all too familiar with that fact. there's not one out there that treats it's viewers as if they had brains (though I guess at least some of them must not, because if people didn't buy the stuff, they wouldn't keep making them). i just hate that pandering, fake-ass voice they all use... i think i would honestly deck anybody who talked that way to me in person, and be justified in doing so. saw "bubba-hotep" - the new bruce campbell movie about elvis(?) taking on a soul-sucking mummy - saturday night with kelly, michael and erica - it was really absurd and silly, and occassionally funny as hell. predictably not scary at all. would've made much more sense as a short film with schlocky production values, instead of a glossy feature-length... its saving grace was it's total over-the-top failure to take itself seriously. oh, and in case you're going to see it: everybody dies in the end. i think i could live on subway "veggie-max" sandwiches. in fact there's a case to be made that i do. most people don't even know they exist, because you usually have to ask for them, they're often not on the menu - but it's kind of like a veggie burger, and beats just getting a lettuce and tomato sandwich. i also like the new wraps they've just come out with, but the pricing is kind of extortionate - four bucks for a wrap which would cost half that on twice the bread. i guess you're paying for the "atkins" logo. whatever. also, i have to to mention my two newest flavors of addiction: tv on the radio's acapella cover version of the pixie's "mr. grieves", and lime diet coke. god help me. Friday, January 23, 2004
song of the day: "hang onto your ego" - both the beach boys & frank black versions. it's been a mediocre, nondescript kind of week. Wednesday, January 21, 2004
i'm watching henry rollins speak. right now, at the house of blues in the french quarter. (so fuck you.) ** later ** what a great show. what with current political climate and the war, there was plenty to talk about. it's amazing how he can just stand up and talk - without stopping, slowing down, missing a beat - for three hours. and still be engaging and sharp and powerful and intense ("like a shark in your underwear") and political and angry and poignant and kind and a total loser and a complete badass. not to mention fucking hilarious. of all the (famous) people i've ever truly admired, henry rollins has been the one constant. Tuesday, January 20, 2004
not much going on at work today - a rare thing, but not entirely icky as long as things pick up soon. kind of a welcome opportunity to clean up my desk, actually.  Good. You know your music. You should be able to work at Championship Vinyl with Rob, Dick and Barry Do You Know Your Music (Sorry MTV Generation I Doubt You Can Handle This One) brought to you by Quizilla Monday, January 19, 2004
people are strange, and life is confusing... last sunday was just a gorgeous day, so i decided not to waste it and spent the better part of the afternoon riding my bicycle and reading in audubon park - just sitting under a tree and reading. sitting in parks makes you wonder. all the little tiny bugs on the ground you can hardly see, the million little levels of complexity that we hardly ever notice and think about even less - all the bare branches clawing up at the clear blue sky, the infiniteness and simplicity of distance and open space... and then you think about your own life, and all the little levels of complexity in human interaction and emotion, and suddenly the very scope of things makes life seem kind of overwhelming. must've been a day like that when newton figured out about gravity. Monday, January 12, 2004
i'm very tired. work hard, play hard has been the way things have been going lately. rewarding all around, but it's wearing on me. things, in general are going well. Monday, January 05, 2004
personality tests seem to be in the air today, so here goes... no matter how many times i've taken the meyers-briggs, it's always the same: 
Sunday, January 04, 2004
this is bizarrely, oddly correct in many respects... and from a silly quizzilla quiz. The Creator Your Jobs: You need a job where you can put your creative resources to good use. You can be a teacher , manager, counselor, spiritual leader, journalist, or designer. Love: You need someone who can accept your moodiness and learn to deal. You cannot have someone who will constantly put you down, order you around, or ignore you. You need a listener who cares about your rapidly changing feelings. You may set your standards too high. Your dream guy= Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Your dream girl= Rinoa from Final Fantasy 8, Alyssa from Chasing Amy Most Likely... You most likely... Are a Gemini, Cancer, or Taurus Like arty movies and dramas Dont play any sports Have two sides to you Like movies that make you think Follow a religion Best Friends: Dreamers, Social Butterflies Love Interests:Dreamers and other Creators Enemies:Villians and Kings COMPLETE~~With Text Images~~The Super Ultimate Personality Quiz: Who are you? (With long answers!) All answers available, including your ideal job, ideal love interest, and more all in one answer! brought to you by Quizilla Saturday, January 03, 2004
i gave up on wired magazine - the print version, at least - at the end of the 90's, when it had become more like a cross between forbes and a sharper image catalog than the insightful, tech/geek/new media culture magazine it was for the first several years. i've heard it has gotten better of late, but haven't really checked it out much. then i found a link to this: 101 ways to save the internet and i have to admit i like the attitude of the piece. plus it's got some damn good, common sense suggestions. (9,14,15,41,44,45 are my personal favorites)
wow. third night in a row, out at/near molly's until 5 am and then some. had a wonderful time the whole night, great dinner, company, conversation, wine - and saw 21 grams, which is a very good movie, strange and disjointed and intense. emotionally taxing, i think is what we decided on. i've decided that what i need to work on is keeping myself out of the kitchen when i get home after these long nights because bad, stupid things are bound to happen. on new year's eve/morning, for example, i got home and began to make an omelet, then promptly forgot about it until my whole apartment was filled with burning omelet smoke. i've spent the past two days trying to get rid of the burnt smell... and tonight - just a couple of minutes ago, thinking i'd learned my lesson with the omelet, take some hummus out of the fridge and go to cut up a piece of pita bread and in the process sliced quite a sizeable divot out of the tip of my index finger. not a bad wound, nice and clean and not too painful, but annoying for the sheer stupidity of it. so, the lesson: get home and just go to bed. no kitchen, dumbass. Friday, January 02, 2004
from what i hear, albatrosses can fly all day over the ocean, and never once have to ask for directions.
wow. late night of trivia with lizzie and athanata, who beat me to posting this. curses! foiled again! |
