It's been a bit of a silly day where I haven't really pushed toward anything I should have but did a few things here and there. So far I have the notes to a story I'll get to writing after posting this. I'm not good with plots or plot twists - I like mucking around with forms and settings much more. But I needed some action and I pondered and ( Read more... )

I've got altogether too much on my plate and little to nothing demanding any disciplined approach. I am profoundly terrible at instilling discipline in myself. *Something* external has to generate it. A deadline, a conflict with someone, pain... And I can't have a safety net option or I'll go with that ( Read more... )

I know I got some magic buried...
buried deep in my heart, yes
and my priest says
you ain't savin no souls
and my father says
you ain't makin any money
and my doctor says
you just took it to the limit
and here I stand
with this sword in my hand
. . .
Have a seat while I take to the sky
--"Take to the Sky"
--Tori Amos

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As usual Mom left it to sis and her bf to decide if he would attend. At the last minute she called to find out the verdict. Toby was never that excited about dealing with the fight, but that didn't keep him from grumbling at length on how my parents voice their disfavor. They're pretty insulting about it, it's true, it's just... that's exactly ( Read more... )

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I love the word "pachyderm." Though it must be pronounced with a thick old school Brooklyn accent: pack-ee-doim.

Technically, Who Killed Amanda Palmer came out in 2008 and I found it then - saw her in October with adularia, picked up the album in January and talked Dresden Dolls with my Morningside Heights roommate ( Read more... )

I've never managed to sort out BitTorrent and chances are I couldn't fit the download on my computer anyway.

But there's a huge fan-made movie of Nine Inch Nails' Lights in the Sky Tour (the last major tour before the Wave Goodbye - which was only in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles). Details are here.Can someone help clarify or make me a really ( Read more... )

Soon to head to my sister's house to cookies and Christmas movies and then midnight mass. (I will finally show her the David Bowie & Bing Crosby duet of "Little Drummer Boy" which she hasn't seen - travesty!!) So we're at about that time.

Liberally lifting this from badger who is the coolest person I've never met.

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Watching the kid & caught Nightmare Before Christmas on TV. I love pretty much the whole soundtrack (hard to believe, right?) but I tend to forget about Sally's Song even though it gets me every time.

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Nightmare tends to duke it out with Frida and Lilo and Stitch for my favoritist movies of all time.

And this song is ... it's just... yeah.

Cocktail night at the White House - info on great-sounding drinks begins at about 2:20

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My Half-Baked Bubble

Man, if only more bankers had childhoods like this.

I must admit, it was a fairly efficient market. Everyone got what he wanted. Except for me. My sardines had zero value as trading currency. With no way into this economy, I ( Read more... )