Friday, January 28, 2005
I'm in nashville. it's a long story, and I'm only here for... under 24 hours - but its nice to get out of NOLA's magnetic grip for even just a little while. at the moment, sitting in a bar with good country music, really cute indie rock bartender girls (who sing a damn fine loretta lynn when the band gives them a chance), drinking copious $1 PBRs and thinking about the possibility of life outside of nola... --ab3 Wednesday, January 26, 2005
i love new orleans, not least of all because my starbucks density is soooo low: only 8 within five miles! long live local independent coffee! Monday, January 24, 2005
evangelical christians, upon statistical self-examination, find rampant HYPOCRACY. imagine that. actually, in most cases, the stats reveal that extra-crunchy-christians are only right about as evil as the rest of us. (except racism - they've got a pretty good lead on that.) which is the problem exactly - they're HUMAN - and yet they preach these high minded moralistic values that, being human, they can't live up to. we're humans, we suck, that's it. you can't get away from your essential imperfect humanity, and anyone who thinks they can - christian, muslim or what have you - and has the audacity to preach to me that i must or else i'm going to hell - is a self-deluding hypocrite. and deluding one's self is oh-so-dangerous. Thursday, January 20, 2005
okay, america, hold still... don't worry, it's not going to hurt. you'll just feel a little sting... for about four years. wow. here we go again. four years is a long time. ouch. Thursday, January 13, 2005
wow. i think I'm having an anxiety attack. not something I'm used to, lately. thought I might be able to avoid it by articulating some of my more palpable fears-o-the-moment here, but that doesn't feel right either. must distract myself some otherhow. *remembers to breathe deeply* Monday, January 10, 2005
i'm 29 now, i'll be turning 30 this year. it's not too much of a stretch to say that i was part of the first generation to come of age with the internet. i first logged on sometime in 1989 or 1990 through a new orleans dial-up bbs called "the assassin's guild" or something like that. Hosted my own ascii bbs called "the zoo" in 1991 - not many visitors. started using e-mail regularly in 1993 when i got to college. started using the web and designed my first website in 1994. first professional website, 1996. missed my chance at dotcom fame and fortune, 1998. started blogging in march of 2001. that's my timeline, but it's not nearly as interesting as google's 20 year timeline of usenet history. very worth checking out. Friday, January 07, 2005
it's been a good new year so far, though things around here have been a bit more sedate since rod moved back to DC last week. i think maybe i've come to terms with the fact that everyone else leaves, and i stay - it's an annual scenario. it was great having one of my closest friends living here again, but it was obvious in every conversation that he belongs nearer to capitol hill than monkey hill. sans rod-facilitated, highlife-fueled weeknight excursions to molly's or the circle bar, i've already managed to fall back into my less than exciting routine of work, workout, home - which while not the most exciting version of my life, might be the most responsible and productive. yay for responsibility and productiveness. the health aspect is good, though - i like to think of the gym as one of my 'happy places': i'm basically alone with my ipod, my thoughts, and whatever large iron object i'm moving repetitively through space at the time. i sort through things there, decompress. so it's nice to be back at that regularly. and the routine thing also makes more room for the creative things - photography, painting, freelance design work - so i'm glad for that, too. ah, well. tradeoffs. oh, and on other topics, i love it when other states are more embarrasingly, ignorantly conservative than louisiana. Saturday, January 01, 2005
so... happy new years. i spent a very casual, pleasant midnight hour with melinda at her place, watching a marathon of back episodes of lost - and truthfully, i can't say i'd have enjoyed being anywhere else more. here's to low key celebrations with good friends.
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