And don't forget to send your donations to the fund to prevent phrench_phried from becoming a sardonic little bastard as he approaches 40.

( Cut for length and Youtoobieness )

A colleague of mine once said that whatever you are, as you get older, you become more of.  Brace yourselves.

On a related note, I'm turning 40 pretty soon.  I think it's high time for a midlife crisis.

And with that in mind...

Skiing:  I've ordered and received my 'randonée skis'.  Skis without bindings are not unlike boards.  I hope I chose well ( Read more... )

I got on the phone to the Martin people.  There hasn't been a war, epidemic, or natural disaster; whew!  They're simply running behind schedule.  People need to stop breaking their guitars I guess.  They say a couple more weeks.  As hard as it is to be patient, this is not something I want them to rush.

In other news, I'm bucking for a promotion.  ( Read more... )

True, I haven't adequately prepared for this but that's never stopped me before.  I'm think that a lot of them are going to be "best of" albums:

1.  Negotiations and Love Songs - Paul Simon
2.  Classic Queen - Queen (Jazz is a close second because you get "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "Bicycle Race")
3.  Songs you know by heart - Jimmy Buffett
4.  The Wall ( Read more... )

I may regret saying this later on but sobeit:

It also doesn't conform to what a lot of people expect of me, on a lot of levels, oh well.  Hell, I'm not sure it conforms to what I think of myself, but here it is:

This is France's first lady

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I'm thinking:

Plays guitar:  check
A hottie:  check
half-assed decent singer: check
trilingual (at least):  check
ex- ( Read more... )

I was listening to the radio in the car. At first I thought this was a serious interview; maybe it was, I don't know. Either way, I laughed hard when I heard it ( Read more... )

I just remembered something. This was a title for a song I almost wrote. I guess that's one thing I can do: I can write a song ( Read more... )

Okay. Enough LJ for one day. Also, enough Camille fanboyism. But you know what? Her new website is awesome. I mean, it's maybe not falling down amazing, but I really wonder how they did it. There are clearly html tricks that I don't know. I really like the effect of 'falling into' each link. A lot could be done with this ( Read more... )

Holy Roman Ruins Batman! Camille is going to be performing at the roman auditorium at Fourviere in Lyon. I'd give my right... a lot to see her and I've always wanted to see a show at that venue. Perfect artist, perfect setting, I can't go. We'll be on vacation in sunny Saint Raphael. I guess I'll get over it.

x-posted to francophiles

So, Shawn links to Jimmy. I think youtube is controlling my mind. So be it. It's not like i was doing that good a job of it.

This one is really crappy (the original on Elmopalooza wasn't great; I always had the impression that it was something they threw together because that's what it looks like) plus, the audio is out of sync.

The point is, look ( Read more... )