08.31.2004 | Who Am I?
08.30.2004 | Mr. Postman
>> Three more Gmail accounts, up for grabs. First three to bang their names in the comments get 'em. All you have to do is tell me the best album that you've heard from this year. If you haven't heard anything from this year, then last year. If you haven't heard anything from last year, then for God's sake, go buy yourself some damn music and then come ask me for a Gmail account.
08.29.2004 | Register
>> Just because I was thinking about it today -- you're all registered to vote, right? If not, here are the links you need for the two states where most of my friends would be found.
FLORIDA:
To register, all you need to do is print out this PDF form, fill it in, and mail it to your county Supervisor of Elections (addresses linked from that page, or here.) The address for Sarasota County, my home county, is:
If you are registered to vote, but need to request an absentee ballot, and you live in Sarasota County, just print this form and mail it to the address at the top. This form is also due by October 4th. For information on other counties, check with your local Supervisor of Elections -- again, find their contact info from this link.
NEW YORK:
To register to vote: Print, fill out, and mail this form to your county's Board of Elections -- for their address, click here. Your registration must be postmarked by October 8th and received by the board of elections by October 13th.
Absentee ballot: Print, fill out, and mail this form. For your county's mailing address, click here. Forms are due seven days before the election, or in this case, October 26th, though I would certainly get mine in before then in order to ensure the timely arrival of my ballot.
And on the off chance that your computer doesn't have Adobe Acrobat reader for the files linked above -- here you go.
If you've got any questions, or need to know something else, just e-mail me -- I'd rather spend some time looking for this sort of stuff for someone then have anybody not vote because they can't find information. I'd love it if I saw this sort of info popping up on other people's blogs, too... it's not hard to find. Just poke around your state's web portal (which is generally "www.state.(postal abbreviation).us," for example "www.state.fl.us" or "www.state.ny.us") and you'll find it. The United States' voter turnout is, frankly, appalling; and if I get just one more person to vote because I put this information up, then I'm infinitely glad that I spent fifteen minutes doing it. Hell, I don't even care who you vote for: Just do your part to convince me that Americans do give a damn about their future. (Of course, if you want to heed my suggestion, I think you know who I'd recommend.)
FLORIDA:
To register, all you need to do is print out this PDF form, fill it in, and mail it to your county Supervisor of Elections (addresses linked from that page, or here.) The address for Sarasota County, my home county, is:
Kathy Dent, SupervisorThe deadline to register is October 4th.
101 South Washington Boulevard
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: 941-861-8600
Fax: 941-861-8609
Email: kdent@srqelections.com
Web Address: http://www.srqelections.com
If you are registered to vote, but need to request an absentee ballot, and you live in Sarasota County, just print this form and mail it to the address at the top. This form is also due by October 4th. For information on other counties, check with your local Supervisor of Elections -- again, find their contact info from this link.
NEW YORK:
To register to vote: Print, fill out, and mail this form to your county's Board of Elections -- for their address, click here. Your registration must be postmarked by October 8th and received by the board of elections by October 13th.
Absentee ballot: Print, fill out, and mail this form. For your county's mailing address, click here. Forms are due seven days before the election, or in this case, October 26th, though I would certainly get mine in before then in order to ensure the timely arrival of my ballot.
And on the off chance that your computer doesn't have Adobe Acrobat reader for the files linked above -- here you go.
If you've got any questions, or need to know something else, just e-mail me -- I'd rather spend some time looking for this sort of stuff for someone then have anybody not vote because they can't find information. I'd love it if I saw this sort of info popping up on other people's blogs, too... it's not hard to find. Just poke around your state's web portal (which is generally "www.state.(postal abbreviation).us," for example "www.state.fl.us" or "www.state.ny.us") and you'll find it. The United States' voter turnout is, frankly, appalling; and if I get just one more person to vote because I put this information up, then I'm infinitely glad that I spent fifteen minutes doing it. Hell, I don't even care who you vote for: Just do your part to convince me that Americans do give a damn about their future. (Of course, if you want to heed my suggestion, I think you know who I'd recommend.)
08.28.2004 | All I Ever Wanted, All I Ever Needed
>> Here's a project I only learned about a little while ago, but which sounds like it might actually be awesome -- Depeche Mode are releasing The Remixes 81-04, which combines "classic" DM remixes (that includes silly 80s mixes) with a bunch of new remixes from the likes of Goldfrapp (mmm), Timo Maas, Colder, LFO, and Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda. In fact, a 30 second clip of Shinoda's "Enjoy The Silence" is up on their site now; it's the first single from the album and it sounds like it has its own cheesy charm. (After a while, you either have to keep passionately bashing your head with hatred against the wall that is Linkin Park, or you can give in and admit that you like one or two of their songs; and after much scalp-bloodying, I'm afraid I've taken the latter course.) There's also a Richard X mix of "Enjoy The Silence" on the promo vinyl for that track, and it had damn well better turn up on the commercial single! I loves me my X! Anyway, go check out the tracklisting, listen to the audio clip, and watch for more audio in the coming weeks (Depeche Mode are very, very good at providing promo material online -- I've always liked their website more than most other artists').
08.27.2004 | Con Men
>> One last little political explosion -- I won't be in NYC for the Republican National Convention (which spares me some hassle, most likely), and I probably wouldn't be out among the protesters even if I were; in this environment, I do wonder whether street protest is the most effective way to undermine the Republican agenda, or if just showing up plays into their hands. That said, I am going to urge you to read The Village Voice's The 10 Ways That Bush Screwed New York for a clear explanation of why the Republican Party is not welcome in New York City -- and the article doesn't even touch on the Republicans' self-proclaimed war on the values of cultural and social diversity that New Yorkers take very seriously indeed. I've just gotta say it -- fuck you, RNC, for using our town as a theatre piece without even pretending to care about our values, or our lives.
08.26.2004 | Truth Is Mighty
>> OK, I've officially had it.
Let's make something very clear: The Swift Boat Veterans For Truth are liars. At the very, very least, they are grossly misled, and they are grossly misleading America. And because our national television media is a fucking ongoing performance-art piece on how not to be good journalists, their lies are getting through to the American people, and it just might cost John Kerry the election.
The Swift Boat veterans have been repeatedly contradicted by military records. Hell, they've repeatedly contradicted themselves. Two people have resigned from the Bush campaign as a result of the exposure of connections between the campaign and the Swifties. One of the authors of the book, John O'Neill, has lied about his political affiliations and his own military service, and the other one, Jerome Corsi, has spewed anti-Catholic, anti-Muslim, and anti-gay hate speech on one of the internet's largest conservative websites. The entire operation is being funded by Republican donors, several of whom know the President personally. And the publisher, Regnery Press, has a long history of connections with racist organizations -- hell, one of the family sons is trying to start an all-white dating service. But of course, it's obvious to any reasonable person that the claims of the Swift Boat Veterans are just as credible as the claims of someone who's served as a United States Senator for many years, and who has the weight of the United States military's own records and awards behind him. It's obvious, right? These guys couldn't possibly be distorting the truth because they resent Kerry's criticism of how the Vietnam war was conducted. (And as a sidebar -- I truly can't believe that people are trying to portray Kerry as inconsistent about Vietnam because he fought in it and then criticized it. What was he supposed to do, sabotage his boat in protest? He went over there and did what he had to do to protect his crewmates, and his country's interests; and when he returned, he did exactly that again, by trying to make sure that no American resources -- and lives -- were thrown away in such a foolish manner again. I'm not seeing any inconsistency, personally.)
And as for the media... at least you can say that a couple of newspapers have been out in front printing the facts about the case -- what the military records say, when the Swifties have been inconsistent, etc. But on the whole, the entire spectacle's just been shameful. Here's an example of why all sensible people adore The Daily Show, because they can summarize everything that's gone so badly wrong with our country's journalists in one two-minute sketch:
And one final thing... what is all this bullshit nonsense about banning 527 ads? I've got to admit, Bush's people are fucking brilliant at playing politics with this kind of issue. John McCain's quickly being turned into the all-purpose Badge O' Credibility by both campaigns, and I'm getting kind of unsettled by how both candidates are using him to bolster their agendas (at least Kerry's campaign stopped airing their ad featuring McCain bitch-slapping Bush over the tactics he used against him in '00 when McCain asked them to do so). But on the hilarious subject of George W. Bush, The Campaign Finance-Reform Candidate, banning 527 ads is not some kind of noble strike against the forces of political corruption -- it's a direct assault on free speech. 527 organizations are created to have absolutely no ties to existing political campaigns (well, in theory, of course, since the Swifties have clearly broken that rule). Stopping them from airing ads is like preventing you and I from banding together to take out our own political ad. And how can you call an organization like MoveOn, which boasts two million members and which follows all FEC disclosure guidelines, a "shadowy group"? It's brilliant political rhetoric but it's a gross misrepresentation of the truth about what a 527 organization is and what it does.
The issue here is not whether or not 527 groups should be allowed to have ads, it's about whether or not elected officials and the people seeking election will allow others to lie on their behalfs and say nothing about it. It's not a legal question; it's a moral question. When MoveOn took out a questionable ad that made unsubstantiated claims about George Bush's National Guard service (in response to the initial round of Swift Boat ads), John Kerry condemned it. George W. Bush still has not condemned the Swift Boat Veterans. Believe it or not, despite repeated calls to do so, he has never condemned their ads by name -- he, and his people, just keep shifting the issue to the question of 527 groups. If he really doesn't question Kerry's service, then he needs to make the obvious, and honorable, statement that the Swifties' charges should not be heeded, but he never will. Because as long as they keep lying on air, he'll get handed an ill-gotten boost in the poll numbers. It should be pretty clear to everyone paying attention which candidate is holding the moral and rhetorical high ground on this issue, but the President, and our national media, are doing their damnedest to confuse you. Don't be misled.
(Post title derived from this extremely amusing, and relevant, quote by Mark Twain.)
Let's make something very clear: The Swift Boat Veterans For Truth are liars. At the very, very least, they are grossly misled, and they are grossly misleading America. And because our national television media is a fucking ongoing performance-art piece on how not to be good journalists, their lies are getting through to the American people, and it just might cost John Kerry the election.
The Swift Boat veterans have been repeatedly contradicted by military records. Hell, they've repeatedly contradicted themselves. Two people have resigned from the Bush campaign as a result of the exposure of connections between the campaign and the Swifties. One of the authors of the book, John O'Neill, has lied about his political affiliations and his own military service, and the other one, Jerome Corsi, has spewed anti-Catholic, anti-Muslim, and anti-gay hate speech on one of the internet's largest conservative websites. The entire operation is being funded by Republican donors, several of whom know the President personally. And the publisher, Regnery Press, has a long history of connections with racist organizations -- hell, one of the family sons is trying to start an all-white dating service. But of course, it's obvious to any reasonable person that the claims of the Swift Boat Veterans are just as credible as the claims of someone who's served as a United States Senator for many years, and who has the weight of the United States military's own records and awards behind him. It's obvious, right? These guys couldn't possibly be distorting the truth because they resent Kerry's criticism of how the Vietnam war was conducted. (And as a sidebar -- I truly can't believe that people are trying to portray Kerry as inconsistent about Vietnam because he fought in it and then criticized it. What was he supposed to do, sabotage his boat in protest? He went over there and did what he had to do to protect his crewmates, and his country's interests; and when he returned, he did exactly that again, by trying to make sure that no American resources -- and lives -- were thrown away in such a foolish manner again. I'm not seeing any inconsistency, personally.)
And as for the media... at least you can say that a couple of newspapers have been out in front printing the facts about the case -- what the military records say, when the Swifties have been inconsistent, etc. But on the whole, the entire spectacle's just been shameful. Here's an example of why all sensible people adore The Daily Show, because they can summarize everything that's gone so badly wrong with our country's journalists in one two-minute sketch:
STEWART: Here's what puzzles me most, Rob. John Kerry's record in Vietnam is pretty much right there in the official records of the US military, and haven't been disputed for 35 years?Apparently our journalists don't even care if something's fact or fiction any more: Make any claim loud enough, and they'll repeat it right alongside somebody else's shouted rhetoric. Some statements are more truthful than others. I don't mean to get all philamasophikal on your ass, but that's just how it fucking is.
CORDDRY: That's right, Jon, and that's certainly the spin you'll be hearing coming from the Kerry campaign over the next few days.
STEWART: Th-that's not a spin thing, that's a fact. That's established.
CORDDRY: Exactly, Jon, and that established, incontravertible fact is one side of the story.
STEWART: But that should be -- isn't that the end of the story? I mean, you've seen the records, haven't you? What's your opinion?
CORDDRY: I'm sorry, my *opinion*? No, I don't have 'o-pin-i-ons'. I'm a reporter, Jon, and my job is to spend half the time repeating what one side says, and half the time repeating the other. Little thing called 'objectivity' -- might wanna look it up some day.
STEWART: Doesn't objectivity mean objectively weighing the evidence, and calling out what's credible and what isn't?
CORDDRY: Whoa-ho! Well, well, well -- sounds like someone wants the media to act as a filter! [high-pitched, effeminate] 'Ooh, this allegation is spurious! Upon investigation this claim lacks any basis in reality! Mmm, mmm, mmm.' Listen buddy: not my job to stand between the people talking to me and the people listening to me.
And one final thing... what is all this bullshit nonsense about banning 527 ads? I've got to admit, Bush's people are fucking brilliant at playing politics with this kind of issue. John McCain's quickly being turned into the all-purpose Badge O' Credibility by both campaigns, and I'm getting kind of unsettled by how both candidates are using him to bolster their agendas (at least Kerry's campaign stopped airing their ad featuring McCain bitch-slapping Bush over the tactics he used against him in '00 when McCain asked them to do so). But on the hilarious subject of George W. Bush, The Campaign Finance-Reform Candidate, banning 527 ads is not some kind of noble strike against the forces of political corruption -- it's a direct assault on free speech. 527 organizations are created to have absolutely no ties to existing political campaigns (well, in theory, of course, since the Swifties have clearly broken that rule). Stopping them from airing ads is like preventing you and I from banding together to take out our own political ad. And how can you call an organization like MoveOn, which boasts two million members and which follows all FEC disclosure guidelines, a "shadowy group"? It's brilliant political rhetoric but it's a gross misrepresentation of the truth about what a 527 organization is and what it does.
The issue here is not whether or not 527 groups should be allowed to have ads, it's about whether or not elected officials and the people seeking election will allow others to lie on their behalfs and say nothing about it. It's not a legal question; it's a moral question. When MoveOn took out a questionable ad that made unsubstantiated claims about George Bush's National Guard service (in response to the initial round of Swift Boat ads), John Kerry condemned it. George W. Bush still has not condemned the Swift Boat Veterans. Believe it or not, despite repeated calls to do so, he has never condemned their ads by name -- he, and his people, just keep shifting the issue to the question of 527 groups. If he really doesn't question Kerry's service, then he needs to make the obvious, and honorable, statement that the Swifties' charges should not be heeded, but he never will. Because as long as they keep lying on air, he'll get handed an ill-gotten boost in the poll numbers. It should be pretty clear to everyone paying attention which candidate is holding the moral and rhetorical high ground on this issue, but the President, and our national media, are doing their damnedest to confuse you. Don't be misled.
(Post title derived from this extremely amusing, and relevant, quote by Mark Twain.)
08.20.2004 | Hello, Brooklyn
>> Well, it's official: I now live in fabulous Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. (Can't knock the neighbors!) My roommate Ashley, who's a Pratt student, needed somewhere close to campus, and I, being currently unemployed (anybody out there -- any leads?), needed someplace fairly cheap. We're actually paying about $100 more a month than I'd pie-in-the-sky dreamed that I would, but the apartment is nice and bright and on a good street, so I'm OK with that. And now, although I'm broke, we get to go through all the fun of decorating! I know I'm going to need one of these, and one of these, and probably a lot of these, and yes, I will need one of these, and oh, how badly do I want one of these... Donations and housewarming gifts are, of course, always welcomed. ;-D
As for the job search... I've got something that I'm hoping will turn out well, but it's far from guaranteed, so I've still got my eyes open. If anybody knows of an opening in music, or publishing, or just desk-job-office-jockey work, then do please drop me a line. I'm ever-so-friendly and reasonably intelligent, and it couldn't hurt to get more of those folks into the labor market, right?
I'm flying back to Florida on Sunday to start packing up my belongings, but I hope to be back in NYC around or before the 1st of September. So if I'm a little iffy on the blog front, that means I'm diligently preparing for my future life; and if I post a lot in the coming week, it means I'm diligently avoiding my future life. Longtime readers know which outcome is more likely, but hey, miracles have happened before...
As for the job search... I've got something that I'm hoping will turn out well, but it's far from guaranteed, so I've still got my eyes open. If anybody knows of an opening in music, or publishing, or just desk-job-office-jockey work, then do please drop me a line. I'm ever-so-friendly and reasonably intelligent, and it couldn't hurt to get more of those folks into the labor market, right?
I'm flying back to Florida on Sunday to start packing up my belongings, but I hope to be back in NYC around or before the 1st of September. So if I'm a little iffy on the blog front, that means I'm diligently preparing for my future life; and if I post a lot in the coming week, it means I'm diligently avoiding my future life. Longtime readers know which outcome is more likely, but hey, miracles have happened before...
08.18.2004 | Is That All There Is?
>> Wow. If all goes as planned tomorrow, then that might just end up going down on record as being one of the least painful apartment searches in NYC history. Details later, don't want to jinx anything any more than this post probably already has.
08.15.2004 | Outbound
>> So yes, just to clear that up: I'm going back to New York. In fact, I'm going back to New York tomorrow, to look for an apartment; once I've found one, I'll be ducking back to Florida to collect my belongings and then returning. So: here goes nothing. More details about the situation once I've gotten some things pinned down...
And my concert schedule for the next few months is, at the moment:
And my concert schedule for the next few months is, at the moment:
- Scissor Sisters 9/10 Irving Plaza
- Franz Ferdinand 10/3 Roseland Ballroom
- Pixies 12/11 Hammerstein Ballroom
08.13.2004 | Stormy Weather
>> I can't believe I forgot that song when thinking of a title for the last post. Damn.
Anyway, man did we dodge a bullet with this one (the eye is due east of us right now, but it's safe to say we're probably not going to get anything much worse than what we've already gotten). The track change that brought it ashore south of us, and put us on the much gentler side of the eye, took place within two hours of the storm's landfall. If we'd taken a direct hit it would've been scary, scary shit, but as it stands the actual winds in the Sarasota area have been no worse than the tropical storms we tend to get each year. We were really, really, really fuckin' lucky -- if it had followed the original forecast track, the entire Sarasota coast would've been raked with a fifteen-foot-plus storm surge and one hundred and forty mile-an-hour winds. Dyamn.
Longtime readers may remember me talking about Useppa Island, a resort island in Charlotte Harbor that we often went to in my childhood. Well, while watching the radar earlier this afternoon, we saw that the eye of the storm went directly across Useppa as it entered the harbor -- it was surreal to see the island perfectly centered within the dead zone. Obviously no word yet on what's survived structurally...
Anyway, in happier news, apparently there are going to be six Pixies shows in New York? I bought tickets for the one that I believe TV On The Radio will be opening for, December 11th. If you're in NYC and you bought tickets, let me know which show you'll be attending in the comments...
Anyway, man did we dodge a bullet with this one (the eye is due east of us right now, but it's safe to say we're probably not going to get anything much worse than what we've already gotten). The track change that brought it ashore south of us, and put us on the much gentler side of the eye, took place within two hours of the storm's landfall. If we'd taken a direct hit it would've been scary, scary shit, but as it stands the actual winds in the Sarasota area have been no worse than the tropical storms we tend to get each year. We were really, really, really fuckin' lucky -- if it had followed the original forecast track, the entire Sarasota coast would've been raked with a fifteen-foot-plus storm surge and one hundred and forty mile-an-hour winds. Dyamn.
Longtime readers may remember me talking about Useppa Island, a resort island in Charlotte Harbor that we often went to in my childhood. Well, while watching the radar earlier this afternoon, we saw that the eye of the storm went directly across Useppa as it entered the harbor -- it was surreal to see the island perfectly centered within the dead zone. Obviously no word yet on what's survived structurally...
Anyway, in happier news, apparently there are going to be six Pixies shows in New York? I bought tickets for the one that I believe TV On The Radio will be opening for, December 11th. If you're in NYC and you bought tickets, let me know which show you'll be attending in the comments...
08.13.2004 | I'm Amazed
08.12.2004 | Rock You Like A...
>> In the last couple of days, I've accomplished two of my greatest dreams: I've been to Dinosaur World and made a Magneto Was Right t-shirt. Pictures of both are forthcoming. I've also broken my left ring finger, which really wasn't one of my dreams. Pictures of that are not forthcoming, because it's not much to look at.
Also:
BIG TROPICAL PARTY!!!!
Charley is definitely going to be the worst hurricane my town's gotten since the 1940s. Theoretically we're supposed to evacuate our house (which is on the Intracoastal Waterway), but at the moment I think we're staying put -- we've been moving furniture and loose objects around all day, which, I think you can imagine, is a blast and a half with a useless, painful left hand...
All I can say is, we'd better have power on Friday at noon, because I needs me my Pixies tickets. (More on concert tickets, and what they signify in the grander scheme, later.)
Also:
BIG TROPICAL PARTY!!!!
Charley is definitely going to be the worst hurricane my town's gotten since the 1940s. Theoretically we're supposed to evacuate our house (which is on the Intracoastal Waterway), but at the moment I think we're staying put -- we've been moving furniture and loose objects around all day, which, I think you can imagine, is a blast and a half with a useless, painful left hand...
All I can say is, we'd better have power on Friday at noon, because I needs me my Pixies tickets. (More on concert tickets, and what they signify in the grander scheme, later.)
08.08.2004 | Cover Me
>> You may have noticed that in my Fluxblog post I warbled on a bit about how I've been thinking a lot about cover songs. That's because about two weeks ago I started becoming obsessed with the idea of a fantasy covers album: i.e., if I could sing the way I wish I could, and if I had a great band to back me, what album would I record? (This is only marginally more acceptable than thinking about what kind of X-Man I'd be, but work with me here.) I've programmed the originals in this sequence as a playlist on my iPod and it sounds pretty damn hot, so I'm thinking I've got it exactly right. Without further ado, here is my extraordinarily dorky covers record, which is provisionally titled Sing Your Life and will be released in December 2012 on Warner-Sony Universal:
Now, I didn't post this just to show the embarassing ways that I spend my time and my mental energies. I had an ulterior motive. I want a meme out of this! I want to know: What would your covers album be? You can take it as seriously or un-seriously as you like, but I'd love to hear a couple... Anybody? Bang it onto your blog, or in the comments...
UPDATE: It's like he read my mind -- here's Tom Ewing on the worst and best ways to record cover versions. I'm happy to inform you that my album would not contain any incidences of The Acoustic Guitar or The Gary Jules. And, God willing, there will probably be at least one Gay Italian.
- "Faded" (Dulli)
- "Great Fire" (Partridge)
- "King Of Trash" (Friday/Seezer)
- "Mein Herr" (Kander/Ebb)
- "Your Blue Room" (Clayton/Eno/Evans/Hewson/Mullen)
- "Sing Your Life" (Morrissey/Nevin)
- "Sister Saviour" (DFA/Passelli/Rapture)
- "It's You" (Harvey)
- "I'm On Fire" (Springsteen)
- "Life And How To Live It" (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe)
- "I Didn't Get Where I Am Today" (Lowe/Tennant)
- "Riot Act" (Costello)
Now, I didn't post this just to show the embarassing ways that I spend my time and my mental energies. I had an ulterior motive. I want a meme out of this! I want to know: What would your covers album be? You can take it as seriously or un-seriously as you like, but I'd love to hear a couple... Anybody? Bang it onto your blog, or in the comments...
UPDATE: It's like he read my mind -- here's Tom Ewing on the worst and best ways to record cover versions. I'm happy to inform you that my album would not contain any incidences of The Acoustic Guitar or The Gary Jules. And, God willing, there will probably be at least one Gay Italian.
08.08.2004 | Help Me Someone, Help Me Please
>> Well, I finally managed to squeeze out a guest post over at Fluxblog, just under the wire for the deadline. Typical. Go check it out; Fluxblog All-Star Week turned out pretty hot, I'd say, and I hope you were reading and enjoying. Just doing the single post reminded me of just how hard it must be to post new and interesting music -- and new and interesting thoughts about that music -- every day, and we're lucky folks like Matthew Perpetua are there to do the dirty work so it's not left to, say, me. DYFL is not an MP3 blog, and probably never will be an MP3 blog -- I'm just not that clever.
My apologies for the extended silence. On Tuesday night I had to duck up to Connecticut (I flew back again Wednesday night) to attend my grandfather's funeral, which of course fell smack-dab in the middle of the last week of camp, which was of course when I was left to tend to the house and pets alone, which was of course when something exploded in my car's radiator. It's been interesting. Also, since this was the last week of camp, I am now unemployed, and am stranded smack-dab in the middle of a hell period of about two weeks wherein I must decide where to live the next year of my life -- here in Florida, or in New York. The jury is leaning towards New York but it's still very much up in the air, and if I choose that option then I'm going to need to get my shit together and get up there very soon -- within a week or two -- so I can find an apartment before my prospective roommate needs to start school. Also, find a job. Woof.
On the plus side, I bought a bunch of great CDs yesterday. And we may finally be going to Dino World sometime in the next couple of days. Be still my beating heart...
My apologies for the extended silence. On Tuesday night I had to duck up to Connecticut (I flew back again Wednesday night) to attend my grandfather's funeral, which of course fell smack-dab in the middle of the last week of camp, which was of course when I was left to tend to the house and pets alone, which was of course when something exploded in my car's radiator. It's been interesting. Also, since this was the last week of camp, I am now unemployed, and am stranded smack-dab in the middle of a hell period of about two weeks wherein I must decide where to live the next year of my life -- here in Florida, or in New York. The jury is leaning towards New York but it's still very much up in the air, and if I choose that option then I'm going to need to get my shit together and get up there very soon -- within a week or two -- so I can find an apartment before my prospective roommate needs to start school. Also, find a job. Woof.
On the plus side, I bought a bunch of great CDs yesterday. And we may finally be going to Dino World sometime in the next couple of days. Be still my beating heart...
08.02.2004 | Night Flight
>> Argh. OK, I have to go back to Connecticut tomorrow night for one day only. I'll be back late Wednesday night, but don't expect a post out of me then. Woofle. All will be explained, hopefully on Thursday...? What a week for this to all go down in... I will post to Fluxblog I will post to Fluxblog. Damn it.
08.01.2004 | What Your Soul Sings
>> I'm going on the Field Trip From Hell tomorrow. Pray for me. (Details later. They're less interesting than they sound, I'm just too tired to describe it all now.)
Do tune in to Fluxblog's All-Star Guest Week starting tomorrow (Monday) -- Matthew courteously invited me to post, so hopefully I'll do one or two entries and not embarass myself. Fingers crossed.
Oh yes: and I've finally started using Soulseek. Uh-oh.
Do tune in to Fluxblog's All-Star Guest Week starting tomorrow (Monday) -- Matthew courteously invited me to post, so hopefully I'll do one or two entries and not embarass myself. Fingers crossed.
Oh yes: and I've finally started using Soulseek. Uh-oh.
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