I fell asleep typing last night and managed to kick my laptop off my bed, damaging my power adapter irreparably. So all morning I've been traipsing around Oakland and Berkeley in search of a replacement. The dude at the apple store in Emeryville told me there is a 46 week wait for power adapters. 46 motherfucking weeks. I have a twenty page paper ( Read more... )

So today was spent lugging a sack of cat food around campus, and tonight was spent smuggling the cat said food was intended for out of the building. That's kind of where my life is right now.

Q: Is "Dancing in the Dark" the best goddamn song ever?

A: Yes. Yes, it is.

(My mother would be very proud of me.)

He got married.

Ugh.

I don't even know what to think.

I need a drink.

Feeling oddly nostalgic, so, from an interview with Kurt Vonnegut:

A truck out on the street honks its horn and Vonnegut looks toward the restaurant's entrance. His eyes seem to water a little and his voice lowers almost to a whisper. "Where is home? I've wondered where home is, and I realized, it's not Mars or someplace like that, it's ( Read more... )

How is it that I've met more valley girls after five days in San Francisco than I've ever met after twenty years of living in the valley?

I have spent the morning rollerskating around my parents' garage and drinking alarming amounts of diet vanilla coke ( Read more... )

Electrelane on Friday was excellent. Futureheads last night, not as good as the March show, but still quite enjoyable. They have a new stage set and very distracting lighting. Met the boys afterward; they were all terribly nice, especially the ever-affable Jaff.

So true, this.

I don't think it's too premature to add this song to the pantheon of my favorite BSP songs:

Over in the corner ( Read more... )

Your dating personality profile:

Liberal - Politics matters to you, and you aren't afraid to share your left-leaning views. You would never be caught voting for a conservative candidate.
Intellectual - You consider your mind amongst your assets. Learning is not a chore but a constant search after wisdom and knowledge. You value education and ( Read more... )