don’t make waves on the water

This is awesome. Don't read if you are sick of Anne Coulter and her anoriexic, Talbot's-clad self.

This is semi-cool. If you enter some of the bands you like, it can offer some bands you may also like. If you go through them and rate each band they give you, it will help build up the database.

It figures that Brenda was there. Check out the article. I'll bet she was yelling "Go limp!" to the people being arrested.

I'll admit I am not 100% on who I am voting for. When I am on an area that is a guaranteed Democrat win, I am always up for supporting third party candidates. Then I see this horseshit. I heard he wants to return to a simpler, more moral time where the forefathers would approve. Souds like a premise for The Village. What a tool.

all you mamas who rock the dollas

Well, as the end of the calendar year approaches, I get excited about many things, among them the passing of another year of this miserable existence, and year end wrap ups. I try to think what I have to say matters, so I have revised my music lists. Here is the top ten albums released this year:

The Thermals, Fuckin’ A

The Killers, Hot Fuss

Youur Enemies Friends, You Are being Videotaped

Muse, Absolution

A.C. Newman, The Slow Wonder

Action Action, Don’t Cut Your Hair to This Year’s Fashion

Statistics, Leave Your Name

Blood Brothers, Crimes

Taking back Sunday, Where You Want to Be

Here are not as fabulous but quite awesome stuff:
Bloc Party, Bloc Party EP

The Unicorns, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone

Sahara Hotnights, Kiss & Tell

Tilly and the Wall, Wild Like Children

The Faint, Wet From Birth

The Walkmen, Bows & Arrows

Scissor Sisters, s/t

Damnwells, Bastard of the Beat

Ratatat, s/t

Old 97’s, Drag it Up

Interpol, Antics

These were disappointing in that they did not live up to what I wanted, but still quite pleasant:

The Music, Welcome to the North

The Arcade Fire, Funeral

Phantom Planet, s/t

Rilo Kiley, More Adventerous

Silkworm, It’ll Be Cool
The Fever, Red Bedroom

The Libertines, The Libertines

Le Tigre, This Island
Von Bondies, Pawne Shoppe Heart

Ted Leo/Pharmacists, Shake the Sheets

Now, to pull an Andrew, here are notable singles this year. Get your Napster on and start downloading this crap:

Mr. Brightside, THE KILLERS

Word Up, KORN

Lose My Breath, DESTINY’S CHILD

Let’s Get It Started, BLACK EYED PEAS

Portions for Foxes, RILO KILEY

Miracle Drug, AC NEWMAN

The New Kid, OLD 97S

Birth, THE FAINT

Ladyfingers, THE FEVER

Set Phasers to Stun, TAKING BACK SUNDAY

Druglike, ACTION ACTION

Thoughts of a Dying Atheist, MUSE

17 Years, RATATAT

Y Control, YEAH YEAH YEAHS

C’mon C’mon, VON BONDIES

Banquet, BLOC PARTY

The Lost Complain, THE DAMNWELLS

Knowitall, PHANTOM PLANET

Dance With Me, THE SOUNDS

miracle drug

Sunday

Brandon, did you know there is actually a song named Brandon (by Manitoba).

More rules for driving in central CT:

-if you make a turn onto the road I am on, it's quite alright. You can make it up to me by going 20 miles below the speed limit. That'll show me you care.

-sometimes you are driving in an area that is unfamiliar to you. Don't worry- the solution is to come to a stop at every intersection to look at the street signs.

-if you are coming home and parking in the lot behind your apartment building and the whole lot is empty, go ahead and take that one space that looks right into my living room window. It doesn't make sense for me to take that space anyway.

I miss public transpo. One of these days I am going to drie someone off a subway overpass. I'm trying guys, I really am, but I don't see the suburbs as a part of my life much longer.

I went a little crazy with scouring the internet for more music, and I went a little crazy. Got albums from Sufjan Stevens, Black Box Recorder, Les Savy Fav, Preston School of Industry, Rachel's, the Bellrays, The Distillers, and Film School. Now I am having a panic attack because I have too much to listen to.

So, Happy Halloween. For you women, it's you opportunity to dress like a completel skanky harlot. Men, it is your chance to dress in drag and have an excuse to do so, although you have been waiting all year to do it. And it's my chance to hide from all the children who expect me to give them crap. Bah-humbug.

Saturday

Some oldies but goodies: Sneaker Pimps: Roll On; Veruca Salt: Volcano Girls.

The Tilly and the Wall video for "Reckless" is dumb as f*ck.

Nonessential reading:

-an uber-detailed Harry Potter timeline

-basically the most awesome site

-the most awesome Halloween costume.

-some guy who is unfortunately named Adam Levine

-one Alabama women's blog about dating. Hey, I'll bet this will be turned into a quirky sitcom!

-Nick Valensi is moving to Brooklyn. And is married.

-mediocre political humor.

-sometimes, when you blog, you just need to post a picture of your cat.

-if you can't play an instrument for crap, learn these songs cuz they only have one riff

-all the info you need to start your own record label (hot!)

-if you hate the two party system

-interview with Mike Watt

I had the unfortunate experience of having to go to the mall today. I had to return something to the Gap, and to my chagrin, they were playing The Thermals over the speaker system. Is nothing sacred? Sometimes I feel like a band only records and album for my sake. And I am still at the point where if something is too commercialized, it will make me hate it. I now detest Franz Ferdinand, and I am this close to loathing the Killers. On my way out, i stopped in Target. That store is like crack. I always end up going to the cashier with my arms hurting because I have clothes, underwear, housewares, picture frames, and dvds in my arms. Is it wrong that a third of my wardrobe is now Isaac Mizrahi for Target? I can't help it, the stuff is just ugly enough for me to like:

OK, I really made this for Erin, who was nice enought to recommend stuff for me to read. But you might as well check it out too. Nothing compliments me more than reading something that I have recommended.

Nick Cave… dark and creepy. You're a bi-polar
genius, with equal passion for the most
degrading aspects of humanity, as well as the
beauty & wonder of God and Heaven.

Which fucked-up genius composer are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

sing for absolution

Friday

I think my ovaries just shriveled up and died. Ew:

In a more comforting Halloween picture:

This is how a commander in chief is supposed to act, apparently.

Thursday

Hi, meet my life partner, Ann. We are going to have a thousand babies together. Oh, we have to wait because right now she is filming a show called America's Next Top Model.

Oh. my. god.

In better video news, check out my husband Jack in "Jolene" and the new Scissor Sisters video directed by John Cameron Mitchell.

Why is Ashley Olsen stealing my look?

Look, a new ipod! Tee hee.

So, so, wrong. And so, so, brilliant.

Wednesday

I also have had time to scour the internet for music downloads. Got some good stuff. For your information: here is what is on heavy rotation on my soon-to-be broken ipod. They all come highly reccomended, so start dropping these names:

Sikworm, It'll Be Cool

Blonde Redhead, Misery Is Butterfly%@

Helio Sequence, Love and Distance

Action Action, Don't Cut Your Hair To This Year's Fashion*

Brand New, Your Favorite Weapon*

The Go! Team, Junior Kickstart

Plus/Minus, You Are Here

Bloc Party, Bloc Part EP

Coheed & Cambria, In Keep Secrets of Silent Earth 3*

Interpol, Antics+

A.C. Newman, The Slow Wonder@

The Faint, Wet From Birth

Statistics, Leave Your Name+

Arcade Fire, Funeral%

Deerhoof, Bibbidi babbidi Boo

Super Furry Animals, Phantom Power

Sons and Daughters, Love the Cup@

Taking Back Sunday, Where You Want to Be*

The Streets, A Grand Don't Come for Free

The Music, Welcome to the North+

Saves the Day, Stay What You Are*

Misfits, Legacy of Brutality

Ted Leo/Pharmacists, Shake the Sheets

Sneaker Pimps, Bloodsport

Spoon, Kill the Moonlight

Beulah, Yoko/John Peel Sessions

Social Distortion, Love, Sex & Rock n Roll*

Ratatat, Ratatat

The Blood Brothers, Crimes

Snow Patrol, Final Straw

Q and Not U, Power*

The Velvet Teen, Elysium

RJD2, Since We Last Spoke

John Vanderslice, Time Travel is Lonely%

Le Tigre, This Island@

Placebo, Sleeping With Ghosts

Rilo Kiley, More Adventurous+

Mewithoutyou, Catch For Us the Foxes

Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane over the Sea@

Quasi, The Sword of God

The Most Secret Method, Get Lovely

The New Pornographers, Mass Romantic/ Electric Version+%@

*especially recommended for Erin

+especially recommended for Mike

%especially recommended for Brandon

@especially recommneded for Corry

Update on my sick day: It's been good so far. I drifted in and out of consciousness while watching That's My Baby featuring a French bulldog, the E! True Hollywood story of New Kids on the Block, and just watched the Ab Fab episode where they go to Morocco and sell Saffron into the white slave trade. Next up: washing my dishes and paying some bills. It's a party up in here!

The new photo ipod. I'm not so excited about the photo option, but more on the 60MB storage space. When they have the option of crack cocaine or crumb-topped doghnut storage, I'm game.

This is me in 10 years.

Check out the best political blogs.

If you know what's good for you, then download The Unicorn's masterpiece, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone. Also, a track from the Futureheads, Piece of Crap.

As I predicted, The Go! Team is really kick-ass. However, this album seems to be hard to find.

I never thought I'd hear myself saying this, but Eminem's video for "Mosh" is really affecting and powerful. It seems weird that it came out about 5 seconds before the election. Read about it and watch it here.

In "me" news I am home and taking the day off because I am feeling like my body is housing some sort of intergalactic war. As is every time I take a sick day, I have immense guilt and can never really truly relax and do what I should be doing, which is trying to get better. Really, truly relaxing is something I actually do not know how to do.

Help! I need suggestions on nonfiction stuff to read. It could be on anything. maybe not so much about politics right now. Give me some titles.

Tuesday

Some irrelevant reading:

-The top ten worst Interpol lyrics.

-Brooklyn is officially too hip: a new show called Cobble Hill will be like an hour-long Friends.

-now you can get coaching to help with your personal ad.

-a look at college counseling services

-good analysis of Ashlee's career suicide.

Coming very soon: new interviews, my thoughts on several new "hot" bands, and the premier of a new section where I tell people how they should live their lives.

Meanwhile, read this article and see if you makes you as irritated as it made me.

Republicans urge minorities to get out and vote on November 3..

Monday

I was all set for the campiness of Manhunt, and thought it would be equal to America’s Next Top Model, which is suprisingly entertaining. What we have a crappy produced show that has men declaring that they want to “get with some chicks”, scolded for being “sissy boys” and talking about a female model’s breasts with her in the room. The ironic thing is, these men are looking and acting like the gayest things alive.Then there's Team America. I was so excited for this, because I find Trey Parker and Matt Stone to be quite intelligent and actually have quite a good take on homophobia. However, this movie found the word “fag” many times and had a bit about same-sex fellatio that had no pay-off and was in it for the sake of humor. Humor, in that “oh my god! That’s soooo gay! Gross!” type of way. Quite the disappointment. Stick to South Park (ps fyi, new season on Wednesday).

The Apprentice: I am not going to get into the sad excuse for “business woman” (or women for that matter) but one woman was cristicized for having both brains and personality, because that is “trouble”. Um…

This whole Bill O'Reilly scandal. I love how journalists are digging up information on the woman to find out if this is some sort of "revenge". Or that she "took things the wrong way". Because you know, most of the time women make this stuff up for attention or because they are catty. Some just need the attention.

After explaining these observations, someone told me to basically “lighten up” and to stop overanalyzing, and if I analyze everything, I won’t be able to enjoy it. Please, just to know, that is the most insulting and infuriating thing I had heard in a long time. Note to everyone I know and every person I have met or will meet: please don’t ever try to invalidate my feelings on these issues or just because it is popular, doesn’t mean it has to be mainstream.

Tomorrow is Tuesday, and that means new releases.

The most important is Dawn of the Dead. What an experience. It is rare that a horror movie really gets under my skin.

It was this one and The Ring that really did so. I wasn’t outwardly scared, but it made me so agitated to find the resolution. Furthermore, apocolyptic moviews intrigue me. The best scene of this movie is when the (awesome) Sarah Polley walks out of her house and sees the whole neighborhood in absolute chaos. Brilliant.

Autolux is a band I have heard so much buzz about that I decided they are already on their way out. That’s how quick hype is!

Soledad Brothers: Voice of Treason. These guys rose to some popularity with the whole-blues-rock-Detroit-jack White is hot period. But they are pretty good, and more actual blues than the White Stripes.

Ulysses: 010. Your run of the mill, male indie rock, insightful lyrics. You’ve heard this before, but they do it well, so why not check it out?

Coming soon: many more interviews and a new feature where I give people directions on how they should be living their lives.

If you subscrive to emusic, you can use it for free for two weeks and get 50 free downloads. Just cancel your subscription before two weeks. Sweet!

Great. Someone got my page after googling for teenage porn. I gotta get this off of search engines

I just had a full-on temper tantrum because I don't live in NY anymore and I can't go to the previews on La Cage aux Folles. Woe is me.

Who is leaving NYU?

So what's up with this?

President Bush has announced his plan to select Dr. W. David Hager to head up the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. The committee has not met for more than two years, during which time its charter lapsed. As a result, the Bush Administration is tasked with filling all eleven positions with new members. This position does not require Congressional approval.The FDA's Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee makes crucial decisions on matters relating to drugs used in the practice of obstetrics, gynecology and related specialties, including hormone therapy, contraception, treatment for infertility, and medical alternatives to surgical procedures for sterilization and pregnancy termination.

Dr. Hager is the author of "As Jesus Cared for Women: Restoring Women Then and Now." The book blends biblical accounts of Christ healing women with case studies from Hager's practice. His views of reproductive health care are far outside the mainstream for reproductive technology.

Dr. Hager is a practicing OB/GYN who describes himself as "pro-life" and refuses to prescribe contraceptives to unmarried women.

In the book Dr. Hager wrote with his wife, entitled "Stress and the Woman's Body," he suggests that women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome should seek help from reading the bible and praying. As an editor and contributing author of "The Reproduction Revolution: A Christian Appraisal of Sexuality Reproductive Technologies and the Family," Dr. Hager appears to have endorsed the medically inaccurate assertion that the common birth control pill is an abortifacient.

get your hands off of my woman motherfucker

Sunday

I need help with a little brainstorming for insulting words I can call people. Lately every third word out if my mouth is "bitch", "slut", "whore", or "c*nt". I've been doing some self-reflection (my favorite hobby lately) and realized that I am perpetuating misogyny and sexism by calling women these names, even though I don't buy into it. I mean, someone at work sho steals my pen has nothing to do with her promiscuity, does it? "Douchebag", my favorite word, is questionable right now, because it is a feminie hygiene product (but it's also french for shower, so…). "Asshole" isn't really offensive to any group, neither is "dipshit". I'm trying to work those in my vocab more. Any other ideas are welcome. I want to shout these things at people or mutter it under my breath constantly, so the sooner you give me ideas, the better.

Today is one of your lucky days, where I feel like blogging every tiny move that I make. So, I watched CHO Revolution and was sadly dissappointing. What is with her new "ghetto" talk? Oh, and making jokes about George W Bush's intelligence? That's soooo fresh and original. Still love her though-"When I see children, I feel nothing…I ovulate sand."

Then I had to try really hard to not slit my wrists while I tried to finish season 2 of Mr. Show. I paid 25 bucks for the dvd, so I have to finish it! it is so gawd awful and not funny. At least Jack Black show up once in a while. When I see David Cross, I have a chemical reaction that turns me asexual.

Then I tried

Everyone's favorite manucurist from Bayonne, Bev, is having a party for her daughter. Here's the details:

Hey guys,
Bev here just iviting all yous to my sweetheart
angel daughter Amber Atkin's 10th birthday. The
theme is Pimps and Hoes (she asked, so I
deliver). Please dress appropriately, fish nets,
teased hair, furs etc etc. It's in Bayonne at my
mother's. I can pick anybody up at the Seacaucus
train station if needed. BYOB

BWAHAHAHA! Ashleeee Simpson fucked up her performance on SNL. And dances like an ass. See it here.

 

So, my Sunday is here and I am determined to stay in for the rest of the day and enjoy it. None of that feeling like I should be doing something "productive". Besides, I have got a lot of ground to cover: I need to watch Margaret Cho: Revolution, the last half of Cold Mountain, the first season of Reno:911, finish at least season one of Absolutely Fabulous, and get at least halfway through Season 2 of Roswell. If you need me, you can find me on my couch.

 

Quick question for you student affairs people: Are you going to NASPA in Tamps or ACPA in Nashville? I have to decide sometime this week, and I want to see where all of you will be.

 

Couldn't sleep, so I finished up the last hour of Angels in America. I was avoiding it for a while because I really didn't want it to end, I wasn't sure how it could all be resolved. Well, overall, it is one of the best miniseries/movies I have seen, but what a CRAP ending. Suddenly characters are talking to the camera (which they did not do for the entire 5 hours and 50 minutes before) and walking off, laughing in the sunset. Wtf? Characters talking to the camera and voice-over narration are some of my cinematic pet peeves. It is lazy screenwriting. Show me, don't tell me. And why does this have to have a totally resolved ending? The characters could have been in a positive place but not have everything resolved. (This is what annoyed me about Garden State. However, I don't want to ruin the ending for anyone, because I still reccomend it to anyone who has six hours to watch it and another 3 to process it afterwards.

 

What else? I heard the new Fiona Apple single, Better Version of Me. I'm not liking it. I am also kicking myself for not realizing that the New Pornographers are one of the best. bands. ever. I got the reissue of Mass Romantic, and it is heaven in a jewel case.

 

Check out a Sterephonics version of Handbags and Gladrags, the theme from the best. show. ever. For those of you that don't know what I am talking about, you can now find out.

 

One of my staff members is trying to start an organization based on appreciation for capitalism. I scoffed at first, but today I realized I should be president. Maybe I can start a spin-off organization for the appreciation of consumerism. I finally got myself some decent athletic shoes, but it doesn’t stop there. I just HAD to get myself another pair of earrings, a new Lesportsac tote, and a leather bag that I had seen somewhere and was looking to copy. Then I realized it’s the one Ashley Olsen carries. Someone please help me. Luckily I have been saving myself money by illegally downloading music instead of buying it. Shhhh.

 

Also got a dirt cheap of Bully, one of the most intriguing and disturbing movies ever. I love Larry Clark; he could film a cardboard box and I would watch it.

 

Here's the infamous Anne Coulter pie film.

 

Interview with the Arcade Fire, everyone's new band to hype to death.

OUCH! Pitchfork hates on the new Le Tigre. I like it, but I will admit, it's no Feminist Sweepstakes.

If This Island failed musically but still got Le Tigre's message out, it could be counted as a minor success. But at this critical juncture in their career, Le Tigre seem tame: They're neither over-the-top nor subtle– they're merely playing it safe. "Viz"– short for "visibility"– predicts lesbianism's wider acceptance, but hardly goes farther than, "They call it way too rowdy, I call it finally free"; the whimsical "Nanny Nanny Boo Boo" goes the Avenue D and Fannypack route ("If you ask us how we want it we'll say man-to-man/ When you go to kiss our cheeks we're gonna put out our hands") but feels out of place on an otherwise overly deadpan release.

Saturday

 

So who got to watch The Office Special? I will not rest until I have seen it.

 

Irrelevant news alert (for those staying in tonight): Jude Law will be hosting Saturday Night Live tonight.

 

i fold in half so easily when i put myself in the pictures of success

Friday

VOMIT. Short, annoying Stacy from the apprentice has her own website. Her pants look weird. You can book her to speak about: "Lessons Learned from the Apprentice", "Feistiness Counts", and "Dating Lessons Learned from the Apprentice". Jeez, everyone is getting paid to do speaking appearnces. Maybe I can go into business. My speech topics would include, "Eating to Stifle Emotions", "Why Everyone is Annoying", "Barbie rocks", "My Music Collection is Better Than Yours" and "Pulitzer Prize-Winning Blogging."

Students attack Anne Coulter with pies while she was speaking on campus. I'd imagine at xxxxxx they would light bags of dog feces on fire and throw it at her.

Thursday

Current pointless obsession: "Word Up" by Korn.

thegetaway1448: should i volunteer with CT NARAL?

Er5inQ: sure. unless they are crazy.

Er5inQ: i dont' know what that means.

Er5inQ: also, dont' work there if you are going to get shot.

thegetaway1448: ok

thegetaway1448: they want me to do web work

Er5inQ: like posting pics of aborted fetuses?

thegetaway1448: exactly

thegetaway1448: in silly outfits

Er5inQ: you should put those on your blog.

thegetaway1448: i'm putting this in my blog

Er5inQ: awesome.

So I cried at work today. Took me longer than I thought. Three months in is not so bad. Should I count the time I hit my head on my overhead cabinets and my eyes teared up? Nah.

mediocrity rules

The Onion is pretty g-damn funny today.

LHASA, TIBET—Deng Hsu, 14, said Monday that he is "totally getting into Western philosophy." "I've been reading a lot of Kant, Descartes, and Hegel, and it's blowing my mind," Hsu said. "It's so exotic and exciting, not like all that Buddhist 'being is desire and desire is suffering' shit my parents have been cramming down my throat all my life. Most of the kids in my school have never even heard of Hume's views on objectivity or Locke's tabula rasa." Hsu said he hopes to one day make an exodus to north London to visit the birthplace of John Stuart Mill.

Nader Polling At 8 Percent Among Past Supporters
WASHINGTON, DC—A CNN/Gallup poll released Monday shows that 8 percent of those who voted for presidential candidate Ralph Nader in the 2000 election will vote for him again in 2004. "Americans feel it's time for an end to corporate-controlled government, or at least 1/12th of those who voted for me in 2000 do," Nader said, addressing a handful of supporters scattered throughout a lecture hall at Georgetown University. "Don't be satisfied with politics as usual. That is my message to those who voted for me four years ago. Get back with the team." Nader said that 230,000 votes, while nowhere near enough to win, might be sufficient to muck up another election.

i’m so excited and i just can’t hide it

Tuesday.

For John.

The NY Times gives a wrap up of the CMJ madness. Everyone is still wetting their pants over the Arcade Fire. Get the whole album, Funeral, here. Thank me later.

I feel bad for the space I have been taking up to talk about Manhunt. That crap will never be watched or spoken of again. Blake, call me!

The political links are flying everywhere. Do you guys think I'm Brenda or something? Anyway, thanks Bri, for giving me a link to John Stewart on Crossfire. Why is John Stewart suddenly the new savior for the left? I wouldn't be surprised if he ran for office. I saw his standup routine a few years ago and his main schtick was his dog's bout with diarreah. I am sure there is an evil genius writing his comments.

Anyway, Brian is worthy of having his pic posted.

Bri, I am giving Manhunt one more try tonight. I still have hope. Since the Challenge seriously sucks ass, I need something to look forward to.

Oh my. Are they serious? Check here tomorrow for a pic of Brandon in his boxer briefs holding a cosmo.

I love this stuff! I took this test and scored just about smack in the middle of moderate and far left of both social libertarian and economic leftist. Here's my graph. I'm psyched because when I took the quiz, I really answered how I felt, not how I think a good liberal should answer. Much unlike the cosmo quiz, where I make the socially acceptable answer so I can be in the "vixen" category or whatever. Anyhow, lemme know what you score.

From Erin:
check this out. it's hilars. put it in your blog. and your pants. http://www.borowitzreport.com/

Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly announced today that he has outsourced all of his phone sex activities to India, citing “heavy call volume” as the reason behind the move. Starting this week, all phone sex normally handled by Mr. O’Reilly will instead originate from a calling center in Bangalore, the television host confirmed.

“There’s a time and a place for everything, and when it comes to phone sex, the time is any time and the place is Bangalore,” Mr. O’Reilly told his television audience.

At the Bangalore calling center, Surjit Khera, 31, was one of many employees undergoing a three-week training program to help him approximate Mr. O’Reilly’s phone-sex technique: “It is very hard to be as sexy as Bill O’Reilly, but I am endeavoring to do so.”

Wheeee! I had to post these because they are scary. Not because they appear in drag, but because the photoshopping is so freaking good.

and they chased me up three flights of stairs

Monday.

Sufjan Stevens has been dressing like a swan for his performances. What is he, Bjork? Brandon has a swan fetish.

The company that books speakers got back to me:

Thanks for your interest in Ann Coulter. Ann's fee for a keynote speech is
$25,000 plus first class travel and expenses. She is a very lively speaker
and I know you would enjoy having her.

Hot damn! First class! I guess no Express Inn on Route 66 for her. I wonder what her expenses will be- heroin and leather vests?

I am kind of freaking out…

Now, is this the same special that is going to air next week on BBC America? Isn't there one before this? Sadly, I feel like I know these people and I will feel cheated if I miss any part of their lives. Does anyone get BBC America? Who do I have to screw to get it taped?

After much deliberating, I have decided on an athletic shoe. Now that I have gotten them, I guess that means I have to actually start exercising. Sigh. But aren't they fab? Just ugly enough to be cute.

New releases for tomorrow:

The wait is over!

This Island is released tomorrow. If you live in NYC, they will be making an in-store appearance at the famed Tower records on Broadway. I've heard several tracks from this, and it is definitely more dance-y and crafted than their earlier stuff. It is now on a major label, and it sounds like it. And that is not such a bad thing, to bring their message of queer politics to a more mainstream audience.

Also out tomorrow- Ted Leo's Shake the Sheets. Not much to say about this, but if you like catchy hooks and solid song-writing, get it.

Was anyone going to tell me that Korn had a greatest hits album out?
Little known fact about me: I enjoy Korn's music. And I find the singer strangely attractive. I know, he's gross, I need help. But "Freak on A Leash" is a fucking masterpiece. And what's this? They do a cover of Cameo's "Word Up"? That is musical genius.
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Back at work answering my 62 emails I received when I was out. I wanted to give a shout out to Paul who is now an Area Coordinator at Wheaton College (whatever that is). We can be AC nerds together! It is good to see more cool people in Res Life. We have to give it a good image.

I love the way that random people end up at this blog through a web search. Try searching for manhunt nude underwear. Btw, isn't there a way to make sure this page doesn't show up on internet searches? If anyone knows how to do that, please let me know.

there’s chocolate cookie on my camera

Back from my minivacation to the general NY area. I am pleased to admit that I did feel a little home sick for Connecticut, espesh for my apartment. That must be a good thing, because now I start thinking of here as home. Whatever it is, I think that familiar surroundsing make me comfortable. I could have been living in a dumpster outside the local Applebee’s, but put me there long enough and then take me away, I will feel nostaligic for it.

The city time was nice, caught up with Courtney at my favorite diner, and ran around in the rain with John and Brian. The hot topic of conversation was actually this blog. I heard some comparisons made to some literary masterpieces; I also heard a description of “like a Cathy comic” come to the surface of the conversation many times. As promised, here is a rare capture of some feet flirting done at atrium, while Brian sits and marvels at our uncanny ability to imitate patients on a day pass from our halfway house.

Also met up with Corry, one of my favorite pupils in how to be indie cool. She chopped off her hair and took pity on me and took some lame ass pics of us trying to be bad ass. Whipping out my camera on Irving Place instantly gave me some cool points.

Also, ran into Connectictut peeps (my posse from the C-T, if you will) and ate at another one of my favorite places. Caught a late evening show of I Heart Huckabees. More on that below.

My feelings of being back in NY were not as expected. It felt good to be there, but not some overwhelming sense of loss. It seemed to just tire me out even more. I know there are several people I really wanted to see but missed out. I think I didn’t make plans because I am not at my optimal self at the moment. The whole weekend I felt physically and mentally exhausted and really looked forward to some time in the new queen bed on my parents house watching my Roswell Season 2 dvd and having conversations with the cat. Plus, my parents are moving to Florida so I am glad for the quality time I spent with them, even if it did include having my dad do a virus scan for computer and my mother explaining the fascinating intricacies of car insurance.

"Huckabees…Fuckabees!"

So I Heart Huckabees is a movie that I enjoyed only after I let it marinate for a day or two. Yes, it was pretentious, but maybe only pretentious about the fact that it was making a joke about being pretentious. Follow that? Really, it was just an exercise in demonstrating acting chops, which was quite enjoyable. Jason Schwartzmann was mediocre, still short and still playing Max Fischer. And who knew that Marky Mark Wahlberg could be comedic and act? Lilly Tomlin still demonstrates the art of physical comedy. I could have done without Naomi Watts, her teeth, and her awkward American accent. The talk about the whole meaning of things and the larger-scale affects of our actions for the world in general (why fight for land preservation when other shit happens in the world) was really like many of the conversations I’ve had about what it means to be a liberal and when I reexamine some of my actions and if I am being hypocritical to my stated beliefs. Which I am. However, if you did like this movie or are interested in seeing it, I would recommend seeing Flirting With Disaster, and earlier film by the same writer/director. It stars Ben Stiller back when he was funny.

I did pick up some sweet tunes while in NY. Got the recent one from Silkworm, the Blood Brothers (frigging unbelievable), and an advance copy of Welcome to the North (damn, I am so industry). Which, kicks some assage.

In the spirit of my recent best of list (which desperately needs to be revived- already!), here are Andrew's (that darn Anglophile):

1. KEANE Hopes and Fears

2. SCISSOR SISTERS Scissor Sisters

3. EMBRACE Out of Nowhere

4. AIR Talkie Walkie

5. FRANZ FERDINAND Franz Ferdinand

6. NELLIE MCKAY Get Away From Me

7. SNOW PATROL Final Straw

8. NATASHA BEDINGFIELD Unwritten

9. THE STREETS A Grand Don't Come For Free (I could see this moving up, but
I just got it, so I'm still deciding how much I like it)

10. AVRIL LAVIGNE Under My Skin

Hmmmm… who would have that Andrew's and my music tastes would somewhat converge? I am glad to see his days of Westlife are over.

Dog Experiences Best Day of Hid Life for the 400th Consecutive Day SANTEE, CA—Family dog Loki experienced the best day of his life for the 400th straight day Monday, the black Labrador retriever reported. "I got to go outside! I got to sniff the bush!" Loki said, wagging excitedly. "I saw a squirrel and I barked at it and it ran up the tree! Then I came back inside, and the smoky-smelling tall man let me have a little piece of bacon and then I drank from the toilet!" Loki will experience the best day of his life once again tomorrow, when he digs a hole, chews on a slipper, and almost catches his tail.

Douchey McDouche Bag.

Have Im mentioed the band Bloc Party and how much they rule? I can't even describe their stuff. It's like Interpol meets the The Rapture meets Fugazi. I think I just made that up. Anyway, listen to them or drop their names some time. Plus, they are cute, skinny, and enjoy touching each other.

Don't EVEN get me started on this misogynist, demeaning, transphobic show. I don't have the words to describe how utterly annoyed and hopeless it makes me feel.

so am i still waiting for this world to stop hating

Friday.

Thanks for the update Bren. I have now seen enough recaps to see that it was mostly what I expected. Bush having a temper tantrum saying "that's just not presidential!" a couple of times in hopes of making a statement. Yea, you're right: get over it.

I woke up last night to see Anne Coulter on the O'Reilly Factor. Those two should just do it already. What I wouldn't give to have her speak at xxxxxxx….I just checked, and her speaker fee is about a gazillion dollars. I really don't have that in my measley residence hall program budget.

For all you diehard Avril fans (and by that I mean Brandon), here is an early demo, so you can say you know her way back in the day before she was mainstream. She totally stole my hairstyle last year.

Deerhoof have a live, internet-only FREE album called Bibidi Babidi Boo. (Not like I have been paying for the mass amounts of music that I download). Get it here, nerds. Deerhoof are an acquired taste, I am not even sure how I feel about them.

Thursday.

An interview with Emily Haines. I am sure she talks about her ego and her awkward dance moves. At least I hope she does.

Still kicking it on Long Island. Took myself to a matinee of Shaun of the Dead. It seriously restored my faith in the motion picture industry. Lately, for some reason, I have had an obsession with zombie films, as well as British humor. And this combines both! I also feel like there is a limited pool of British actors, because I recognized lots of people, including my girl Lucy Davis, aka Dawn Tinsely. My boyfriend Martin Freeman, aka Tim, was also in it briefly. Jeez, I watched the Office so much I feel like these people are my personal friends. Anyway, go see the movie. be warned: one of the most graphic scenes I have ever seen involved someone being eaten alive. it rivaled the infamous chainsaw scene in Dawn of the Dead. Next up: Team America, Stage Beauty, I Heart Huckabees, Saw, Blade:Trinity (shut up! it looks good).

So, this has happened to me before on Long Island and occasionally in Connecticut. So, I do have some funky attire, nothing circus-worthy, but a few pieces I find original. Today I had my earrings that are basically long blue leather straps. I also wore my DIY Pixies shirt. Well, people do notice, such as the 19 year old pimply faced guy working at the movie theater, who was paying an uncomfortably amount of attention to me. And the mall punk teen cashier at Megamarshall's who probably wanted to invite me over to listen to Simple Plan. I mean, secretly, that's why I wear this stuff, right? For people to notice? I guess I shoud take the compliment. But I suddenly feel unconfortable, like calm down, I'm no Milan runway model. I don't even know what I am saying. I'll shut up and take the compliments where I can get them.

My parents have gone officially insane. They bought my cat his own suitcase for when they move to Florida. It has paw prints on it. Please help them.

Wednesday.

Crap, crap, CRAP! I completely missed the debates tonight. After a wretching three and a half hour traffic-ridden ride home to the Isle, a meal of my mother's ground meat and rice mush, an hour long conversation with my cat, I collapsed. At about 8pm. I am now my parents. I fogot to pack any sort of sleepwear, so I am actually wearing a really hot bright aqua pantsuit that I borrowed from her. Welcome to my life.

Ugh! I feel so unpatriotic! How can I now make a an informed decision! I finally had a dream about work and xxxxx and CT. In my dream, a mother of a student wrote me this huge email, practically a thesis, and threatened that if I didn't read it and analyze it before I talked to her, she would report me to my supervisor. Provacative, right? I miss my dreams about me being in a hipster gang and using my feminine charms to con people.

I don't know about going into the city tomorrow, it is supposed to rain. Ugh, I may just hang around my parents house and read and watch 20,000 episodes of Law and Order with my Dad.

i want butterflies all the time

I haven't mentioned it much, but one of my favoritist bands is Taking Back Sunday. They often get lumped in with other emo bands, but they are much better. He is the entire album Where You Want to Be. Highly recommended (Especially for Erin).

Coming soon: 60GB ipod with photo storage. I think I have a boner.

Heading to New York. be back Monday…

Monday.

I know times are a-changin' when I get no longer get joy from watching the Real World Road Rules Challenge. Firstly, I am about 5,000 years older than these kids. Also, the extreme super machoism of the men's team is so obvioudly a cover for insecurities and budding homoerotic feelings. Plus, everytime the women referred to themselves as the "girls' team" I cringe.

On the other hand, how psyched am I for Team America? The answer is very.

Tomorrow is Tuesday which means album release day. Some semi0decent stuff.

So when were Sum 41 going to tell me they had a new album? Was someone going to ever predict that I would be a staunch endorser of this band?

You may group them in with the Good Charlottes and the Simple Plans of the World, but I think it is a serious throwback to the punk days of yore. Or something. If you want a truly good rock song, see "Still Waiting", "Handle This", and "Motivation."

Also, The Strokes live album, Live at Alexandria Palace. Don't know much about this, but how can it not be good. I have had the pleasure of seeing the Strokes live three times, and I look forward to it again. Except it will probably have to be in a huge stadium.

To keep your hipster cred, remember to pick up a copy of Moving Unit's Dangerous Dreams.

It is nothing that spectacular, but definitely not torturous.

And, most importantly, Crimes, the new one from the Blood Brothers.

Started the whole "Screamo" thing. Whatever that means. For all you Wilco-loving, Indigo Girl worshipping, John Mayer enthusiasts, stay away. Stay far away.

Someon I know is going to be heading to Hot Topic to get this spiffy ensemble:

this is the writing of the whiner’s bio

After a terrifying twelves hour period in which my ipod was as useful as a paperweight, I need to compensate by going into a complete download insanity. A little tip from me to you: just let the battery run out. It will automatically reset itself and will unfreeze anything.

Absolutely obsessed with:

Fugazi/Destiny's Child- Independent Room

It's a mashup of Fugazi's "Waiting Room" and DC's "Independent Women part II." The amazing thing is that it sounds like these two collaborated, because they go together so naturally. Dowload, play at full volume, enjoy.

I'm pretty behind these days. I finally got the Libertines' second album.

So far I am pretty impressed. Pretty much same as the first album with some more polished melodies and production. Extreme inebriation, various arrests and serious in-fighting may lead them through the same route as Oasis.

Some sources for full albums that you should probably own. Please don't turn me into the authorities for piracy:

Interpol- Antics [Kind of a staple to any ipod playlist]
The Streets- A Grand Don't Come for Free [I am still riding this bandwagon]
Fugazi- Live '91 [Expect nothing less from the experts]
The Distillers- Coral Fang [Never gets old]
The Fiery Furnaces- Blueberry Boat [Everyone else has it, so why don't you?]
Social Distortion- Love, Sex and Rock n Roll [Do they still have it after all these years?]
Tilly and the Wall- Wild Like Children [One of my favorites these days]
Erin, this is for you especially: various punk albums

subway is a porno

The bottom line is this: I miss the city. In the most desperate way. When I got the job in CT, I knew it would be hard to adjust. I tried to convince myself that things would be a bit calmer and I would have more time to just relax and do things for myself. It is still hard for me to utilize my free time. Believe me, I love being in my apartment with a good book or some good DVDs, able to casually cook for myself. However, when I do want to go out, the fact I have to get in my car and on the freeway is frustrating. Usually, an outing consists of going to some shopping center or a store. I know, hypocrite alert, I love shopping and am quite materialistic, but when it is the central part of my outing and I am in the busy store surrounded by other consumers, I start to feel this pathetic feeling that mass consumerism may be my only entertainment.

It’s not even that I miss the so-called nightlife- I could count the number of NYC bars I have been inside on both hands. The thing that is really hard to adjust to is the fact that I thoroughly enjoy doing things alone. In New York, and even in DC, this was not only quite easy to do but welcomed. Some mornings I woke up, felt like getting out, so I could walk out my door and stroll, stopping in stores that I came upon; browsing a bookstore or a street fair; seeing a movie or eating out where lots of other loners were just enjoying the company of themselves. Or I would always love to take my book or my schoolwork and park myself on a bench or a coffeeshop and enjoy the people watching where I got work done. Here, in the burbs, doing things alone is less common- much less common. Here, when I do this, I feel much more self-conscious about doing things alone, and I hate that I feel this way. I am certainly not embarrassed to be by myself, but I think the fact that I seem to be the only one makes me very aware of myself. Most things are done in units here, in a family with loud kids or in a gaggle of teenagers.

I know, Connecticut is not completely desolate of culture or non-consumerism things to do. However, it takes much more effort. In the local alternative newspaper, I always look at the theatre listings and want to go. However, it takes way more planning and driving. No more calling my Broadway Buddy Paul at 6 in the evening and deciding to see a show that night, and then strolling home afterwards.

The thing that kills me out here is the lack of live music. In NY and DC, this was my escape, my natural high that could get me through a few days. Certainly, I went to a lot of shows alone, which was glorious, because I could time it so I could get there when the opening act was over and I could leave when I wanted (I never stayed for encores- how amateur!). At the same time, I always loved taking friends to shows and introducing them to new bands, kind of like sharing part of my personality with them. Sure, there are maybe one or two places in New Haven or Hartford that occasionally have good bands, but it is quite a drive, so I would have to worry about parking and not having access to the box office, I would have to buy tickets over the internet with a 150% increase due to service fees. Vomit. For those of you tell me about recent bands you have seen, forgive me if I have a mini temper-tantrum, it is just my jealous rage coming out. So maybe I need to just get over it? Am I being a total snob about this? I do need to keep trying to get over my cultural high-horse and realize that there are things and people here that are worthy of attention. Soon, I will be involved in more volunteer activities and next semester I may take some classes. But I can’t help but think about what I am missing….

One of my fellow graduate students was once talking about “doing your time” ,meaning working somewhere that geographically is undesirable. I guess that is what I am doing right now. However, I don’t want to live my life just waiting for my next step. There are a lot of things going for me here; I have a great apartment, my job constantly challenges me and is aiding me in developing an actual serious career, and my coworkers are quickly becoming close friends. I have stopped reading New York sites and magazines because it actually pains me to see what I am missing. However, I have made a promise to myself to stay here for at least three years. After a history of never keeping a job for a full year, I need to establish some experience. Furthermore, I would prefer not to make a lateral move to another hall director position. I am already longing for the day when I do not supervise student staff directly. Hopefully, after three years, an upward move may seem like the natural next step.

At this point, I know that I am probably destined to live in New York City. However, I know that firstly, I want to be more financially secure. I don’t expect a grand townhouse, but I would like to not live in a cramped studio. My days of eating and sleeping in the same room are way over. Also, I want to make sure that I will have a job I will enjoy. I know there are certain institutions in NY that I would never work for.

What sparked this was the Best of New York editions of my favorite papers. Go here for the Village Voice picks, and here for the New York Press (an very underrated publication, in my opinion.

My visit next week can be refreshing or frustrating. My main focus is to connect with some people who I left behind. You know how bad I am with the phone. Things to do:

1. Go to Other Music. And go batshit crazy in the used cd section.
2. Hang around NYU and look for Mary Kate. Screw Ashley.
3. Get some new shoes along Broadway somewhere.
4. Wander aimlessly around the Housing Works Used Book Café.
5. Go to the Tompkins Square Park dog run.
6. See something at the UCB.
7. Sit in a park and ogle people.
8. Get some new earrings at Hotel Venus.
9. Eat at Angelica Kitchen.
10. See a decent movie.

This has GOT to be some sort of joke.

From Amazon:

this sounds like vintage O'Reilly: pithy and direct but also patronizing ("I like many things about you kids"). Each chapter begins with quotes from kids who have written into his show (!), followed by a short introduction and a personal O'Reilly story….Still, there's nothing wrong with most of the commonsensical advice O'Reilly dispenses; it's the sort found everywhere–do well in school, don't take drugs, avoid the wrong friends. But barf alert for the occasional instant-message inserts in which O'Reilly uses common IM terms to explore how two typical teenagers, one a "pinhead" and the other a "smart operator," would react to various situations. Bill O'Reilly talking kids' language: SMHID (scratch my head in disbelief).

One customer reviewer writes:

OMG!! Bill O Rielly is so Rad!!!! He's like cool and purple pants with stripes (coke please NO Pepsi)! LOL. He's like realy cool in that sort of not so mean parent way. You know? He really understands kids and the like, I guess generational stuff. Like he remembers when he was a kid and all that stuff. Pretty cool. I didn;t mind it like my friends Carrie and Trish did. But they are punker hc goths and they think the world revolves around them! Anyway,. back to my review of the awesome Bill Oreilly. I bet he has some awesome times with his kids and stuff. This book show it. I now watch his show and though it's kinda boring – he's kinda hard to understand for my age – and my Dad sorta forces my Mom to watch it too, even though she probably would rather watch some stupid romance show or somthing. But Back to my review. The Awesome Bill Riel-o! Wow, what more can I say? HHG LOL keer WWJD!!!

i love you but i’ve chosen darkness

I’m putting my money on Neville Longbottom.

Asked on her official Web site whether she planned to kill off any more characters, Rowling replied, “Yes, sorry.” But she refused to identify that character.Potter himself is safe, at least for now. Rowling has previously said her teenage hero will survive until the seventh and final book in the series, but has refused to say whether he will reach adulthood.

How to drive in Middletown:

1. When making a turn, especially a right turn, make sure you come to a complete stop first.
2. When the light turns green, make a left turn. Those pesky cars that have the right of way? Ignore them.
3. After the light turns green, take a moment to collect your thoughts, and then start to drive.
4. Look at the speed limit on the freeway. Subtract 20 and then go at that speed.
5. If you do go above the speed limit, it is ok to pass on the shoulder.
6. If you see me trying to make a left turn and you have a stoplight ahead, make sure you creep up right behind the car in front of you and block the intersection.
7. When you are pulling out of a parking space, don’t worry about looking. The other drivers have ESP and know that you are going to pull out.

i will not fornicate with you- stop begging!

Thursday.

Har har..Bush's debate notes.

In case you have been living under a rock and have not heard some basic staples of good music, check out a full index of the White Stripes' Elephant and The Darkness' Permission to Land (my take).

Top phrases uttered or overheard this week:

egresshate crime

douche bag

I like c*ck

Quidditch

accountability

decaf chai

administration

dying alone

Here is basically every track the Brian Jonestown Massacre has ever recorded.

Wow, I have reached new levels of success. This site can be found through a google search of "happy ending male model video." I hope that people searching for gay porn enjoy my insight into the world of the student affairs field.

If you have a goofy/cute looking baby, make sure you exlpoit him by making a site about vapid celebrities.

Wednesday.

Renee Zellweger, it is a good think I love Bridget Jones and will of course see The Edge of Reason, because you fucking piss me off. You almost didn't do the movie because it was so horrible to gain the weight? (Speaking of which, it comes out in a mere month, on November 16). Oh but wait..Jack White dumped your ass?

New band to check out: The Ponys. The picture is asking for it though- "look how hip we are- we hang out at vintage stores!"

Check out the New Pornographer's "Graceland" from Matador's 15th anniversary compilation.

Oh yea. Also The Music's Welcome to the North finally is released stateside.

Their last album was amazing. They are only 19 years old and their stuff is compared to Zeppelin. And one of the best live shows I have ever seen.

Look at meeee!!! I'm blogging at work. I am the middle of a marathon of judicial conferences and sometimes I am just not up for it. Usually it is first year students testing the limits and then after they are "caught" they are pretty savvy about staying out of trouble.

I was doing research on National Coming Out Day to do some programming, and I realized that it was started by HRC. Are they trying to get a patent on all things gay?

So, among all the crap I need to do at work, I managed to send this uber-important email to Brandon:

Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 14:54:38 -0400To: xxxxxxx@xxxx.edu

From: Robin

Subject: hot menzzz

Do you need to be alone with these?

The Killers:

http://www.whatsupnyc.com/weblog/pictures/2004/JUN/the_killers/318.jpg

http://www.whatsupnyc.com/weblog/pictures/2004/JUN/the_killers/251.jpg

http://whatsupnyc.com/weblog/pictures/2004/MAY/killers/2334.jpg

Scissor Sisters:

http://whatsupnyc.com/weblog/pictures/2004/MAR/scissor_sisters/s-s.jpg

The Walkmen
http://mediaeater.com/pictures/2003/APRO3/the-walkmen/602.gif

Interpol

http://www.mediaeater.com/pictures/2003/MAR03/interpol-ii/i_had_seven_faces.gif

http://www.mediaeater.com/pictures/2003/MAR03/interpol-ii/it_took_time_then_i_found_you.gif

Ben Jelen:

http://www.gibson.com/whatsnew/pressrelease/2003/images/benjelen5.jpg

Cooper temple clause

http://www.newyorkdoll.org/photos04/thecoopertempleclause/16.JPG

http://www.newyorkdoll.org/photos04/thecoopertempleclause/18.JPG

Tuesday.

I totally flakes on the VP debate in favor of checking my email, grooming my ipod and eating rice and bean chips. However, Brenda knows the shit.

I'm just so pooped these days. Work has been draining both physically and mentally. Tonight I went around to building with the fire marshall for three hours to do fire drills. Man, college students live like pigs. Wesleayn gives them these gorgeous houses to live and they treat them like crap. I am looking forward to my mini-vaca in two weeks. I need to get on the ball and set up plans with people when I go to the city.

In the meantime, my materialistic personality is celebrating. Released today:

Is there even a need to explain why this was pre-ordered eons ago? The skins, the husks, the Hybrid Chronicles, the punk rock aliens, and Tess gets knocked up. Brilliant.

Finally, the new album. I believe it was 2 years ago when the last album came out, and Erin and I waited about six hours for the pleasure of the band to fondle my cd cover and for Benji Madden to wink at me and for Joel to stare at her rack.

E, they are at Tower records again. Are you up for it?

Hot Snakes: new album. I kind of forgot about them. But I know it will be good.

Q and Not U: Power

A kick-ass Dischord band from DC. Produced by the maestro, Ian MacKaye. Much more accessible that their earlier stuff.

Sons and Daughters: Love the Cup

Ok, I cheated, this came out a while ago, but it was recently remastered and rereleased. They kind of jump on the whole bandwagon of coed singers (Tilly and the Wall, Fiery Furnaces, Mates of State, etc.)

Plus, I don't know how legit this is, but here are all of Spoon's recent albums in their entirety:

Kill the Moonlight
Girls Can Tell
A Series of Sneaks
Telefono

Get ready tomorrow for a freaking long rant.

strange how the ears ring after a night of wrongdoing

Monday.

Ah, the insomnia prevails…so I will turn to yapping here. Thanks for the comments so far. You guys are actually pretty witty, so keep ‘em coming. Brian made a comment that he and I never need to talk anymore because I have this blog. This is kind of half true. I am very bad about keeping in touch with people because once I get into the daily grind of my life, I get very sucked into my world and have a hard time explaining it to others. This blog was not meant to devalue personal contact I have with each of you, I feel like I am more connected to you because I can share more of my daily thoughts. Plus, this is sort of an “invite only” site. The fact that you are reading this means that you are dear to me in some way. Is it not cool to blog about blogs? Is that like wearing a band’s t-shirt to their concert? OK, I’ll move on.

I think I’m gonna order these prints for my apartment.

Sunday.

Tilly and the Wall tap into a young, sunny sound.

Death can make or break a band. Death is the new Kaballah.

Covers, covers covers:

-The Distillers cover Joy Division

-The Killers cover Morrissey

Le Tigre cover The Pointer Sisters

Get your fill of Guided By voices tracks. This would be good if you are someone who, in the near future, will be interacting with one of the members. You know who you are!

FYI, when you call my cell phone, you'll get a standardized voicemail greeting. It's still my cell, but I am trying to make someone think that I changed my number. Long story, and quite uninteresting.

So I am getting geared up for Manhunt. The homoeroticism is so thick, you can cut it with a knife. The profiles are up, so place your bets now! I like Kevin O. He's from Long Island, and god does he look dumb. Casey HW has kind of a pudge. Yum! But wait, ewwww.

Today's nonessential reading:

-Here is that NYT Magazine cover story about blogs and the campaign. What's that, NYT? There's something called a blog?

-Kinsey: the sexologist and the movie. Looks good!

-the long-awaited(?) return of Duran Duran.

-Spiffy interview with the Unicorns.

-Interview with Sufjan Stevens.

The best Metric song ever (it's from a rare EP that came about before their full-length) is Soft Rock Star. Grab it. Listen. Thank me.