Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
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8:06 pm - C is for Central Reservation
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I've been at home for the past nine days on a deadline. So what's it like outside? Did the leaves come back this year? Is there sunshine?
Still listening to my albums, by title, from A to Z. Since my last post:
Become You - Indigo Girls
Beneath These Fireworks - Matt Nathanson
The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974
The Best of the Decca Years - Peggy Lee
Between Five and Seven - John Gorka
Big Calm - Morcheeba
Big Dipper - Drop Trio
A Bird Flies Out - Deb Talan
Blonde on Blonde - Bod Dylan
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
BMFA [EP] - Martha Wainwright
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Blue Divide - Richard Shindell
The Book of Life [Soundtrack]
Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
Brace Yourself - mu-Ziq
Brandi Carlile
Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
Bruised Orange - John Prine
Building Nothing Out of Something - Modest Mouse
Burn to Shine - Ben Harper
And that brings us to C! The biggest surprise of that bunch? Rediscovering Bruce Springsteen. Absolutely brilliant. Shame on me for forgetting.
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8:41 am - LOLTREK
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Taking a small break from my deadline while the coffee brews. Enjoy!
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
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8:44 am - We run a tight ship
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I'm on a tight deadline today, so what better time to procrastinate?
Ready for more albums? Sure you are.
August Sweater [EP] - Yo La Tengo
Avenue Q - Original Broadway Cast
Awkward Annie - Kate Rusby
The B-52's - Artist Unknown
Babylon [EP] - David Gray
Back in the Circus - Jonatha Brooke
Back to Me - Kathleen Edwards
Bantha Trax Vol. 2 [EP] - Tusken Raiders
Bare Stripped Naked - Bettie Serveert
Battlecall - Jess Mcdonough
Beautiful Maladies - Tom Waits
The Beauty of the Rain - Dar Williams
Wow. More than I thought. And I learned something: Tusken Raiders is actually µZiq. Who knew?
And of course I've had Avenue Q stuck in my brain.
And I don't think I've ever made it through this Dar Williams album.
And I'm not sure I ever will.
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
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9:55 am - Rocking on
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
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9:38 am - Two bits
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Today's TMI Friday is so disturbing—so frightening—that the LiveJournal terms of service compel—nay, require—me to put it behind a cut. You have been warned.
( Safe for work, but still... )
The album project is going well. I solved the Madonna album crisis by simply deleting it. The digital age may have taken vinyl away from us, but it's not without its perks. Since my last update:
Amsterdam/I Love Art...Really! - David Holmes
And then nothing turned itself inside-out - Yo La Tengo
Angels Running - Patty Larkin
Annie - Soundtrack
Another Side of Bob Dylan - Artist Unknown
Any Given Day - Meg Hutchinson
April - Sun Kil Moon
The Areas of My Expertise - John Hodgman
It could take me a while to get through the 700 hobo names at the end of disc six, so enjoy the break.
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
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10:20 am - Alphabetical
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Day one of my A to Z album project? Excellent. Aurally and otherwise.
A1A - Jimmy Buffett
After Yesterday - John Gorka
Against All Odds - Postal Service
Against the Grey - Meg Hutchinson
Aimless Love - John Prine
Ain't So Green - Carsie Blanton
Alive 2007 - Daft Punk
All I Want - Rufus Wainwright
All of Our Names - Sarah Harmer
Alphabetical - Phoenix
Next up is American Life by Madonna. Wait. American Life by Madonna? Am I really up for that? I don't know. This calls for procrastination!
So we had some sun this weekend and I enjoyed the bologna out of it. Walked around. Read in the sun. Went to a game at Fenway. Don't worry, though, I'm still very pale.
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
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10:00 am - No track left behind
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It's time. Time to air out my music collection. I'm listening to it all, album by album, alphabetically, from A to Z. Or if you prefer phonetics to alphabetics, from eh to zed. 6,700 tracks. First up?
À Gogo by Patty Larkin
Expect updates until you either tell me to stop, or hide it behind a cut.
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
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10:17 pm - hot dog..!
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yeah. i won Winter Games on eBay for $0.99. i still got it, and i'm never gonna lose it.
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
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8:11 am - it's Annette's time to shine..
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"hot steamy beach babes?" did i just get spam from 1983?! or are beach babes back in style?
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
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10:45 am - lyrics, and the words that look like them..
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and i can't fight this feeling anymore
i've forgotten what i started fighting for
something something ship into the shore
and baby throw away the oar forever..
it took four guesses before i figured out that was REO Speedwagon. and now i'm very close to giving 99 cents to the iTunes Store.
speaking of 99 cents, i got shortchanged at Wendy's last night. i'm still a little bitter. has that ever happened to you before? how the hell do you win the argument?
i gave you a twenty.
no, you gave me a ten.
no, i'm positive it was a twenty.
no, it was a ten.
you can't even ask for a refund because then you're down $10 _and_ you get no dinner.
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
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10:51 am - graceful..
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as many of you know, Daniel Bélanger won the Juno Award for L’Échec du Matériel, beating out my third studio album, Le Chat n'est pas Impressionné. i have no boeuf with M. Bélanger, and i just thank dieu that it wasn't Céline Dion.
so damn. it's only April and we've already seen new releases from Mike Doughty, Sun Kil Moon, Kate Rusby, Kathleen Edwards, Meg Hutchinson, Death Cab for Cutie, and surprise: Zooey Deschanel. rest in peace, bank account. you will be missed. 1987-2008.
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
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8:57 am - empiricism has prevailed..
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the Jimmy Dean croissant breakfast sandwich is definitely more filling than the Jimmy Dean biscuit breakfast sandwich. in my experience, 1 croissant equals 2.35 biscuits. spend your sawbucks accordingly.
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
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11:38 am - advocating the devil..
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have you ever been in a GAP and thought "i can do this so much better"? me too! so today i'm excited to announce i'm leaving behind my life in Flash development (i'm a Flash developer if i haven't mentioned that before) to open a chain of retail clothing stores.
clothe your eyes. sorry, that was a subliminal advertisement.
close your eyes. you're in a mall. you really need a new pair of jeans. you see a sign that says Abercrombie. do they sell jeans? you think so. you approach the entrance. it smells like an Axe body spray factory. and look, there's ginormous photo of a shirtless male model. you sense that perhaps these are not your people. you hesitate.
and then you see it.
a drifter's corpse.
sorry.
a Drifter's Corpse.
score. you can always get a great pair of jeans from a Drifter's Corpse! they even tie your purchases in a handkerchief! they accept hobo nickels (hey, they're stronger than the dollar)!
this is my store, and i look forward to your patronage.
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
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12:45 pm - i prob'ly think this photo's about me..
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
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9:17 am - and then there was 3/10..
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foul mood. foul.
ALL YOUR BASE WILL DIE BY MY HANDS.
okay, i feel better now. see how easy i am? like Sunday morning..
i think this mood started creeping in when i went to get gas last night only to find that they'd installed televisions at the pumps and turned the flow down to a trickle. i had to sit through about seven minutes of ads for CBS and ESPN just for the privilege of giving Gulf $39.48.
the experiment that is America is surely coming to an end..
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
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7:09 pm
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On a party bus to Mohegan. I work hard, I play hard. Beer. Fuck. Yes. I love everybody.
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
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7:28 pm - Back from Pennsylvania...
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...and the accent is gone already. In fact, the only proof I was even there is this whoopie pie. Which, uh, I ate two hours ago. So maybe it was all a dream... A dream with Amish people. And chow chow.
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
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3:24 pm - because she's powerless to stop me..
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dear Danielle's mom,
those peanuts you gave Dani in her Easter basket are really, REALLY hot. we're talking beer doesn't even help. my mouth tastes like burning. same again next year? excellent.
love,
-Steppy
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
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5:18 pm
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It's over.
It's over.
Forget about it.
I'm afriaid.
I want to go home.
Is okay lose to opponent.
Must not lose to fear.
Yeah, but I'm afraid.
I'm afraid of him.
What do you want me to do?
You stay focus.
Daniel-san, your best karate still inside.
Now time let out.
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
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12:23 am - TMI Friday..
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so you know the thing that really sucks about being sick? coffee doesn't quite taste right. yeah, i caught the office cold. takes about two weeks to run its course. you lose your voice at the midpoint. which for me was Sunday. so i should be back to full coffee taste in a day or two.
oh! speaking of the office.. i'm watching The Office premier on DVR. every time Pam is on screen i feel strange in my pants. what's going on there?
okay, so ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) green_limousine and i have a running thing where every time we're in Target or CVS and we pass the Axe she tells me to buy some. my take on that is every time i breathe i don't want to smell boy. i'm a ladies' man. but what the hell. so which do you prefer?
[ ] Vice
[ ] Unlimited
[ ] Tsunami
[ ] Kilo
[ ] Phoenix
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