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Friday, July 10th, 2009
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9:42 am - Keep on crazy
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After the fortieth or fiftieth glowing report of how genius it was for Palin to quit her job, I wonder if perhaps more 'lame duck' Republicans (Governors, Congressmen, Mayors, what have you) should follow suit. We could call it "A Few Months Without Republicans" and it would serve as an object lesson to all of us just how much we need them.
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| Thursday, July 9th, 2009
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11:19 am - I try to think of people as good at heart, but they insist on opening their mouths.
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7:11 am - Water continues to be wet
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| Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
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11:34 pm
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Hooray for rediscovering pieces of your past that you wanted to rediscover.
Even if certain pieces do keep you up far too late.
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8:02 am - BACON!
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Lovely evening last night with Clay (who totally should have gotten that Very Goode Job, on account of being talented and also full of funny). I admired the new place, and trembled at the vision of an artist given a canvas with some inconveniently placed walls. I just wish things were a little closer together--it took me two hours to get home. ):
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| Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
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3:24 pm - On this date
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In 1928, the first sliced bread (Sliced Kleen Maid Bread) was sold, in Missouri. At that point, it was the best thing ever.
(This information brought to you by my 'Forgotten English' calendar, a Christmas present from moonlightnrain whose birthday today is.)
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8:12 am - Down with the Sickness
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I can't find it, but I think Will Shetterly made a post or posted an article about how the most popular option in the 'Revamp Health Care' discussion wasn't being discussed. Polls say that about sixty percent of people would like to see a public option on the docket. You know, like those abject failures in France and Canada. Last month, ABC had a town hall meeting to discuss 'questions from every vantage point' and, according to the article (I didn't actually watch ABC that night) the subject didn't come up.
Anyway. That's all lead up for more lefty Communist flag waving from the 'F' word.
There. Now I'm fabulously late for work.
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| Monday, July 6th, 2009
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11:38 pm - Love Cats Empire
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When I first heard of them, I thought The Cat Empire were some kind of poppy girl group, maybe conflating them with the Pussycat Dolls and Cat Power (Cat power, baby! Meow!), possibly with some make up styling tips from Peter Criss.
Then I heard one of their songs--a cover of Hotel California in prime French Cafe style with the Gitani accordion accompanying.
So when one of my birthday presents was their "So Many Nights" album, I really no longer had any idea what to expect. Except I'm fairly certain that it wasn't this Norteño funk mix that I got. I *was* just going to listen to a track or two, to make certain that Apple's crude lesson* hadn't screwed up the download, but here it is nearly midnight and I'm tempted to flip back to the beginning rather than write this quick review to the tune of Cats Laughing. (The one band I was pretty certain TCE did *not* sound like, but the next in line alphabetically.)
It's a lively sound, very energetic, and one that's very fluid. It flows from point to point in the genre blend the band occupies. I'm looking forward to owning some good speakers again, so that I can play this on them at sufficient volume to satisfy me.
*The lessons of Apple: The nail that sticks up will be pounded down. Why can't you just be like everybody else? Why you gotta Think Differently?
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6:02 pm
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8:44 am - Gonna have a good time
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Given the number of beautiful women offering me best wishes, I'm entertaining a motion to make every day my birthday.
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| Sunday, July 5th, 2009
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11:14 pm - You'd better listen to the voice of reason
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Episode two of "So you want to be a DJ" went well, even if I will have to miss the first class. Got lost again, but allowed enough time to do so. And one of my classmates reminds me far too much of WindRose, except for the nose ring and several tattoos.
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7:53 am - Hello there, ladies and gentlemen
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Update to getting the band back together:
The housemate decided, of the moment, to get people together for the long-promoted but never attempted and inaccurately named Endless Setlist on Rock Band. Our line up was Tersa, HarleyMae, CyranoCyrano, zdashamber, and motleypolitico, and we kicked things off around eleven. Most of the proceedings were simply endurance--we crunched through the earlier, easy, songs with an almost callous indifference, but the fans were just thrilled to see Gone Plaid back together again. They bought a crapload of t-shirts. We breezed through the bugaboo of Green Grass and High Tides, and our goal was in sight--the 58th and final song was "Won't Get Fooled Again" and with it the accolades of our peers and industry.
Alas, tragedy struck on song 57. (Musicians call it "The Heinz Curse".) The hand controller for the microphone, the one piece not in use, the one piece whose batteries did not get swapped out for fresh, died half way through Run to the Hills. And for a split second, the menu screen popped up to inform us that it had lost connection and we should press (X) if we wanted to return to the main menu. Of course, at that point, all of us were furiously pressing (X) as we tried to keep up. And before we knew it, or had any understanding why, we'd been booted out of the game. The fans, as we, were stunned into silence. Most of them filed out of the auditorium, crushed. Those who remained, we played an encore, but our hearts obviously weren't in it.
VH1 says that if we do it again and promise to succeed, they'll do a "Behind the Music" special on our triumphant rise from the ashes.
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| Saturday, July 4th, 2009
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9:59 pm - Happy holiday
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When I was little and wanted to go to the fireworks, I had to bike down to the riverside hours before hand to bunker down and try to make it as comfortable as possible. If I'd done well, I had shade. If not, I had sunscreen. As the sun started to go down, I could retrieve my coat and try to avoid the folks hauling their beer coolers through the collected gathering, convinced that there was an empty space up close that somebody had just forgotten to sit in.
If I'd remembered to bring a flashlight, I could keep reading. And then there were fireworks. And that was nice too.
Tonight, in California, we ate pizza, watched television and surfed the net in our cozy living room until we started hearing deep prolonged booming sounds. Then we walked all the way out onto our patio, waved at our lovely neighbours, and watched the fireworks through the trees. And that was nice. In fact, I think I like the new version better. (Although RoseNeko's seems to be the best of all.)
Today I went to the station and met SadieO, who is to be my mentor. She showed me the library and walked me through some of the procedures and paperwork for the DJs. Despite my getting lost (it *is* Stanford campus) and showing up late, things went well. Tomorrow evening is an orientation thing, and hopefully I won't get lost. (I really don't have 45 minutes afterward to roam campus trying to figure out where my car is parked.)
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9:03 pm - Let's all go to the Lobby
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Coyote Cinema pt I:
Up in two sentences.
Apparently making the central character a bitter old man ensures that the humor will be targeted directly at me. I enjoyed it.
Four wags!
Coyote Cinema pt II:
Public Enemies in two sentences.
I wanted to like this--Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in a period piece? For a film about bank robbery, this was a pretty leisurely damned film.
Two wags.
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| Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
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11:26 pm - We're gettin' the band back together, man!
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And tomorrow we're kicking off a huge worldwide tour of my living room. Tickets are on sale at TicketBastard for $80 plus a small convenience fee. Come out, enjoy the holiday sun, throw pieces of your clothing at band members.
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12:14 pm - Oh. Em. Gee.
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This article was so truthy, so close to what I'd expect out of reality, that I bought into it until I started reading the comments under the article.
Curse you, Gay Marriage!
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9:40 am - And also?
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When I was young and OutKast was cool and the strains of "Hey Ya" could be heard from every radio and television, I thought it was a happy dancy party song. I mean, even the Peanuts gang got their groove on to that song.
But these days, listening to the acoustic version and actually understanding the parts of the lyrics that aren't in the chorus? (Everything that's not 'Hey' or 'Ya'.) It's kind of a stone cold bummer.
Except when he says "Don't make me break it down for nothing." That's kind of funny.
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9:14 am
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"In this month of July, eschew all wanton bed-sports."
--Gervase Markham, The English Husbandman
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| Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
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4:06 pm - A gift from SeaChanges
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| Saturday, June 27th, 2009
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7:59 pm - Another writing post
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Lack of actual new words: Check
Minor editing of existing words: Check
Constant temptation to check email/LJ 'just in case': Check
In this icon, Pooh is wondering if he should play the black seven on the red eight.
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